Monday, September 30, 2013

"Old Ironsides"...


Sunday, September 29, 2013

kimberly's dylan...


Saturday, September 28, 2013

redux brigitte zarie...


monty alexander...


trane(s) i want to talk about you...


trane...


except the music at 8 a.m. ...

Tea and apples
Sauce and vanilla
Raspberry crepes the song
Too
A red kayak and a yellow kayak on a blue roof go  by
All the sun and its shadows
And
A church bell and now a church song of church bells
Saturday morning
This late September morning
Quiet
Except the music at 8 A.M.

Friday, September 27, 2013

tonight's sky...


Thursday, September 26, 2013

unfinished chet baker...


redux lemon moon...


redux joe...


unfinished 1...


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

september green grass...

September green grass
The 12 Days of Christmas
And
Charles Mingus's "Flowers for a Lady"
And
Texas's foreboding storms
On the drive into New Mexico
Aaaaah!
September green grass
The 12 Days of Christmas
And
Charles Mingus's "Flowers for a Lady"

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

unfinished 2...


Monday, September 23, 2013

later some gold...

Last night
The movie house was dark
This morning
Gray and
Dark
Later some gold
Across the street from my rubbish barrels
The dawn clouds
No Key Largo
No Bacall
The movie house where cellos once practiced
Closed

Sunday, September 22, 2013

first day of autumn: another chorus another beat another...

A simple poem
Of
Water droplets on my window screen
Balmy
The wind is speaking
Saying
It will be alright
Tonight
And
For now
On the earth and plane
This morning
In the wind
Another chorus another beat another.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

slam stewart (1914-1987)...


the morn of the eve of autumn...

Fog
The morn of the eve of autumn
Sweetheart apples
Plums
On the ground
And
In the distance
A
Poem

Lament
The far songs the thick breezes
And
The roses gone

Friday, September 20, 2013

ray brown (1926-2002)...


in the butter dawn...

In the butter dawn
On the water
Sail set
Broad reaches
The sea
The Sippican bells
The night and the calm
And
The butter dawn
Remembering

Thursday, September 19, 2013

ben webster (1909-1973) dirty ole blues...


lady gaga... lady...


Wednesday, September 18, 2013

the empty movie house...

The empty movie house
A mulberry tree bowed to the sea
A September of a year
Eons finches and tiny orchids
And quiet water
With one rose, berries and beans
Cactuses without flower
Benny Goodman on tour
The swan and Jack Stevens and Stella
Alone

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

jack bean...


Monday, September 16, 2013

cannonball adderley (1928-1975) bohemia after dark...

Bebop in tuxedos
After dark
Cannonball line
Moustache alto man trumpet man
Sticks and bass
Tenor and
Piano
After dark February and April
Cymbal
Cymball Cannonball moustache
Batta tat batta tat, tat tat
Bohemia
Louis Batta Tat, tat tat
After dark

henry 'red' allen (1906-1967) wild man blues...


before the monday morning...

that sky and the water
a stained glass window
pink
and
green
the goldfinches under wing
the
quiet
serene
before the Monday morning

Sunday, September 15, 2013

the rose bush is gone...

September
The rose bush is gone
In
Lingering springs
,
February and April

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Friday, September 13, 2013

the fog plays music...

A quiet poem
Starry night
A firehouse light
Roads and beaches rocks and boxes
The fog plays music
In finches
And
Your solitude
In the early morning
Only
In the early morning
A rose is still here

Thursday, September 12, 2013

dylan 1...


dylan 2...


dylan 3...


Wednesday, September 11, 2013

the whispers are not even whispers...

Mornings are longer now
Breeze and fog
But
That's not it
Cooler
Yes
But
That's not it
Either
It's
The whispers are not even whispers
Anymore

Monday, September 9, 2013

jazz...

Blue lilies
Morning shine
And
Shadows

Cool,
Buddy Bolden
Say

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Monday, September 2, 2013

pratsanee...


Sunday, September 1, 2013

masquerades...

Geraniums
Masquerades
The roses gone by
The wild geese dreamt all the dreams
Now they are in a home place
In a Chet Baker song