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Small Town Jazz, Part 2

This is the second installment in an epic poem that began here yesterday.  Stay tuned for more.   It took me three years to get this place up and going I worked constantly The kitchen sparkled And I found musicians, … Continue reading

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mid-day poem, june 8, 2016

. moving under the blue sky the only sound is jazz piano, drums: beat and melody lighter than the air moving, moving, moving, fast as jazz. sailing under a blue sky over the green ocean our speed and force levels … Continue reading

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Faking Dylan #10

The farmer underneath the sky His boots are on the ground Above the earth the eagle’s cry That doesn’t make a sound The lawyer and the judge go by They are the best of friends They count their money on … Continue reading

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#5 4/26/ 2016

Eisenhower sat at his desk and looked at his card files and realized that not one of them meant anything now it was like the last day of school and it all could be thrown away and he could walk … Continue reading

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#4 , April 26, 2016

When Eisenhower won the war the day was over for the day and he just drank in the day just took it in and rested that was it there was no continuing no continuity it was over for a day … Continue reading

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post #3, april 26, 2016

Give me one down day not a day off not a day of annual leave or vacation I mean something unplanned and not paid for I mean a snow day or a day when none of the bosses show up … Continue reading

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morning post #2, april 26, 2016

When they were friends back then the best feeling they knew was like they were getting away with something they wouldn’t have said it that way even then but that’s what it was like sort of anyway not cheating I … Continue reading

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Morning Post, April 26, 2016

On a perfect April day he woke up and dropped everything don’t know why it was just something in the air or that he’d been carrying too much too long and the internal system was to the point where it … Continue reading

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Listening to John Coltrane

Get your pen and close the door Put something down that wasn’t there before Comes out of ether in the air A sound in the ear, a light everywhere There’s no one around to give it a grade Just move … Continue reading

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Evening Poem, April 20, 2015

. HOW TO WRITE POETRY . How many times do you have to hear it said? Creativity is about willingness to fail. You don’t wait on the Great American Novel And its not all or nothing. It’s getting it down … Continue reading

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