Bob Dylan As An Artist Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Bob Dylan,
In you
See I
The journey of a guitarist
As a singer-songster,
As a music composer

The American pop,
Jazz, rock n' roll, country,
Folk, chapel,
Disco, Beat and Beatle
Trend and tradition,
Pop and modn

Yours is a style,
An American pop culture,
Catching the vibes,
Idiosyncrasies and nuances
Of the American speech,
The rhythms of speech

Bob,
Bob,
In your song
Search I, I
The legacy of a tradition,
The lineage of artistes

Bob,
Bob,
Pluck you, pluck you the chords,
The chords of the guitar,
Bob, Bob Dylan,
Singing the song of America

And American speech,
Sounds,
Accent and stress
Pitching,
Colloquial and slangy,
Curtailed and succinct

Tangled up in blue,
Knockin' on heaven's door,
Like a rolling stone,
Mr.Tambourineman,
Jokerman,
Blowin' in the wind,
The songs

Things have changed,
Series of dreams,
Thunder on the mountain,
One more cup of tea,
Romance in Durango,
Simple twist of fate…

A drinker,
A smoker,
A hippie,
A Beat
Or a Beatle,
Who, who…

In the hat
A tall and slim man
Singing,
Singing the song
And plucking,
Plucking the wires of the guitar

A musician,
A musician composer,
A singer,
A script-writer,
A bandsman,
A guitarist

A speech-maker,
A sound-maker,
A music-maker,
A word-maker

Robert Zimmerman,
A Jew
Rechristened
One from Duluth,
The man
Trying his luck with Dylan

A vagabond,
A gipsy,
A romantic
Or a rambler

House of the rising sun,
Don't think twice, it's all right,
Sara,
Man long black coat,
Top tracks,
Oh, sister…

A folk singer,
A country man,
A chapel man,
He is a rock star,
A pop star,
A jazz and blues man

A Zen,
A Baul,
A pop star,
A rock star
Or a folk star,
A cowboy

Poetry as the song of life,
Poetry as the music of life,
Poetry lyrical,
Poetry musical,
Poetry memorable,
Poetry delighting

To turn to him is
To turn to tradition,
Is to turn to
Tradition and legacy,
To fathomless history
Of music

To Gutherie,
Joan Baez,
Hank Williams,
John Lee Hooker,
Guy Clark…


To Blake,
Ginsberg,
Shakespeare,
Dylan Thomas,
Jack Kerouac,
Harrison

The song tradition,
The music tradition
The country, folk, jazz fusion,
The rock n' roll, blues,
How to say,
How to say it…

Bob the cowboy,
The shepherd man,
The rock man,
The pop man,
The mod man,
The jazz man, blues man

Poetry as the song of the folk,
Poetry s the song of the country,
Poetry as the song of the chapel,
Poetry as the song of the jazz,
Blues, rock n' roll,
Discography of music

To see you is to feel,
To ask as felt you,
Is songs poetry,
What is poetry
As hesitated you
Raked by the dilemma

Songs too are poetry,
Music and sounds,
Poetry as the sound-track
Of rhyme and rhythm,
The script and word-pattern
Set to imagery and meaning

What is poetry,
Poetry is rhythmic,
Musical sound,
Poetry is words, ideas, images,
Poetry is poetical presentation

What is song,
Song but a part of poesy,
Singable, lyrical poetry,
Musical poetry,
Poetry as the music of life,
Poetry as the song of life

A social activist,
A civil rightist
Or a protest poetry writer,
A movement man
Always with the people,
A voice lending to

Or a bootlegger
With his bootleg series
Of musical albums,
Song albums,
A guitarist-singer,
A performer artist,
A musician-songwriter

Writing the pop songs
Mixing it all
A fusion artist
Of pop song and culture,
Music and its trends,
The vibes of life,
This Bob, Bob Dylan.



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