w/ lester young...

The starfish
Whispers
&
Breathes
In the Scottish pine
On the grass
Wavy
&
Wet
&
Christmas green
This morning on the bay
&,
& it is fine
&,
&
Last night
The
Lady
In
The
Red
Jazz
Gardenia
Sang
w/ Lester Young
&,
& it was fine

weary miles...

Weary miles
Miles's trumpet song
In the studio
On the canvas
A tableau
A festival

Rio de Janeiro 8 P.M.
;
From
The
Firmament

never running...

Docks & slips
Off the moorings
Hills
&
The snow passes
Sun
Feathers soar
Feathers bristle
A wing breaks
&
A spinnaker
Fills
Running purple & green
Running purple
;
Never running

the rain is not a song this morning...

The rain is not a song this morning
Gray sky
Black sky
Gray
Lanterns dip
Bows crash
The stern flagging
&
Ocean cans swagger
The rain is not a song this morning
- -
At sea

may 23...

1.

Cushions crumpled on the movie house porch
5 o clock martinis the night before
In sweaters one tie around the shoulder
Scripts & notebooks under their arm
Shocks of white hair
Red ruddy cheeks
&
Noses
Salt
&
Sea
The last great story
In the soup
&
Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie played
That night
On the movie house porch

2.

The California cream
Lemon
In the tea
The carpet is not Persian
It is just rose color & tasseled
I'm reading the essentials
More tea
Please

3.

I thought I saw a giant crow w/ 2 heads
Then I saw I was seeing 2 crows on the peak of the movie house roof
Above the marquee
It was then I thought of a movie script
I am writing a treatment now
Across the st. from the movie house
- -
Where the 2 crows have flown away

winter fly breaking news...

Breaking News:
the winter fly
to play foghorn with the Boston Pops.

fog is a melody muted...

Stillness
On my window
Starfish
&
Song
Fog is a melody muted
&
Miles keeps playing
The
Same
Note
Over
&
Over
- -
Spotless

chet sings acrylic 36X48...

chet sings acrylic cu...

packed for the journey...

A still life this morning the
Movie house the rosa ragusa
& a bowl of
Apples plates of strawberries
Raspberry
Teas
Boiling
&
Totes
Packed for the journey
& in the painting in the window in the meadow
A
Dancer
&
A
Horse

Bob Marley (1945-1981)...

in the moonlight... spring...

The windows & the roofs
- -
Are
Drying out,
The sun & the wires
Dance
In the moonlight
Spring
- -
&
Deep
Breaths
Abound

back to capistrano...

The winter fly
awoke,
& boarded a flight back to Capistrano.

the sky did not fall...

When the blue
Listen
To
Brubeck
&
Angelou

The sail the sea;
See
The sky did not fall

my kerouac's winter fly...

The winter fly
returns to Lubec from Capistrano,
for a little more winter.

this morning only...

Very quiet
Listening to the poets in my mind
But
No train whistle
I miss the 6:07
But
Gray & sway
On the horizon
At
Seavey's
&
A ruffle in the Marula tree
Over
McGonigal's
Gingerbread
&
Apples
Smells & songs
- -
This morning only

another tribute to Jack Kerouac and his winter fly...

The winter fly
dancing across the ivories,
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most.