In the paper lanterns of my mind
I was told
Orange
&
The moon shone
&
Peace
In the paper lanterns of my mind
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
for tu fu...
Yesterday morning the moon was far
Barely opaque
It sat on two purple ribbons in the dawning sky
Over the bay
Over the small boat there
This morning is the fog
A whisper on my face
Barely opaque
It sat on two purple ribbons in the dawning sky
Over the bay
Over the small boat there
This morning is the fog
A whisper on my face
Saturday, May 29, 2010
through the poet's night streets...
Through the poet's night streets
I read the
Nighttime blue light
& the reflecting faces
On the balcony of the Great Hotel
Bowls & drinks of Mandarin orange flavor
Reflecting
On the eyeglasses
On the balcony
On the Winter Garden Theater live
& Brooklyn's
Sophie Sigh
Her baby don't care for...
Swings out!
With the La Dolce Vitas on Smile Street
Out the lobby of the Great Hotel
Street painters in the street
Red neon reflecting
On floral painting dresses
Out the windows of the penthouse floor
On Sophie Sigh Street
Her baby just cares for...
Her
&
- -
Too
*for Sophie Milman singing My Baby Just Cares for Me live at the Winter Garden Theater.
I read the
Nighttime blue light
& the reflecting faces
On the balcony of the Great Hotel
Bowls & drinks of Mandarin orange flavor
Reflecting
On the eyeglasses
On the balcony
On the Winter Garden Theater live
& Brooklyn's
Sophie Sigh
Her baby don't care for...
Swings out!
With the La Dolce Vitas on Smile Street
Out the lobby of the Great Hotel
Street painters in the street
Red neon reflecting
On floral painting dresses
Out the windows of the penthouse floor
On Sophie Sigh Street
Her baby just cares for...
Her
&
- -
Too
*for Sophie Milman singing My Baby Just Cares for Me live at the Winter Garden Theater.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
thoughtful pond...
A slide of color, chartreuses & pink
Into blue
Into sap greens & forest
Onto blues
& onto Thoughtful Pond - click!
& here
Garden jazz - snap!
Picture
Teatimes & the morning stars
Her
- -
& red hair
Into blue
Into sap greens & forest
Onto blues
& onto Thoughtful Pond - click!
& here
Garden jazz - snap!
Picture
Teatimes & the morning stars
Her
- -
& red hair
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
bluebird skies...
The sun is on the movie house
Images of the Parthenon & Bluebird skies
Birds
Whirs of a projector
&
The calm of a good film
Talking pictures with smells & dance
Alan a Dale
Frames on the barns & bougainvilleas
Lilies
&
Lack there of
Playing ballads to you
& blue
- -
& blue
Images of the Parthenon & Bluebird skies
Birds
Whirs of a projector
&
The calm of a good film
Talking pictures with smells & dance
Alan a Dale
Frames on the barns & bougainvilleas
Lilies
&
Lack there of
Playing ballads to you
& blue
- -
& blue
Friday, May 14, 2010
flights to oyster bay...
Seventeen a 17 foot Herreshoff
Seventeen a sandbar
Seventeen a sunburn
Then
Nineteen jazz sketches above the transoms
Flights to Oyster Bay
&
Scotch
&
Soda
&
Ginsberg catching rides in a crowded car
Where the poets are writing pictures
To
- -
The windows & the doors
Seventeen a sandbar
Seventeen a sunburn
Then
Nineteen jazz sketches above the transoms
Flights to Oyster Bay
&
Scotch
&
Soda
&
Ginsberg catching rides in a crowded car
Where the poets are writing pictures
To
- -
The windows & the doors
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
ships quiet like the rain...
The quiet rain on the porch
On the sill
On the hill
A
Thunder
A tympani awake & stirring
Down the hall
Down the stairs
Pirates
&
Coffee
&
Ships quiet like the rain
- -
A
Thunder
On the sill
On the hill
A
Thunder
A tympani awake & stirring
Down the hall
Down the stairs
Pirates
&
Coffee
&
Ships quiet like the rain
- -
A
Thunder
Friday, May 7, 2010
& pretty dissonances on the piano...
One lamp lighted
The blue lamp
Two others too
The sun on the river
Clocks ticking & the decoys are ruffled
& pretty dissonances on the piano
Here's that rainy day...
Friday night
Dream
The big motels...
Miami!
Friday night
Summertime...
The big hotels...
Miami!
- -
& the sun on the river
The North River
The blue lamp
Two others too
The sun on the river
Clocks ticking & the decoys are ruffled
& pretty dissonances on the piano
Here's that rainy day...
Friday night
Dream
The big motels...
Miami!
Friday night
Summertime...
The big hotels...
Miami!
- -
& the sun on the river
The North River
Thursday, May 6, 2010
paper dreams...
These
Paper dreams
Awake
Crinkled orange & mist
Folded flying the teary heart
Reaching
- -
These chartreuse things
Paper dreams
Awake
Crinkled orange & mist
Folded flying the teary heart
Reaching
- -
These chartreuse things
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
one page written ca. 1988...
Stella by Starlight poured from the horn out onto the room. A few people heard the melody, a dripping tune, damp, then soaking wet. If you loved Stella, you stopped. But most went about talking and drinking and overall carrying on. Oh yes, Jack the Tenor Saxophone Man! He remembered the very cool rendition, and the air leaving her body on that bluest of nights when Milo died. Jack could have been the best player in the world. But he never was. It's likely, and it's no secret, because he drank for the toothache. Stone heard the music, rolling from dream to Nick's here on Commercial Street. This house is alive in the dark where the storefronts sleep in a row like headstones resting for battle. Nick's in Big Town is the place to hear jazz. Milo made a home here in the late forties early fifties. Jack eyed the water glass filled with straight Kentucky bourbon. The pure cure for the toothache. He gulped it and flapped his pudgy hand at a waitress. More! Stone blinked, this guy is beautiful! Milo died on stage at Newport. Other than Jack, Stella, Stone and Milo himself, not many are known to recall the event. It was lost as a milestone on the swinging Duke Ellington orchestra and dancing in the park. Happily, though, for Milo, the Big Town All-Stars appeared three hours earlier. So, when the first waves of Take the A Train smashed on the trees, the Silky Trumpet from the North was already a muted soul. Jack embraced the loss. He had stood beside Milo and was the only person to tell him goodnight.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
toucan blues...
A mist on the rooftops & the bows of ships
Fisheries
&
Swooping birds
The Toucan blues
Floppy hat & felt bag she paints
The
Face
&
Brow
Of Sylvia's Song floppy hat & felt bag
The Toucan blues
In poetry
Birds
Like
The
Colors of our toll
Glen Island
Casablanca
Key
Largo
The peach bright night
The adventuresome walks
Sketching
Early
A
Tangerine dawn
In Country Hill
Where there are
Wine apples & winces
Shivers
&
Smiles
Chick Corea
& outside the jazz room & all its oak paneling
Out there
On the North River
The sun comes out from behind a cloud last night
The colors of the Toucan's bill & plume
Orange pink periwinkle flight the Toucan blues
Fisheries
&
Swooping birds
The Toucan blues
Floppy hat & felt bag she paints
The
Face
&
Brow
Of Sylvia's Song floppy hat & felt bag
The Toucan blues
In poetry
Birds
Like
The
Colors of our toll
Glen Island
Casablanca
Key
Largo
The peach bright night
The adventuresome walks
Sketching
Early
A
Tangerine dawn
In Country Hill
Where there are
Wine apples & winces
Shivers
&
Smiles
Chick Corea
& outside the jazz room & all its oak paneling
Out there
On the North River
The sun comes out from behind a cloud last night
The colors of the Toucan's bill & plume
Orange pink periwinkle flight the Toucan blues
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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