Friday, May 27, 2011

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

Thursday, May 26, 2011

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

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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

Monday, May 23, 2011

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

Saturday, May 21, 2011

winter fly breaking news...

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

Friday, May 20, 2011

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

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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.

Monday, May 9, 2011

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

Saturday, May 7, 2011

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

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