9 Chuen
Blue Solar Monkey
Amid the glossy
Steel and Engine’s Roar
I saw his Eyes point
blank –
Blue like Skies,
Jay’s Wing and ocean Water
In the Sun that set
as we flew north
From Warmth, carried
on a soft Wind
We sat in antiseptic
Splendor
On a Plane of Strangers
In Time we broke the
Sound Barrier
Decided that we’d
found
Too much to speak of
to let go –
“No” – suspend the
Night and Day
Escape from Pain,
seek Peace, delay
Your Flight and stay
with me
I heard his Plea
Asking that I change
my Course
Rearrange my Night
and Day
For him
I uttered my Reply
Dared not deny
myself the Instinct
Too long held
captive, Wings clipped –
Not allowed to fly
The Jewel of that
March Night
Shimmered with our
Heat and Light –
Our Bodies fused in Need
Desire keenly felt
And tightly wrapped
around us
Is this my Fate –
My Destiny
incarnate?
Bronze Strength –
blue Fire
Cool green Mountain
Shade
On white hot Desert
Sand
My dear One –
My Atlanta one Night
Stand.
©Kleomichele Leeds
Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer and pianist. She began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister. In 1960, at the age of 18, she embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but achieving only modest success. After signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "Chain of Fools", "Think", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", and "Spanish Harlem".
By the end of the 1960s she was being called "The Queen of Soul". Franklin recorded acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Young, Gifted and Black (1972) and Amazing Grace (1972), before experiencing problems with her record company by the mid-1970s. After her father was shot in 1979, she left Atlantic and signed with Arista Records, finding success with the albums Jump to It (1982) and Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985), and her part in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. In 1998, Franklin received international acclaim for singing the opera aria "Nessun dorma" at the Grammy Awards that year, replacing Luciano Pavarotti. Later that year, she scored her final Top 40 song with "A Rose Is Still a Rose".
Franklin recorded 112 charted singles on Billboard, including 77 Hot 100 entries, 17 top-ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries and 20 number-one R&B singles, becoming the most charted female artist in the chart's history. Franklin's other well-known hits include "Rock Steady", "Jump to It", "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Something He Can Feel", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with George Michael), and a remake of The Rolling Stones song "Jumpin' Jack Flash". She won 18 Grammy Awards, including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance from 1968 through to 1975, and is one of the bestselling musical artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career, including a 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, becoming the first female performer to be inducted. She was inducted to the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In August 2012, she was inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Franklin is listed in at least two all-time lists on Rolling Stone magazine, including the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin
CHUEN
Kin 191: Blue Solar Monkey
I pulse in order to play
Realizing illusion
I seal the process of magic
With the solar tone of intention
I am guided by the power of accomplishment.
The art of nature is a function of telepathic remembrance.*
*Star Traveler's 13 Moon Almanac of Synchronicity, Galactic Research Institute, Law of Time Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2018-2019.
The Sacred Tzolk'in
Muldhara Chakra (Seli Plasma)
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