Wednesday, March 31, 2010

for my friend n.p. ...




















"I am the man, I suffered, I was there." -Walt Whitman

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

sepia 1958...

Sepia 1958
Rain & a breeze
& Henry Red Allen & Cottontail on my window
Sepia
& zebras & antelope by the fishpond
The paper lanterns doused
D
A
W
N
- -
It is

sepia 1958 pencil...


Monday, March 29, 2010

a simpler tree...

A Simpler Tree
Sunday
&
Thelonious Monk
- -
A longboat on the river
&
A high City Between the Notes
Just You Just Me
Just us
Justice
Evidence
Monk
Climbed
- -
Under the artificial roses
Under the artificial daffodils
He
Climbed
- -
Thelonious Monk
Yesterday
&
A Simpler Tree

a simpler tree art markers...


Sunday, March 28, 2010

a sunday tree french crayons...


a sunday tree...

A Sunday Tree
Freshly Ground New England Coffee
&
Crayons
Last night I dreamt of Mars Hill Basketball & Thelonious Monk
So,
This morning I painted A Sunday Tree
Painted with French crayons & signed with an 8B pencil
Oh! I think
Mars Hill Basketball
Thelonious Monk
&
A Sunday Tree
Were stirred by Vincent Van Gogh
&
Friday
Dreams
- -
I
Guess

a sunday tree & a cup of coffee...


Saturday, March 27, 2010

some portraits in jazz acrylic...


Friday, March 26, 2010

in perfect walk...

The mill house
On the water; butternut shutters
Ribbons
Chapels
Ghosts
&
Blue
On the glass lake in perfect walk
Bonnets
Waistcoats & watches
Marching
To
Music
&
Poetry
&
Art
- -
None lost;
This rain this morning is a kind friend

frederick douglass seneca falls pencil...


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

jean the warhol effect...


consider...

"Consider yourself lightly, consider the world deeply." -Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

point quixotic...

Quixotic
Your song
The sand
Banners marching the hills
Flying the breeze
- -
Yes,
Quixotic
Your song

&
Your song
In
Crayon

Blue

The sea

Write a Poem
Did you notice?

Paint
A
Picture

Make
A
Pot

Point Quixotic
- -
Sing
Your Song

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

today...

Quoting Vice President Biden quoting the poet Virgil, "The greatest wealth is health."

Monday, March 22, 2010

quixotic...


Sunday, March 21, 2010

be kind...

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." -Dalai Lama

tea at the beach...

Tea at the beach -
Chartreuse
& kind of blue

Saturday, March 20, 2010

a star's breezes...

A walk
Away
Down the hill toward the sea
A star's breezes
Sailing lights on the sea
Hills & granite seats to sit
Brisk
Late summer
Nights
On the dock
&
White beards
Traveling
Home
- -
In the morning

Friday, March 19, 2010

for may portrait pencil...


Thursday, March 18, 2010

a pencil sketch for a portrait sometime in may...


a pencil sketch for a portrait sometime...

A pencil sketch for a portrait sometime
In May
A sunny day
A bossa
In pencil & paint
In paper & canvas
In the coffee hour
On a 1930s tin table wheat & mustard color
- -
The coffee is made

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

a short story...

In a place
At the bottom of a mountain
Near the sea
Reeds in a stream
Snow caps on the sun
Compasses whirring
Rocks
&
Storms
&
Out the window a sidewalk painter painting
Looking down
On the Blue Bar marquee
Jazz Tonight!
Flitter
Colors in the breeze
This hotel window I write out of
&
This
- -
But
A short story

Monday, March 15, 2010

grace pencil...


a bird is singing...

Clouds
barge in
darkly,
Spirit,
and
a bird is singing.
- -
A bird is singing.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

jean 1960 copa pencil...


a novella in hip...

Cloudy
River rain
In the piano room
Arpeggios & Monk's Notes Not There
Played
&
Heard
A
Novella
In
Hip
Somewhere - -
Somewhere
Over the Rainbow

'gentle rain'...

Familiar Street
Old photographs in a box
Lamps
Lighted
Piccolos wafting
Smoky
&
Blue
- -
Wistful
The table & the flowers are empty
&
A trumpet plays
The
Perfect
Song

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010

in the fall of 1953...

In the fall of 1953
Jazz
&
Boxing
&
Basketball
We were youth
Sinking 20 footers off the backboard over the garage door
Tommy Brown & me
Crunching leaves into newspaper & smoking it
The afternoon suns were golden
Different from today
&
Gave us a feeling
We were youth
Oh!
I'm sure someone said the world would end then too
Hey!
Smoking leaves wrapped in newspaper
Now, that had to be good for us
Under a light bulb hanging from a black wire
Precariously
&
Gary Bossie on tenor sax in the mood in the mood
Trumpet moonlight serenade
Eddie Hall on Waxo barrel bass
Marciano LaStarza Marciano by TKO in the 11th
Every street corner a pool hall & zoots & yellow dresses
Press passes & yellow cabs
The
Polo
Grounds
New York New York
September 24
Rocky & Roland
Our March Madness! under the lights
Aaaah!
Then
We were youth
Under the stars
&
Jack Kerouac was at the Staten Island Ferry dock in New York City

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

kerouac (1922-1969) pencil...


roads (& all the words)...

Roads
Red barns & Burma Shave

Wall Drug 2 miles
In California at a best time

Loyalty's songs
Chills trills ocean birds sang

Mulligan Baker Dizzy
Bird
Cool

In California at a best time
Ribbons
Carmel seas

Roads to Scotland
Not far

Sketching the La Jolla Sea

In California at a best time
Sun bounced branches in a scrub pine

Hearing
Tequila & Salt at the Home Cafe
Bo
Dee
O
O

Orange & purple
&
A tree to sit under

There,
There

In California at a best time

Saturday, March 6, 2010

like a matisse paris france in Paint...


jazzbirds sit...

City & sea
Streets & doors balconies mist
Trees & wheat cantaloupe & deer
The walks the red slat fences
Bookmarks in life
Salty dust benches
Jazzbirds sit
The sun & the moon ride the cliff's night
Shaboom
Shaboom
Oh!
In separate circles the neon sigh

Friday, March 5, 2010

amedeo modigliani (1884-1920) pencil...


search for the muse...

Search for the Muse
If you are not
Hafiz;
Though you may think you see her
You
Do
Not
Unless
Everyday is a flock of birds
In perfect formation

"earth laughs in flowers." -ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) pencil...


Thursday, March 4, 2010

you cat, daddy-o...

It is evening
Morning
&
Spring
Listening to
Moten Swing
The violins wide
Joy a cymbal
Brushes & baking - oh notes
Oh
Notes
Ummm umm
Swingin' shades charades parades
Ummm umm
Vivaldi,
You cat, Daddy-O
Happy Birthday!
Oh

modigliani, miles & myself & oh yes, kerouac...

Modigliani, Miles & myself & oh yes, Kerouac
Sat together
In a barroom in Cartagena
To
Talk
About
Goodness & Dignity & God & Beauty & Love
We all agreed
In the absence of these things
There is but darkness
We understood there probably should be more
So,
We threw in World Peace
&
Then ordered beer
The exact amber of the stucco barroom walls
- -
This all happened in 1988 I think

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

on a path into a mountain...

On a path into a mountain
A huge mountain
She wrapped herself
In
Llama cloths
&
Peacock feathers
Dreams
The snow smells & tastes
The air is full of her
&
She hears a song
A song she's heard before
Hoooop hoop
- -
A departed angel

#144. pg. 48 lady on the narrows haiku by peter deVeber...

Paris
long-playing -
West ta ta mooooon

diana krall jazz pencil fresco on yellow lined paper...


Monday, March 1, 2010

i hear a train whistle...

I hear a train whistle
Saturday morning tea
Monday
&
The
Cool breezes on my door
Whispers of spring
In a beat
&
A blue star sang
In my ear
Along the track to Union Station
In a beat
In my aviator glasses

i hear a train whistle pencil...