Snowballs
And
Beef fried rice
Ice
And
Winter
The years visiting the Cape Cod canal
And jazz and gold
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Eubie Blake (1887-1983) quote...
"Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody." -Eubie Blake
Thursday, December 27, 2012
time lapse sea...
Taillights bright red on the rainy street
Wheels splashing the train whistle's song
Headlamps streak
In the time lapse morning
On the time lapse sea
Sailing
Wheels splashing the train whistle's song
Headlamps streak
In the time lapse morning
On the time lapse sea
Sailing
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
merry Christmas and the best 2013...
Trees and train whistles,
garland and gulls -
sailing home.
painting by Jean
garland and gulls -
sailing home.
painting by Jean
Saturday, December 22, 2012
in 50 degrees...
In 50 degrees
On the trees
Just
A dance
Bird
And
Branch berry and the last leaf falling
Venetian pigeons
Rain
And
Splash
The sailcloth curtain on the hallway door
A Paris cafe
Hemingway
Charlie Shavers! Charlie Shavers!
On the trees
Just
A dance
Bird
And
Branch berry and the last leaf falling
Venetian pigeons
Rain
And
Splash
The sailcloth curtain on the hallway door
A Paris cafe
Hemingway
Charlie Shavers! Charlie Shavers!
Friday, December 21, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
all a yes...
Beautiful saxophone player in New York City
On a LeRoy Neiman poster
The street 52nd Street paint and jazz and print
Bird
All
On orange and brown paper
Splashed with gold the Onyx the night
All a Yes
Beautiful girl in Paris
On a
Paris Poster
Orange and brown paper
Paint and river and music
Dexter Gordon the Cafe the night
All a Yes
Charlie Shavers! Charlie Shavers!
On a LeRoy Neiman poster
The street 52nd Street paint and jazz and print
Bird
All
On orange and brown paper
Splashed with gold the Onyx the night
All a Yes
Beautiful girl in Paris
On a
Paris Poster
Orange and brown paper
Paint and river and music
Dexter Gordon the Cafe the night
All a Yes
Charlie Shavers! Charlie Shavers!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
old walls...
New poetry
The old walls
Paintings
And
Ribbon
Matisse Monet
Manet
Buddy Bolden say
Old walls
Hemingway
Ripples in a river
Going by
The old walls
Paintings
And
Ribbon
Matisse Monet
Manet
Buddy Bolden say
Old walls
Hemingway
Ripples in a river
Going by
Monday, December 10, 2012
flying at the ell redux...
Flying at the ell
Tea in the evening before the night
A perfect formation
A perfect flight
&
Trumpets there
Pianos & fruit bread too
Flying at the ell
Miles to go
Tea in the evening before the night
A perfect formation
A perfect flight
&
Trumpets there
Pianos & fruit bread too
Flying at the ell
Miles to go
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
when california was young...
The warmth of the early light
Coffee
And
Jam
And a starched white blouse
,
Mingus plays piano in California
When California was young
Coffee
And
Jam
And a starched white blouse
,
Mingus plays piano in California
When California was young
quite jazz...
Quite jazz
Lester Young and Billie Holiday
Bird trains flyin'
Perfectly
At the Cellar Stairs
Planes and Tranes
Miles and Miles
Quite perfectly jazz
To
Go
Lester Young and Billie Holiday
Bird trains flyin'
Perfectly
At the Cellar Stairs
Planes and Tranes
Miles and Miles
Quite perfectly jazz
To
Go
Friday, November 23, 2012
black coffee...
That early sun on the street this morning
All sides of the solid line and the hill
Black coffee
And the early train whistle familiar again
But
No hanging blue painter's tape in the bay breeze
At the Nickelodeon Shore
Until February and April and June
All sides of the solid line and the hill
Black coffee
And the early train whistle familiar again
But
No hanging blue painter's tape in the bay breeze
At the Nickelodeon Shore
Until February and April and June
Saturday, November 17, 2012
in the bay morning...
The sun
There
On the rosa berries
Red and lush
And the breath of seabirds
On them
Blue pennants hang in the sky,
Fluttering
Crows everywhere
In the bay morning
Washed in light and sea
And contentment
There
On the rosa berries
Red and lush
And the breath of seabirds
On them
Blue pennants hang in the sky,
Fluttering
Crows everywhere
In the bay morning
Washed in light and sea
And contentment
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
night...
Night
On the bay
A tree -
Gold, purple, some orange in the sky
The Old Wind sings
And talks all night long
Sipping tea
Thursday, November 8, 2012
a daisy...
Paint
The moon night
Sun drops
Pearl beads of the rain and the stars
A daisy
And
Write
Here
The moon night
Sun drops
Pearl beads of the rain and the stars
A daisy
And
Write
Here
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
no updraft...
The poet's road
Mist, quiet air
Flowers do not move
A few birds flying
A gauze curtain motionless
In a hallway,
On a roof a crow telling
Gulls and people,
Not a breath
No updraft.
Mist, quiet air
Flowers do not move
A few birds flying
A gauze curtain motionless
In a hallway,
On a roof a crow telling
Gulls and people,
Not a breath
No updraft.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
of good...
Meadow birds and ocean flowers
Speaking here and the salt girl
Over the breakwater
Of good.
Speaking here and the salt girl
Over the breakwater
Of good.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
sweetest dawns...
Sweetest dawns & sunsets coming around the corner
Up Johnson
Around the bend
Up Monument
Into the Marula tree over McGonigal's house
It is October
It is autumn
Up Johnson
Around the bend
Up Monument
Into the Marula tree over McGonigal's house
It is October
It is autumn
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
lowell...
Lowell
Streets
Ghosts in the barrooms
&
Sandwich shops
Cobblestone rooms
Leafy
Solitude
&
Dawn
On the music
On the beat
Streets
Ghosts in the barrooms
&
Sandwich shops
Cobblestone rooms
Leafy
Solitude
&
Dawn
On the music
On the beat
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
a motionless sky &...
A chair
A porch
A motionless sky &
Flowers in pots
On bushes
&
On the marquee
:
Closed
Click
!
A porch
A motionless sky &
Flowers in pots
On bushes
&
On the marquee
:
Closed
Click
!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
call to us (redux)...
Scattered psalms
Trinkets
&
Dust
Hearts & troves
The winds blow danger on the world
Then
&
Now
& for a moment we hold each other
Then
&
Now
,
But for a moment - just
.
Now
Doves & geese crows & hawks
;
Call to us
Trinkets
&
Dust
Hearts & troves
The winds blow danger on the world
Then
&
Now
& for a moment we hold each other
Then
&
Now
,
But for a moment - just
.
Now
Doves & geese crows & hawks
;
Call to us
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
september morning...
September morning
The quiet water sailcloths flat
Flutter of blue tape on the Nickelodeon windows
Shadows
Under the eaves
Across the lobby door
Pink
Marquee
Will Scarlett Green posts & trim
The city is awake
&
Back to work
;
In my black & white movie
,
I paint today
The quiet water sailcloths flat
Flutter of blue tape on the Nickelodeon windows
Shadows
Under the eaves
Across the lobby door
Pink
Marquee
Will Scarlett Green posts & trim
The city is awake
&
Back to work
;
In my black & white movie
,
I paint today
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Neil Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012)
Beautiful sun this morning
A crow flies by the starfish on the window
A geranium looks up
Orange flowers too
Caws
Percolating
Coffee
A picture on the front page
;
Last night the moon grew older
A crow flies by the starfish on the window
A geranium looks up
Orange flowers too
Caws
Percolating
Coffee
A picture on the front page
;
Last night the moon grew older
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
no sketches no brews...
There are no geraniums this morning
Jazz concerts
Waterfronts or wishing
Pianos or trumpets
No time
No keeping time
No sketches
No brews
Miles is gone
*
My friend, Jack, thinking about Miles
*
In a dream last night <>
Jazz concerts
Waterfronts or wishing
Pianos or trumpets
No time
No keeping time
No sketches
No brews
Miles is gone
*
My friend, Jack, thinking about Miles
*
In a dream last night <>
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
wonderful haiku by lucijane, a friend...
Petals of glowing fire
Beneath a soft light moon.
Relativity.
Beneath a soft light moon.
Relativity.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
poem for island painting...
That orange night
Amber wing
Sunset
&
The end of spring
&
With just a tiny moon in the sky
Fly
Amber wing
Sunset
&
The end of spring
&
With just a tiny moon in the sky
Fly
Friday, July 6, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
a crow landed...
A crow landed
Strutting
On the movie house &
Flew away
Amid the pink & Will Scarlet green
Paint
& there
On the marquee
Just above the rosa rugosa & geraniums
&
A rusted pot
:
Troubadour
!
Strutting
On the movie house &
Flew away
Amid the pink & Will Scarlet green
Paint
& there
On the marquee
Just above the rosa rugosa & geraniums
&
A rusted pot
:
Troubadour
!
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
houses...
Houses
Blocks of color across the bay
White
Orange
Gold in the sun
Paper
Cloth
Bright & sail
In the morning
In a house
To
Nowhere
Blocks of color across the bay
White
Orange
Gold in the sun
Paper
Cloth
Bright & sail
In the morning
In a house
To
Nowhere
Sunday, June 3, 2012
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