avatarJessica Lee McMillan

Summary

This web page contains a poem titled "Insensitive" inspired by the song "Insensatez" (How Insensitive) and discusses the concept of "saudade."

Abstract

The web page titled "Insensitive" presents a poem that explores themes of love, longing, and the pain of saying goodbye. The poem is inspired by the song "Insensatez" (How Insensitive) written by Tom Jobim and performed by various artists, including Stan Getz, Luiz Bonfá, and Maria Toledo. The author highlights the intimate and hesitant quality of Maria Toledo's voice, which embodies the concept of "saudade," a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing. The web page also includes a YouTube video of the song, a link to the lyrics, and a reference to the July Summer Music Challenge.

Bullet points

  • The web page contains a poem titled "Insensitive" inspired by the song "Insensatez" (How Insensitive).
  • The song was written by Tom Jobim and performed by Stan Getz, Luiz Bonfá, and Maria Toledo, among others.
  • Maria Toledo's voice is highlighted for its intimate and hesitant quality, indicative of the concept of "saudade."
  • The poem explores themes of love, longing, and the pain of saying goodbye.
  • The web page includes a YouTube video of the song, a link to the lyrics, and a reference to the July Summer Music Challenge.

Insensitive

A poem

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Your hushed gaze intones my love spent in someone else’s song I can’t say how I feel so little now

We had heights and pain exquisite raw and warm coming in and leaving Your wistful heart conjuring tragedy in sway

The need to be wanted like fire or vice, diminishes all air seduces destruction in slow dance inflaming cool sense to abandon now nothing left but illogical agony of saying goodbye

Notes: Inspired by “Insensatez” (How Insensitive) written by Tom Jobim, performed by Stan Getz, Luiz Bonfá and vocals by Maria Toledo. The song was covered by many famous artists (most famously Sinatra), but Toledo’s voice has an intimate, hesitant quality of longing, indicative of bossa nova and the concept of saudade missed by others.

Lyrics

Written for the July Summer Music Challenge where I wrote a poem or story about bossa nova for 31 days. See below for all entries including Terry Barr’s 8 brilliant memoirs about summer and music:

Poetry
Music
Love
Writing Challenge
Loss
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