chet baker a cry a breath...

Chet Baker a cry a breath
In the piano room
Breathing off the keys
Gulp
Plays
Just friends
But not like before
Plays jazz piano
A bass & a drum a band
Sing in a box
Two friends
Drifting apart
Not like before
Green ivy falling down a square rigger
Four clocks
Across from me on a white stucco wall
A cross
The sun and the window made
Through a corner bookcase
There leather books red roofs
Ships & glass a medal & glass
On Marimba Street in Paris
France
Where
The story ends
And we're
Just Friends
- -
Just Friends
&
Alice in Wonderland
- -
The great wood heron
Listened

the blue ocean beyond the steps...

The blue ocean beyond the steps
Beyond the sill
The quiet moon plays to the flowers
By
The
Shed
And night birds walk
Hand in hand
In Dizzy's garden
- -
And
Sing
- -
Jazz

pencil sketch...

dizzy acrylic...

j.d. salinger (1919-2010) pencil 2...

j.d. salinger (1919-2010) pencil 1...

time travels...

The sun is on the bay
But first
February
March
Oh!
&
May
Benches & beaches crags & buoys
Boxes & bins
Flat rock chairs
- -
Time travels the ocean breeze

the sweet bread road...

Hafiz,
have you and
Spirit
ever traveled
on The Sweet Bread Road?
I have;
a
poem,
coffee
and
song
sweet bread toast, orange jam and peaches
trumpet
the
daisies
and
sunken little treasures along the way,
Hafiz,
Spirit,
I was picking up little pictures in little frames
those little treasures,
Hafiz,
Spirit,
those some one's families fleeing the Dust Bowl,
Hafiz,
Spirit,
to California
on The Sweet Bread Road

one dollar

cash

and

a ham sandwich

blue, blue Peace...

Mandolin,
Orpheus
composed a new song this morning
about a mandolin cloud
waiting for the orange summer
and
blue, blue
Peace
- -
and
warm breezes
on
hilly
seas

"art speaks loudly... "

"Art speaks loudly and softly through the hand of the soul." -Kimberly Ashby

HaiTi pencil...

new names...

Hafiz,

ah... yes...

tonight

Mandolin, Echo, Jazz, and Spring

will dance all night

and I too

the pendulum stopped two ducks floating

and Miles's Four on the piano

green poinsettia leaves curled

dying

keeping the beat

and

the river outside

living

keeping the beat,

Hafiz,

and see my new names

my new friends?

all

in

the

piano

room

keeping the beat

and

dancing all night

the ride up from scituate...

Jazz,

5 P.M. last night,

Jazz,

a magenta sky up from the Cape

in front of us

the horizon ablaze

purples

purples, Jazz

a song a beat beating the night

here at Duke's Place

did you make this, Jazz?

did you?

this grand sunset on piano and drums

horns

and

strings?

if You did,

thank

You,

Jazz

the winter flowers are bright...

The winter flowers are bright

on the high hills

where there is snow on the fields

and

sun on the fields

and

beautiful blue water

c

a

s

c

a

d

i

n

g,

Spirit,

c

a

s

c

a

d

i

n

g

through the curtain this morning...

Through the curtain this morning
F
L
I
C
K
E
R
S
Being
Here
Again

1-20-10 pencil...

the cellist in Paint...

the cello song...

The cello song
On the lawn across the ocean
The bow glides
Treks & stars over a meadow of seas hums
The cellist
A
Pulsing song
A sloop rides the horizon the sky at night
Rolling
Black
Busy crossings honking horns skating marquees
Broadway
She
Her silky hair a flow as her bowing sings out
Across the savannah
Of
Songs
&
Strings in a sentimental mood...
Vibrant

sky blue and peach...

Spirit,

I awoke this morning

and

sky blue and peach snow were falling

the exact colors of the bandstand snow

it

wasn't

light

yet

I caught some of the sky blue and peach

in

My

hand,

Spirit,

on the wetside it disappeared fastly

and

it

became

light

fastly

and

I couldn't see the colors of the bandstand snow

a

n

y

m

o

r

e

maybe tomorrow morning, Spirit,

maybe

?

Martin Luther King, Jr. pencil...

the tea art monologues...

I was thinking this morning,

Jazz,

after the cello song

about

long travels

back

to toast and marmalade

The Tea Art Monologues

and

Tierney Sutton songs

and

later

salads beans and poems

and

stew,

Jazz,

warmth

snowy streets

and

trying

a walk

a long sail by the moon

landing

to

Tropic Isles

Meadow Flowers

Mango Keys

and

and

Song,

Jazz,

Song

another face of haiti pencil...

a face of haiti pencil...

you will not be forsaken...

"To the people of Haiti, we say clearly, and with conviction,

you will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten. In this,

your hour of greatest need, America stands with you. The

world stands with you." -President Obama

dick johnson pencil...

it is winter, spirit...

Spirit,
this morning's sunrise
it
a want to be a song
the Sun;
bright white and bright yellow
on my neighbor's roof
in the wires and in the branches
shining and singing
on
the
Snow
- -
it is Winter, Spirit,
and
it is Jazz


For jazz great Dick Johnson.
He died January 10, 2010.
He was 84.

tim burton pencil...

there pencil things...

Charlie Rose
Interviews
That
Sealed world of Tim Burton
Masks
&
Cotton candy
D
R
A
W
I
N
G
S
Red raptors & teeth
Black hair
The scissors & the seas & the sees
&
Sad smile fears
Red bulb noses
&
On a wall of little screens
Big movies there
There tattoo beaches
&
There pencil things
Running
For
Mayors
Of
New York

on icy streets...

Spirit,

in the picture

sails furled at harbor's lights

red

brakes

glow

on icy streets

wild geese & paper lanterns

at

foot

in empty places

&

wavy songs,

Spirit

- -

it is winter

bobo olson pencil 2010...

photograph...

Photograph
1953

A quiet bench overlooking the sea
From
A
Cliff
A canvas canopy rippling overhead

A light breeze from the ocean

I painted a face on the board in front of me

I painted the face of old-time fighter Bobo Olson

Bobo's face was chili pepper hot
Red
&
Orange
&
Red

I
Painted this face
In
History
In
1953

flying home...

Far at sea
Clouds surfing
Rolling green fields
Solitary
Birds
Flying home
Song
&
Sinatra
&
Jazz
The Newport wind
&
Banners
Bright
Yellow
&
Pink
A rose painted on her face
&
Gerry Mulligan plays
Line for Lyons
&
Song for Strayhorn
- -
Flying home

winter walks...

Paint on a palette
Updrafts
On a song
A warm fire in a black iron stove
The winds crying
The oceans quieting
Winter walks
Climbing the steps to April & June

"Now is not the time for partisanship, it is the time for citizenship." -President Obama

in this world perfect...

On the hill
A street
Pebbles
&
Macadam
Cracked in many places
Its way down to the sea
The only thing in this world perfect
Is a formation of grand birds
Flying over right now

cadieux...

This man can paint
Cadieux
Spatters on the wide boards
Open cans
Chocks on canvas
On
Color
Chocks
Ivory
Peach
Red blue
&
Blue blue
Figures walk
Grass
Grows
Lights light windows
Blue
&
Blue
Tree bark
Profiles seas & snow
Winters
&
Winters
Belong
To
Cadieux

cadieux close up pencil & french crayon...

cadieux studio pencil & french crayon...

familiar people...

Grand birds in perfect formation
South
and
West
Cliffs
and
Shores
Gathering in starlight
With
Angels
and
Poetry
and
Song
and
Familiar people
Everywhere,
Everywhere

hemingway 2 pencil...

hemingway 1...

ode to Gina by Jean...

A similar day 14 years before
A baby's cry in the early morn
No word no call and we did no know
The phone, my dear, was on no more

From a toddler to a teen today
And a princess cake to a Frog Pond skate
A carriage ride with lots of giggles
To a night where no sandman came

It's growing up that's hard for family
From a babe to a BABE and just somehow
The leprechauns dance with this in mind
For the Future is more than just a city
For this young lass is more than pretty

Her talent abounds not only in paint
But the written word is not a stranger to her
She strives for perfection and that is not hard
The challenges she takes and does perform
Whether it be in dance, art, song, and on...

You say, who is this gifted child?
I say it is Gina on this day to becoming
A lady in every way.

2010...

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." -Dalai Lama