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)