Sunday, January 31, 2010

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

Saturday, January 30, 2010

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...


Friday, January 29, 2010

dizzy acrylic...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

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

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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...


Monday, January 25, 2010

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

Saturday, January 23, 2010

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

Friday, January 22, 2010

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...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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
?

Monday, January 18, 2010

Martin Luther King, Jr. pencil...


Saturday, January 16, 2010

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

Friday, January 15, 2010

another face of haiti pencil...


Thursday, January 14, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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

Monday, January 11, 2010

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

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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


Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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

Monday, January 4, 2010

hemingway 2 pencil...


hemingway 1...


Sunday, January 3, 2010

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.

Friday, January 1, 2010

2010...

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