ava photo jean d...

of a very autumn...

a poet
a drummer
scribbling the beat
- - making a rhythm
painting a song
of a very autumn

wilbur's north...

This day
Autumn shouts
No
She shivers
I swing the door open
There
The gumball machine the candy case
The soft drink cooler
I sit a minute & watch on the wall
Old town men
Tipping their hats
Proper in their woolen cloaks
& the ladies & the children in the square
The ladies
Musing
The newest in fashion & modern living
The children
Running & chasing a ragged ball
Its stitches dissolving before their eyes
&
A train sputters filling with water
Deer & antelope
Charade
On the plain outside of town
&
Tonight a winter moon
- -
I order a ham salad sandwich

hydrangea photo jean d...

the moon said...

The purple hydrangea flower
came in last night -
The moon said

in the piano room...

The boat is in the moon
The moon
Shone
In the piano room
James P. Johnson
The
Man
The moon
Shone
Midnight blue
Then
Alice blue
Gleam gleaming
Sphere
In
The
Blue
Blue
Bay
The moon
Shone
In the piano room
&
There
In the piano room
The boat is in the moon

they...

They
Picasso
Hemingway
&
Garbo
They
The flowers of mountain & sea
Relishes
&
Blues
In the great savannahs
Of the heart

the jumping moon...

Sails in the sky -
Lifting the boat
& the night
- -
The jumping moon -
The poets are there

wander acrylic...

look...

Look at that moon!
Big face
moon

miles watercolor...

miles...

The trees
Miles
Stella
They go
So oh so apart
&
Chet Black Night
Plays
On
His
Soul
Waiting
The October sun
Coming the night
There
A trailing breeze
Tapping
The sea
Whiffing
The field
&
There
The trees
Dance in a dream

grace photo jean d...

the willow...

The willow -
Grace
in the pond light

islander oil ca. 1959...

seagrass watercolor...

a shiny rain...

The meadow's light
folds
into words
- -
Poetry -
A shiny
rain

garbo sketch...

sketching garbo...

Sketching Garbo
- -
Is
Like a song
Silent
Just a whir
Flap flap
Flicker flicker
Silent
Smile
Pout
Eyelash
Batt batt
Flicker flicker
Gray pencil
Gray sketch
Red mouth red lips
Like a Spielberg movie
Just a whir
Flap flap

trees watercolor...

billie watercolor...

starry night...

The autumn song
Starry night where she is
Autumn drums
Red orange gold she follows
The ruffle on her sleeve
The song on her lip
The autumn song
A dot of eggshell on her brow
A wipe of English red on her cheek
Carrot on her neck
Violet red pale
Her eyes spring green
Orchid dark hair
Curl ups of blue
& splashes
Of plum
& green apple
Oh!
This poem of paint
Is the autumn song

autumn watercolor...

jack watercolor...

tenorman jack...

Tenorman
Jack
A water tumbler filled
Atop a piano
Of Wild Turkey sour mash bourbon whiskey
- - Of Medicine Man
- - Of Canto Man
Stella
By
Starlight
His goodness
A song
A night
- - A
- - Long
- - Night
- - Of
- - The
- - Night,
His goodness

(inspired by Jack Kerouac's Tenorman at the end of his Richmond Hill Blues)

l'orange watercolor...

on the pond...

The silk sun -
Orange
on the pond

oct. willow photo jean d...

october willow...

October willow
blue blue flower -
The pond is low

orange clam boxes...

Blues for
Orange clam boxes
Sun bright morn
Clamming men gathering
Pastel
Figures
Bearded & scruffy
Hints of
Shirts
&
Souls
Plaids & plaids
Arbors
Planks harbors & boards walk
To the boats!
Beneath
The Angel of Lubec
The Angel of Souls
Watching over
The plaids & plaids
Boards & walk
To the boats!
Stowed
With orange clam boxes
Beneath
The Angel
Beneath
The Souls

the uq acrylic...

the unfinished quintet...

Hand shadows
To be thrown upon the wall
But Not For Me
The piano
The horn
Drums & guitar
& the tough lady with the heart of gold
the Unfinished Quintet

papa st. watercolor...

siboney...

Sand trees swept
Sheds of flowers & fish claws there
Cuba girl! Cuba girl!
Dance your red toes your green green eyes
In the blue blue window
On the isle of the sky
- -
Make smoke Cuba girl!
Whilst Ruben makes music
& colors
- -
Colors of the night & the Shine Cafe

(for Ruben Gonzalez the "genius of Cuban piano")

flower full...

The perfect sky -
Night
& flower full

the great painting...

The great night
On the water
Coming
Flowers & breezes
Then
Stars
Bright promontories on the sky
The great painting
Enhanced
By
The
Artist

green sky on the leaves...

Green sky on the leaves
Necklaces
Pink & purple
Rivers white
& the sound of apple gold trumpets
Kentonesque wa-wah... wa-wah...
The beat
Blue daisies
The beat
Red lilies
,
&
Ballads & opuses in the garden
A gush
A flower
& hot apple crunch

ellington acrylic...

painting ellington...

"So sung they, and the empyrean rung with Hallelujahs." -Milton

These
Indigo misty mornings
Sweet
The red the black
The lavender too
& too
- -
Ellington
Is peaches
Wise in Heart & Wise in God
Boooo deee eeee ah oooo
He sang
He loves you madly
He jabs at Heaven
Blues & blues & moods & moods
& Halleluiahs
These
Indigo misty mornings

self acrylic...

self portrait...

Self
The blue
Blue space
&
Strings
Steely white & gray
With you
The
Paint
The
Poetry
The
Jagged song
Orange shirt & sun & moon
Sea winds curling
The rocky walk
Sighing & crying
The short story blues
- -
The short story blues

blue roses watercolor...

bubbling spring...

Strawberry lime
Lavender spring
Bubbling
Flowing from Wild Plum Hill in the early morning
Dawn
A
Jass
Flower