Tag Archives: music

New Song

  I’ve  worked all my life for the BMI Puttin’ the squeeze on the little guy  . I’m gonna find the puniest guy in town Walk in his place and shut him down Don’t care if I leave ‘em with … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sketch For a Rainy Morning

The ice on his windshield was thin and in what was now rain instead of snow it loosened easily and fell to the wet pavement with only a stroke of the scraper.   Inside the car he turned the heater … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sketch For a Rainy Morning

The ice on his windshield was thin and in what was now rain instead of snow it loosened easily and fell to the wet pavement with only a stroke of the scraper.   Inside the car he turned the heater … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Mid-day Post, October 29, 2017

    Every turn in the stream is a new world I marvel at the green and blue; water and sky And the young men that swing from dangling ropes Into the rushing current For a moment one body, tossed … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rock and Roll

        Think awhile on rock and roll The kind that gets you goin’ Guitar, keyboard, bass and drums To set your soul a’glowin’ . Some say that it’s the devil’s work Some say that it’s the Lord’s … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Lamp in The Foyer

  She never told anyone the real reason she bought the house.   Why, at 46 years old, she emptied her savings accounts and her late husband’s IRAs and made a down payment on a property, once grand, that for … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

afternoon poem, #3, Oct. 7, 2017

  Out of the cold night he comes Through the glass door Into the warmth and light Food aroma, smell of coffee He waits for the sound of the piano But nothing comes You’re on tonight, if you want it … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Whole Enchilada

In the past few days I have posted segments of a long poem about a small-town jazz club.  Your responses have been generous, but I think many readers only got one or two pieces of the thing.  That’s my fault.  … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Small Town Jazz, Part 6

  It was a surge that healed and forgave the past And promised the future That said that anything that had been missed Would come again And that everything that had been lost Would be found

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Small Town Jazz

He wears a brown suit Although none of his patrons Will even have a jacket on tonight But he knows the rules The flavor and aroma of this place What it’s supposed to be When the piano starts Soft and … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment