I’ve been performing this poem for more than a decade…but it seems timely…
The gig at the Five Forks branch of the Greenville Public Library, back in April 2019, was sponsored by the library. They reached out to the Greenville Jazz Collective to provide a program of jazz and poetry, so then the GJC reached out to me for the poetry. I would still like to work on an arrangement for this piece, especially including some percussion, and then record it…
“Repetition” is a poem I’ve been working on for a little while. This is a freestyle version with Shannon Hoover on bass and Matt Dingledine on guitar. The gig at the Five Forks branch of the Greenville Public Library, back in April 2019, was sponsored by the library. They reached out to the Greenville Jazz Collective to provide a program of jazz and poetry, so then the GJC reached out to me for the poetry. I would still like to work on an arrangement for this piece, especially including some percussion, and then record it…
in the mirror
made in China
what is behind me
is before me
i see
buffalo no roam
truces trails nooses nails
slaves paths paved
fathers founding free
ejacular college lock her rooms
dark sons dark daughters dark secrets
times three over five equals
ours tis of thee of me
steel bars
beer bars
code bars
prison bars
greasing grinding greed
far away from here
from there
from where
still warm
and steamy
with butter
with honey
with grape jelly
with cheese Continue reading
what i remember
is my perception
of what was
happening
and what happened
before what was
happening
and what happened Continue reading
is a Different thing
from Mother’s Day.
The Name
“Mother” of a Day
speaks for itself too Continue reading