What is blue notes?

Enter my mental jazz club. The band? 5 daily cups of tea, nature walks, books, religious schooling, margaritas, and a dash of melancholy. I'm Jas (yes, really), and this is where they improvise gloriously off-key (and often clunky) poetry. Enjoy the show.

why ‘blue notes’?

Blue Notes are the wonderfully 'almost-right' notes in jazz. My poems are my attempt to find those 'almost-right' words and rhythms for life's beautiful moments.

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