“AUBADE” by W.S. Di Piero published in March 30th 2020 New Yorker, morning blessings for our times. Photo by eliana melisande. Thank You!
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Poets’ Poker Night in Regina
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Innocence (i. Introduction)
The Angel that presided ‘oer my birth The Angel that presided ‘oer my birth Said, “Little creature, form’d of Joy and Mirth, “Go love without the help of any Thing on Earth.” Auguries of Innocence By William Blake To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
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Dispatch from Belfast 1996
John Field – 1996 Dispatch from Belfast* the first play, his hands a long way off from his shirt and casket cuffs demonstrating clementi’s instrument with his soft fingertips. The society of Russia made him “Darling” finally, his mistress made him her husband after three years under under his This time, these next years now
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MUSIC 2018 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD
BREATHING THROUGH MY EARS My listening continues to gravitate to classical recordings with heady mix of jazz and blues and rock. Late string quartets by Shubert and Beethoven have my attention, as does Shubert’s Piano Sonata in G reaching for peace. Schubert and Beethoven’s late quartets were a revelation, thanks to Tom Allen and CBC.
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My Cod Piece from the Waterfront
ICELANDIC COD I stop at the meat and fish counter, seeing Icelandic Cod for sale. I wonder what makes this cod Icelandic? Maybe somebody behind the counter can tell me what makes this Cod Icelandic. Now this is a large chain grocery store it’s true, but it’s in Gimli, once known as New Iceland….Partly I
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Published Last week in Jerry Jazz Musician
Revelation The light on the road to Chicago turns us toward each other, stories full in our mouths. There is room in the Volkswagen for what we need, growing in the music of Al Green and Norah Jones. Reaching ahead of our selves, we hold hands as the dusk settles her skirt around us, we
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Waking Early Sunday Morning by Robert Lowell For Theodore Roethke by Robert Lowell “I LEAVE MY FATHER’S EYE” – Theodore Roethke I stumble into the pool, my fall checked by the cleanest water until I put my head down my feet up. Enveloped by a field of
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International Jazz Day – Bemsha Swing !
“Charlie Haden was the bass player with the Ornette Coleman quartet. I saw them live in Vancouver at The Cellar (the original Cellar) in the early 60’s. Don Cherry was the trumpeter, but I cannot remember the drummer’s name. Don Cherry actually subbed for me on a New Year’s gig. He’d stuck around after one
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Cecil Taylor died on April 5, 2018, a connection to remember as the same day as my amputation. I’ve still not finished my hard bop essay, and the connection in the late 50s would be some hard bop sessions and performances with drummer Max Roach, and Taylor’s own hard percussive style.Taylor was regarded as one
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