Thursday, July 31, 2014

not but fog...

I cannot see across the street
Or down the street
Not
But
Fog
On the movie house marquee
On the bay
On the meadow

On a path at Hamilton Cove

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

have a boats the poem...


Monday, July 28, 2014

breezes tossed...

The quiet boats
Dogs and wind
Breezes tossed
In white and cool
The motors islands sail
My summer picture

Saturday, July 26, 2014

eleven a m...

Geraniums
Bay and Breeze left this morning
The deep distant horns
And
Isaccs's Sky
A best place piano and voice
Eleven A M
The road, highways on sea and air
Today
Johnny Hodges Sunny Side of the Street

this morning johnny hodges sunny side of the street...


Thursday, July 24, 2014

in a modigliani mood...


morning breaks...

Morning breaks
In fog
Distant and safe
Not trampling
Grass sand and stone whole notes or eighths
Picnics
Or
Paint

This morning

Monday, July 21, 2014

the house across the street...

Brightening over the movie house
Scraped and caulked
Waiting paint subdued and an accent
A new marquee
New stars
New titles
New music

No more blue painter's tape
Flap, flap

the horses and the sky...

The horses and the sky
Lush lavender and blue high
Storm clouds
Singing
,
Welcome back to the beach


*inspired by a painting by henry isaacs, 'storm clouds'...

Sunday, July 20, 2014

gonzo journalism...


islesford oil by jean deveber...

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

2 sketches last night...


Tuesday, July 15, 2014

of isaacs's sky...

Light in the sky in a sigh
Vanilla pink and gray
A patchwork
Of Isaccs's sky
In a breath
The sea
The lightest green
Where
Sails
And
Hulls
In the ocean morning
Slap
Bells buoys cans and horns
The lonely sail
The lonely sea

The lonely gull

in that modigliani mood...

In that Modigliani mood
A dark blue fedora
The hat band
The jazz band
In the Toulouse-Lautrec room

Brown paper bags and paint

And her long and graceful stride

In that Modigliani mood
In the summertime of her year

Friday, July 11, 2014

johnson bay oil by jean deveber...


hillside oil by jean deveber...


from the trees...

Still air painted
In the new style
Trees reaching
To breathe
Four
In the new style
A picnic on the grass
And a sense of
Human

Teaching
From the trees

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

john mcgonigal acrylic...


foghorn...

A Miles Davis morning
Faraway
On a fog place
Chet
And
Distant too

Long ago

Monday, July 7, 2014

she is a new york sideman...

Just a sun over the Meadowlark
This cool breeze on the backdoor screen
Pink
A horn
Four miles
And a Jack Kerouac smile
Silver Lights City Lights
Every night again
Every night again
She is a New York sideman

Friday, July 4, 2014

of mist...

Of mist
And rosas finches and drooping chrysanthemums
Generations
Geraniums
Cactus
Monk and the Metropole Jazz Orchestra
Tristano and Barnes
Portraits of mist
And
Cole Porter

Diamonds on the air

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

up the pike...

Up the pike
Summer of '51 and Sinatra at the Sands
The warm September
In the June of my year

A long drive


*June 30, 2014.

little blue tables...

Saturday night sleep
&
Say
Hillside bay big hats
Divas and party trays

&
Little blue tables
Play

Jazz
In the glow


*June 28, 2014.