Resurrection of the
Spirit
by Norbert Krapf
It’s
in the juke shacks
where
the old music plays
I
live my deepest life.
Give
me a blues shuffle
and
the arthritis crippling
these
hands goes away.
Give
me the sound
of
a blues harp suckin’ in
and
blowin’ out the beat
and
my eyes start
to
see at midnight
as
if it were noon.
Give
me a tough mama
shakin’
her history
and
the spirit resurrects.
Bio: Norbert Krapf, former Indiana Poet Laureate, is a Jasper,
Indiana, native who lives in downtown Indianapolis. His most recent books are Catholic Boy Blues (2014) and Shrinking the Monster: Healing the Wounds of
Our Abuse, a prose memoir forthcoming in fall, 2016. He held a Creative
Renewal Fellowship from the Arts Council Indianapolis (2011-12) and received a
Glick Indiana Author Award (2014).