Sound Bites: May 28, 2024

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)