"Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
Showers to showers and more showers still.
I've never known a spring like this.
I've had my fill of dark and dreary days.
I've never known a spring like this.
I've had my fill of dark and dreary days.
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
I saw the caterpillar sunning himself
on the lawn chair, a brief break between
storms, signaling the change.
The next day I heard the news.
That was yesterday.
OH NO! I screamed,
what happened?
He's gone, I was told.
Twelve birds played fly tag in my yard.
I never saw anything like that before.
They dove and wove, wings fluttering.
It reminded me of the time he and I played
piano together, a wild duet, fingers weaving
in and out with each other improvising
life music.
I loved that kid.
He was only 23.
I know the caterpillar was him.
I know the birds were him
coming to say goodbye.
I can't write anything
no matter how hard I try.
on the lawn chair, a brief break between
storms, signaling the change.
The next day I heard the news.
That was yesterday.
OH NO! I screamed,
what happened?
He's gone, I was told.
Twelve birds played fly tag in my yard.
I never saw anything like that before.
They dove and wove, wings fluttering.
It reminded me of the time he and I played
piano together, a wild duet, fingers weaving
in and out with each other improvising
life music.
I loved that kid.
He was only 23.
I know the caterpillar was him.
I know the birds were him
coming to say goodbye.
I can't write anything
no matter how hard I try.
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
signs
offered with love
with compassion
signs
less brutal
than words
signs
gentle metaphors
to ease the pain
offered with love
with compassion
signs
less brutal
than words
signs
gentle metaphors
to ease the pain
Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
Signs
I went in
To ask them
Why?
I went in
To ask them
Why?
me I feel like I'm becoming some kinda Kung fu t.v. Priest.....
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
my house of expectations
too large for one
i fill it with ghosts
too large for one
i fill it with ghosts
Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
Ghosts
Casper
Nosferatu
Silent movies
At dawn
Still raining
Better dreaming
Much better jammin
A dying art
Yes I say
When we're gone
Who will be left
To JAM!?
Casper
Nosferatu
Silent movies
At dawn
Still raining
Better dreaming
Much better jammin
A dying art
Yes I say
When we're gone
Who will be left
To JAM!?
me I feel like I'm becoming some kinda Kung fu t.v. Priest.....
Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
i thinkWIREMAN wrote:When we're gone
Who will be left
To JAM!?
i think
i think it will
carry forward
many people do it everyday
but unconsciously
spontaneous expression everyday
was texting someone the other day
when it was over i went back thru it
to find a specific piece of the conversation
i'm looking at the whole exchange
when i realized ...
it was JAM capital J e.g. -
Her: I will sleep good tonight
Him: Yeah, you'll be tired
Her: It's been a full day
Him: Ain't they all?
Her: True
Him: Bean is dreaming
Him: Running
Her: He is a man among men
Him: A prince, a real prince
Her: A King of New England
Him: And he has no mother
... not composed by any one person
but composing itself
on the spot
to meet a need
to fill a need ...
not only using words
but using rhythm the same way
inside & outside your door
24/7
to the left
to the right
all day
all night
inside & outside your head
my head
everyone's head
Greatest jammer?
God.
"In the beginning
was the Word
and the Word
was with God
and the Word
was God - John 1:1
the Beat ~~~~
YEAH!
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
baby finches
taking bird baths
in garden puddles
rain jams on
and on and
on, a symphony
in spring staccato
taking bird baths
in garden puddles
rain jams on
and on and
on, a symphony
in spring staccato
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
no rain
where sprinklers fail to tread
sand and more sand
where sprinklers fail to tread
sand and more sand
Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
Showers-flowers-showers
Flowers came wet
Showers never left
We still worked
Like the flowers
We got all wet
Soaked in fact
Flowers came wet
Showers never left
We still worked
Like the flowers
We got all wet
Soaked in fact
me I feel like I'm becoming some kinda Kung fu t.v. Priest.....
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
It rained for a million days,
even more than during the big flood
only this time, the rain wasn't meant
to drown us, it was only supposed to
keep the flower roots saturated and
mix with our tears. We never saw that
much rain in years and we're feeling guilty
'cause wildfires are spreading elsewhere
where there's a drought and if we could
only figure out how to share the rain, we
would.
even more than during the big flood
only this time, the rain wasn't meant
to drown us, it was only supposed to
keep the flower roots saturated and
mix with our tears. We never saw that
much rain in years and we're feeling guilty
'cause wildfires are spreading elsewhere
where there's a drought and if we could
only figure out how to share the rain, we
would.
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
swings of a pendulum
this way today,that way tomorrow
we can rage or we can write
we can dream or we can be
even now, i hope to sweeten the path
this way today,that way tomorrow
we can rage or we can write
we can dream or we can be
even now, i hope to sweeten the path
Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
Still raining
Soothing sound
Acceptance
It'll rain for sure
That it will
No work today
Just cafe sittin
Sippin coffee
Eggs n taters
Maybe some bacon
Soothing sound
Acceptance
It'll rain for sure
That it will
No work today
Just cafe sittin
Sippin coffee
Eggs n taters
Maybe some bacon
me I feel like I'm becoming some kinda Kung fu t.v. Priest.....
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
Larkspurs, black-eyed susans
Daisies are blooming--irises & azaleas
Are winding down...
Showers came last night
Riffled through the bowers
Now old sol, the sun, is
Warming the air as
Birds chirp & skinks scatter
Lee, our cat, scampers onto
The back porch, gets onto
Her favorite porch bench
Purrs up some more morning dew &
Sunshine, while sparrows come singing...
Daisies are blooming--irises & azaleas
Are winding down...
Showers came last night
Riffled through the bowers
Now old sol, the sun, is
Warming the air as
Birds chirp & skinks scatter
Lee, our cat, scampers onto
The back porch, gets onto
Her favorite porch bench
Purrs up some more morning dew &
Sunshine, while sparrows come singing...
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Re: "Showers to Flowers Jam" - April & May 2016
mew mew cat in the roof
caught in a space
we never knew
no way he got in
no way to get out
yet there he mews
caught in a space
we never knew
no way he got in
no way to get out
yet there he mews
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