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red sunset

 delicate birdcall summon s

light - 

ethereal butter

spreads smooth

over the ledge

calling out   .   moving in

leaning on the low clouds

drifting

a strikingly subtle phase

just before dark 

origin turns a face

to the wind

lullaby

albumen print

my eyes are as sharp as they used to be the old fool muttered

i havent lost much twinkle, poking the fire patch

this is the pilgrims way of cooking chicken he said, 

bespectacled, stirring the pot

at least the revolution was exotic, in a chilly way

if only we sipped chardonnay bliss

fully instead of sharing soup

it takes years to describe them, from the denizens

of the night, citizens, warriors, the occasional intriguing tapdancer

but this one you were my teacher, 

the laughing one, the happy hotai

in the fashion of green disney demons

with golden intentions

amplified through a sheeps horn

tiny piglet giggle

how is it sir i said, that you can do that

unravel, not clip, the ends 

              

                                                                                                                                

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Yogi Berra said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

Years ago I saw an exhibit of photos at a church-turned-gallery - tiny tinted daguerreotypes of deceased persons, some sitting, eyes closed, after death - while portraiture became more accessible with the introduction of the medium, people did wish to have a commemorative image of their loved departed, and many had not been photographed while alive, so families splurged to make these after-death portraits. It may have been a flourishing business for a while in the 19th century. Certainly the fact the subjects could not move made the long exposures facile, quite a feat in clarity of focus for the photoprint of the times.

I was fascinated by the images, particularly the mannerism, fashion, history, and the allure of heart associated with death and dying, and experienced a mock strangeness in seeing these images collected together for 'arts' sake, in what seemed to me an out-of-context setting. However something did set quite comfortably about the whole aesthetic of the experience - though I had never seen the likes, it still felt surrepticious somehow. (as opposed to enlightening) Yet, I have never forgotten it. (footnote:in the 21st century it is a jackpot business only for paparazzi and clerical evidenciary material in policework)

fast forward to a broadened in-outlook and realize zing that the essence

was the lesson about the platform, or stairway, maybe a spiral one, of

intention and/or reward systems - how these can build into any slant of vision and equally how an episode of moral question and/or crisis brought on by art can only (sssshhhh) be good

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orchestra
 




with all the wind and whitecaps on the beach
scattering plumes and dust,
a symphony tunes up 
i'd like to attend, surroundering

 the drumsticks, umbrellas 

and coat-tails lashing thru stripes 

of sand sea and sky
fine melody dissolved n gusts of salty air

majestic crescendos blurred by clouds

on the horizon a voice harmonic  
emerging 3 notes - that of a crow
with echo - caw caw caw and
a mirror call from a different treetop

curious gulls and terns swoop,
slices of spacious volume,

an arrow of geese glides overhead 

 sparkling as an array would be
at the hall or halfshell on the common.

will they continue to play
if the music flies away or
run to try and catch it
all 3 ways with the wind

music for vista viewing

 

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welcome

silhouette lank 

dark and slender  

as an oak tree feels 

gentle feathers of 

light

graceful limbs

haloed below 

the waystation that pumps daily rivers

how do you say it in french  

"prier de se servir"

in spanish..."ser acogedor..."

well come, well come

with ease

"...accogliere di buon grado..."

one cannot overdo

any gesture

of hospitality 

***

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La Roue

the wheel

once this was home of all nowledge

this dusty little box of a house

a few feet from the railroad track

with a well in a small fenced yard

where a merry goat pranced

and children spilled milk

full of laughter

in the garden

the pansies seem to shake their heads

"no, don't go!!"

the watering girls goodbye

there is something amazing about purposefully composed cinematographic ideas, splendid vision and tender treatment of subject, while clearly pushing the medium beyond the ordinary to the extraordinary

it was 1922 though they say it was 23

many circles slowly close the scenes, lighting and layering surreal effects, incredible settings, absolute genius in black and white, one can not applaud enough tho in its entirety it is almost 4 hours long. and it is a "silent" film, but i watched it transfixed until 4:30 a.m even having been tired before it began. and when it was over i was breathtaken so much so that i lay there til morning thinking about it, and dozed off dreaming about it and woke up refreshed enough to skip coffee at 9 a.m

its a really good film

here are 12 minutes, hope you have a chance if you havent yet to see this

absolutely incredible piece of work in its entirety one day

Turner Classic Movies presented it as a scheduled film and they may rerun...

Abel Gance: LA ROUE (1923) from cinema.antifono on Vimeo.

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spring

it must have sprung open

the first crocus morning

as dawnbirds were woken

a magic flute wind

curled round a new bud

his panpipe calling sprouts,

immersed in beds of mud

fresh blades ascend

from clay below the glades

electron-sparked

ion-dazed

the unabashed sun heats the wetlands

and sap bleeds clear thru the tree

pushing a million tiny births

in bursts of gentle green

spring mvmnt

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waiting to respond

sometimes in the workplace someone would say something out of context and it would seem more important than anything else in that moment including deadlines.

facets, we are
though opposed by nature

inside this gold-linked fence
the tension
a flipside benefit
to productivity
in the purest sense

now i know there are ways 2 sell time
with the stocks so poor
i'm going to sell mine...

not to forget we r human
while we own up to the divine