Eggplant in the Sky…

The humble eggplant is pretty cool…
Hey! It’s purple… usually…
And can fly
High…

High as the wailing jazz sounds
Of a soprano saxophone…
John Coltrane, please!
With his big fan, the rooster, Kakatone.

Of course eggplants also dig jazz…
After all, they are in the nightshade family,
They have soul
And tons of panache…

All vegetarians and most Italians love them
Even though at one time
Eggplants were actually believed to be poisonous!
Now they make a great parmesan.

Technically considered a fruit
The eggplant is never eaten as a desert
But enjoyed as a vegetable
Even though it looks like an egg…


Poem by Robin Jensen, inspired all those jazz loving,
flying Eggplants and the music of John Coltrane.

























The "Eggplant in the Sky..." artwork and poem talks about eggplants and jazz musician, John Coltrane playing in this situation his soprano saxophone.

The eggplant is my symbol of being a vegitarian. They are friendly, intelligent and certainly make for fantastic veggie dishes in Italian and Asian Indian restaurants. And they can fly!
Check out my "Eggplant in the Sky..." art gallery at www.robinjaunt.com

John Coltrane, 1926-1967, is one of my favorite jazz musicians. His music never gets old... It stays on the edge.... After an enlightening spiritual experience, John Coltrane praised God with his jazz compositions, and played his saxophone to His glory. His composition, "A Love Supreme" stands out as a key recording expressing his devotion to God, making him a saint to many jazz lovers. There is a John Coltrane Christian Church in San Francisco.

"Thank God almighty in Jesus' name...
Thank God almighty for John Coltrane."

(From a hymn of the Church of Saint John Coltrane,
an African Orthodox Church in San Francisco.)