horn players i love

Trane
          Ayler ^{-ghost sculpted air!}
Sonny Rollins
    Giuseppi Logan
Frank Lowe
Noah Howard
Don Cherry
           Ornette
Sidney Bechet
Bill Dixon
John Carter
Marion Brown
Jemeel Moondoc
John Tchicai
Matana Roberts
Joseph Jarman
Sonny Simmons
Jacques Coursil
Doreen Ketchens
David Murray
Arthur Rhames
Charles Lloyd
Don Byron
              ‘Diz’
Oliver Lake
                 ‘Bird’
Anthony Braxton
Ted Daniels
David Murray
Archie Shepp
Glenn Spearman
Arthur Jones
Roy Hargrove
Angel Bat Dawid
James Brandon Lewis
Dewey Johnson
Barney Rachabane
Camille Thurman
Dewey Redman
Julius Hemphill
Sam Rivers
Roswell Rudd
Marzette Watts
Pharoah Sanders
Sam Newsome
                  Dolphy
Linda Sikhakhane
Joe Mcphee
Billy Harper
Charles Brackeen
Byard Lancaster
Marshall Allen
Sabir Mateen
Yusef Lateef ^{– plum blossom !}
Mongezi Feza
James Brandon Lewis
Plunky Nkabinde
Arthur Doyle
Illinois Jacquet
Hugh Masekela
Roscoe Mitchell
Wadada Leo Smith
Odean Pope
Joy Guidry
Zim Ngqawana
Ben Webster
                ‘Prez’
‘Rev’. Frank Wright
Andrew Lamb
Douglas Ewart
         Kalaparusha
Isaiah Collier
Dudu Pukwana
Carlos Ward
           Zoh Amba ^{– O Sun!}
    Rahsaan!
Jaimie ‘Breezy’ Branch

                                                       pellet bells
                                                                        bees     bees

                  bumble bees

                                                                 the trees, the trees

                                                                       — wind ….

                                                                                            Alice Coltrane

tit4tat

           for sunny

“A gift must not be generous. Generosity must not be its motive or it’s essential character.” — Jacques Derrida

t4t4tea4tea4tattoo4tattoo4tarot4tarot4triste4tryst4try4try4trauma4trauma4tricking4tricks4tiara4tiara4tinsel4tinsel4tiskets4taskets4triads4triads4throuples4throuples4theatre4theatre4tact4tact4tweak4tweak4thank4thanks4trust4trust4translate4transpire4tempt4tempt4taunt4taunt4thrill4thrilled4trill4thirst4thirst4timid4timid4touch4touch4tease4triceps4triceps4tease4titties4tittying4tongue4tongue4thembo4thembo4thumb4thumb4thicc4thicc4thicket4thicket4thussy4thussy4tight4taut4tote4tote4tied4tidily4thought4thoughtless4traction4traction4toss4toss4torso4torso4tomb4tomb4tribbing4tribbing4throb4throb4tension4torment4torsion4thunder4thunder4tumble4tumble4tangle4tangle4tango4tango4timbre4timbre4tremors4tremors4trickles4trickles4throat4throat4twirl4tuck4tuck4twist4twine4twizzle4twang4twixt4tulips4tulips4trillium4tomato4tomato4tummies4tummies4toes4toes4tree4tree4twigs4twigs4truffles4truffle4trifled4tarts4tartetatins4toffee4toffee4tofu4tofu4taco4tacos4top4top4tinker4twink4twunk4twinkly4traipse4traipse4teeter4teeter4tarry4tarry4tether4tether4tussle4tussle4tempest4tempest4tenacity4tenacity4transform4transfigure4transrage4transrage4tranarchy4tranarchy4toil4toil4tremble4tremble4tingles4tingles4tickles4tickles4tired4tired4tending4tending2gether4tender4tender4transcendental4transcendental4tears4tears4taste4taste :

as if conception

we come from an other, we are carried, carried in our very constitution by a mother — Anne Dufourmantelle

i mother my protracted selves, i’
                           m-
                      otherly mother me, i
                                        mother my motherly others

slips

rhubarb rubato
tweak’d twerk
twill’d twirl
  ghost joke
      hunt haunt
          anyhowly androgynous
        compose composure
  intense intent
         impotent importance
     sad dad
      die dice
     floor f lore
    self’s shelf
       tidy etude
     ripple nipple
    confess cohere
    porno poem
    feel feet
amethyst’s mist       
 previously precious
       lips ellipse eclipse apocalypse calypso
    good food
     shared scaring
     hugging juggling
     scarf scarp
  hurtle turtle skuttle
      right tights
     listen luster
       hoe hope
     itchy pitch
     wander wonder
    horror’s honour
effervescent repellant
      cures curse
       lived laugh
     baby bath
     other otter
                    sleep slip ^{(seep, sometimes)}
   recklessy feckless
 tiring try
     brief grief
    solve love

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Petero Kalulé (petals) -she/they- is a composer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist living on the hidden river Effra in London; she is the author of Kalimba (Guillemot Press 2019 ), Marsh-River-Raft-Feather (Guillemot Press 2021, co-authored with Clarissa Álvarez), and forthcoming new manuscript & glee & bless. Find their music on bandcamp.