"Pondicherry Blues" is another poem by Josephine Jacobsen interpreted by Mary-Averett Seelye. Because Josephine wrote the poem with a notated rhythmic beat, intending the poem to be read in a poetry bar, we staged Mary-Averett's performance to resemble such an environment in a Baltimore production studio. Michele Humphries provides the beat on a snare drum. Mary-Averett's goal is to embody the meaning and rhythm of the poem through her choreographed and rehearsed bodily motions.
