sea shed in Photoshop...

sips a orange tea...

In the wind
Swaying
In the sea shed
In the cold
Wood stoves burning
Way down the hill
From
The
Mulberry tree
Let the sunshine blue
Inside
There
Tresses blue
&
Inside
There
Stripes of light through a window that light
The zEBrA rug she is rolling up
She reaches for the yellow cup
&
Sips a orange tea
She
Stares
At
Me
&
Under the shed under the dock under the bay
There
Under
There
A zebra fish
Spinning
On a string
Stares
At
Me

turkey in a row photo jean d...

turkey walk photo jean d...

pink dawn...

In the pink dawn
- - - - a winter walk

& miles & miles in Paint...

in eight bars...

A green tumble stone
Smooth
&
A piece of sea glass peach color
A rambling Blues
On Firehouse Hill
Where
There
The music dwindles
But
Here
In the piano room
Leaning
Carmen sings
&
Here
A picture of Monk
&
A woodcut of curls on the Ocean Heart
- -
& much becomes better
In eight bars

dizzy in Paint...

hunting the missing jazz bowls...

3:30 A.M.
Sailing a broad reach
Off
Off the dock of the cottage
Off the island beach
Tack
A leaving tack
Going
Hunting the missing jazz bowls
Follies dance stop
Wild among the moon & the stars
Leaning buildings records & hops
A wavy ocean & jazz
The missing jazz bowls the missing jazz bowls
Times Sq. & the Cotton Club
The Willow Weeps rides the sunny reach
Between Eastport & the Wolves
Between Lubec & Liverpool
In the morning
The sailor
Puts into a cove
Somewhere
In the Elizabeth Islands
The sailor
Makes a fire pours a rum
Parboils
& braises a chicken
& bakes
A sack of
Purple Peruvian potatoes
Obsessed with hunting
Schreckengost's jazz bowls
Missing on his mind
Dustbowls orange bowls
Wearing her hair slung over her right eye
Veronica Lake
She too
Missing on his mind
& the next night & day sailing
Hunting the missing jazz bowls
The bowsprit is under water more than it is not
& the sailor sees
A bloom
Bouquets & banquets
On the black sky
Velvety black sky
Salt sparks & biting waters
Rolling
&
Missing on his mind
Shazam! Oh! The Gods!
&
The
Wild Man Blues
Missing on his mind
A darting star
A shooting moon
The jazz bowls missing
All
Missing on his mind

last night's moon...

sAme MooN HEre SAme mOON ThERe

The willow moon
on the pink horizon -
Sips the winter night

mountaintops & clean water springs...

Mountaintops & clean water springs
The right things
& more to go
A trill she sings
Oh! The sin!
& now & now
Martins Bobbys & Malcolms
The
Mountaintops & clean water springs
The right things
& still
- -
More to go
- - more to go

a poem for my matisse...

Flat lines & even light
Colors
Pastel & bright
Hot
The yellow sun on her orange shirt
Red lips
Softly rouged cheeks
&
Green eyes
Those green eyes
Watching
&
Never the same
After hundreds & hundreds of miles in the night
A vase a lily lighted by blues - seas & purples
& heeling winds driving
The yellow moon on the orange sky
Never the same
After hundreds & hundreds of miles in the night
The salts on his brow - & the smells & the smells
The poet should care
- -
&
He did

turquoise (picasso) tree acrylic...

winter blue...

Winter willow
winter white dress -
Blue & turquoise too

kimberly's matisse...

a poem for kimberly's matisse...

The night moon
Through a winter tree
A flurry through a thin curly curtain
Lighting the chaise table
Where purple flowers are
A glass of wine is
& there a bowl of flirting goldfish
& the Ghirardelli chocolate squares
Shaped as full moons crescent moons & half moons
White mint fillings
Caramel fillings
Dark chocolate 60% cacao
& she
Her burgundy scarf
Oh!
How fa.
How high the moon
A poet sings by the sea
Where books & bottles & a white lily are
Lighted by the moon
A photograph on the wall of Piano Gal dressed in burgundy is
Lighted by the moon
& a
Harsh wind slaps the clapboards
- -
Oh!
But
When the cold wind comes
(She) goes where the dahlias bloom*
- -
Oh!
- -
That's where she goes
When the harsh wind comes

*Florida Room lyric (Donald Fagen)

my matisse green eyes acrylic...

a rainbow on the light...

Green eyes
A rainbow on the light
Light flesh tone
Pink light pink
Red
Sea blue
Yellow
Orange & orange
&
Henri Matisse

a snow dance photo jean d...

a snow dance...

From the moon
maps -
A snow dance

green eyes...

The poet's table
Wobbly
The yellow paint chipped & peeling
Down
On the street below
The street musician plays
It never entered my mind, ah,
Snapshots in ink overlooking overstreet
It is magic time
Down there
Out the poet's window
The Shine Cafe, the club's doors open
To the airless air
The red neon sign half broken
Flicker flicker buzz buzz
On the marquis
Lopsided & missing letters
A saxophone sound in the street
There
Where
The poet's red pen
Crisscrosses the moon
On the wings of mighty schooners
It
Crosses the orange sun
Rides
The shores of seas
& tambourines
&
Green eyes peering
Under
The beaded lampshade
Purple & blues
A black velvet cloth rests
The necklace
A dime spot of light on it
Jeweled with
Semi-precious stones from Mexico & China
Idaho
& the Missouri Breaks
&
Arkansas
A gift
On
Oh oh! a Fellini-Bergman journey
To Pope's Folly
To Reykjavik & to Nice in France
Oh oh! across the moon
&
The sun
& the shores of seas
& tambourines

the lester lanin orchestra sketch...

at the beverly yacht club...

Flat rain
The sails beat
Blue
&
South to Oyster Bay
& New York & Strawberry Fair
Tall masts
Lighted
Oranges & yellows
'longside the north princess
& moonlight
&
Trombones
&
Singers
Violins accordions & keyboards
Walking out of the open tent
Over the dancers
Over the dance floor
Running lights port & starboard
Up & down the harbor
'longside tradition
In the middle of July
In the middle of Strawberry Fair

the muse...

The Muse
bejeweled broad sword & pink feather boa -
A jazzsong in the sky

old thaw watercolor...

the winter trees...

The winter trees
Sleepy eyed
Old watercolor
In the daytime thaw
Garbo & blue flowers
Go
Like
Bop
&
Bobby Enriquez plays Misty
Live
In
Japan
&
Mika Yamaoka finger snaps Lilac
Lily Li-lo
The
Red
Pen
Writes

brake lights...

In the nighttime commute -
Brake lights & Gus Kahn lyrics
in my headlights

purple house watercolor...

purple house...

At purple house
The January painter
Paints
Near beaches & boats
Paints
Starry angels
&
Starry doves
Lifting
On snowflakes
On balmy mornings
- -
At purple house
There
Is
Calm
- -
In the world of the eye

winter willow photo jean d...

winter willow...

Winter willow
Misty
Roses
Waiting
April's bouquet
- -
Wild daisies in a bunch
Orange & yellow & bright

green flowers watercolor...

green flowers grow...

Green flowers grow
In pots & boxes
On a dock there
Where
Smiles & teardrops
Dance
On the hills & on the sea
- -
The sea
Is
Quiet
Today
&
Always quiet
On pitch-black nights
No lighthouses
No stars
No moons
- -
Only dreams on the heart

january flowers watercolor...

masai watercolor...

mika sketch...

oh, miami!...

Beautiful flower
on the movie screen on the beach -
Oh, Miami!

january 1 watercolor...

first poem...

Cold wings
In the bay room cakes
Outside a red moon
Swimming
- -
& red roses & red pens
Lay serene,
It's better this way
&
Running
&
Flying
Fly
To the mighty Peruvian Quillabamba
The streets & paths chalked & painted
There
Faces & flowers birds & animals sing
There
Unsettled in the night
Run fast & fly!