Dead Calm

 

Without friction

there is no motion

Without motion

— creation stops

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Abeyance

 

My pen is searching

for its guitar case

a place to sleep

when the writing’s done

 

To rest in the dark  

between flowing moments

of what might be coming 

— and old verses sung

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Nowhere To Hide

 

The haunting of our memories

never to escape

No continent wide nor ocean deep

— will shield us from their rape

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Falling Into Silence

 

For years

I’ve had an old man’s body

Today

 an old man’s mind

 

The past

a memory ever haunting

Tomorrow looming

— in decline

 

(Listening To Paul Simon: May, 2024)

 

 

Shadow Dancing

 

Making everyday life poetic

doggedness abounds

Separating wheat from chaff

— harder than it sounds

 

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)

 

 

Again New Orleans

 

Waking up from a dream 

inside another dream

inside another dream

inside another …

 

(Listening to Wynton Marsalis: May, 2024)