Of_Miles_Davis

Of Miles Davis Of Miles Davis By Willam Ford The poem is talking about the jazz great Miles Davis. In stanza one it says “The pop out eyes belonging to Baldwin but are sadder meaner , more direct In their accusations against us” In my opinion it is talking about a person who is holding in a lot of hurt and problems, and he is hiding his problems from the people who enjoys him. In stanza two it says “The French have given him a medal and assigned him Picassio’s genius. In the third world he outsells Bird (Charlie Parker).” It is basically saying that Miles Davis is the best and makes more money, or draws more of a crowd than Bird. In stanza three the poem states” Costumed tonight in a showering tent of silver, he stands under the spot Head crooked , glasses as dark”. It is saying that once again he is covering up a problem to hide it from his audience and his eyes are covered by dark glasses because if they weren’t people would know what the problem is that he is trying to hide. In stanza four it states “As eyes of! stanza, saying, problem, music, says, eyes, about, poem, person, bird, because, think, talking, states, people, miles, hide, glasses, dark, close, again, whole, trane, tiresias, talks, problems, personally, out, opinion, one, nine, malvolent, makes, kind, kept, himself, happy, great, funky, flowers, finally, fading, doing, davis, covered, costumed, coming, bouquet, blowing, becoming