Southern Pacific |
Short dude, old dude, asking about the trains, They dont make no noise at all, huh? Yeah, well theyre going so slow, I say in reply, though it had been a rhetorical question. And theyre wei...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:10:00 GMT |
Burning Spear |
Hail Jah Tafari! , slightly nasal, up-from-belly, Jamaican-accent voice streams into A.J. Roccos downtown coffeebar during a reggae set during noon-time coffee break. I remember taping the album...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 10:25:00 GMT |
Cuyahoga Valley Girl (poem) |
The 2-year-old girl faces back....toward the talkative man.....She is in her mothers arms,....gazing into his eyes,....tapping the window glass....of the transit car....as we pass over the Cuyahoga V...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:41:00 GMT |
we're all broken (lyrics) |
leaving townleaving all my things;sweet city lights aheadmean nothing.headed to Atlanta,new day blue;wonderin' how the hell I woke upon the wrong side of you; chorus:and you can't be right,and things ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:00 GMT |
waitin' on checks |
..waitin on checks Seated in off-white, pleather-clad seats, row to row, or standing with hands in pockets, rocking back and forth on worn sneakers, humble and mumbly, they wait on Monday checks, go...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:53:00 GMT |
Random Stranger (poemme) |
Girl at the RTA station,
her face, staring into nothing,
pretty black shirt,
gray, silk, flower-print pullover,
fashion hippie,
long brown hair,
wistful grey eyes,
pout of despe...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:29:00 GMT |
Significant Change (lyrics) |
All the people you're jealous of
And all you think you can't rise above
And all that you refuse to love
Is yesterday's news
Take today to make amends,
Feel out how the river bends,
Go out now a...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:46:00 GMT |
Wash Me Away (lyrics) |
And you know it hurts;
and that's alright;
and it comes and goes in spurts;
and it tastes like the moonlight.
And it don't taste bad
in fact, it's the best medicine I've ever had.
And I don't know ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:33:00 GMT |
Every Day Is Great (folky gospel tune) |
On a scale of one to ten,
today was on the upper end.
Yesterday was just a four;
tomorrow, may be little more
but I'm just grateful for today;
in God's eyes, every day is great.
A wee...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:37:00 GMT |
