Out on White Island |
White Island is a small strip of brilliant white sand emerging from the crystalline seas about a mile offshore Camiguin Island, in northern Mindanao province, the Philippines. The island is ent...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:48:00 PST |
Down at the 1914 |
Down at the 1914
Down at the 1914, I met my Island Girl
Down at the 1914, drinkin' red horse beer
Down at the 1914, my brother spilled his blood
After we were smokin' that Camiguin rasta bud.
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Posted by Bill Leighly on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:22:00 PST |
The Poems of Erik Kestler |
My friend Erik Kestler read these poems last weekend at a reading in Baltimore. Imagine me Shelley lauding Keats or Pound praising Eliot: I have known and read this poet since the early nineties,...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:13:00 PST |
early morning governor street. |
cold chandelier day rises and is struck numb
above absurd darkness receding with howls to the west
i hear you cry out
once, twice
as some speechless trouble jabs at your sleep
sitting...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:53:00 PST |
altered juvenelia, episode 1. |
I breathed the fabric of the night
through my torn pillow and dreamed, of fascists
walking the land, as eager tigers
and blood gouting from a broken sword
glinting in red while burning tears smoked
up...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:14:00 PST |
Folk Metal link |
Greetings! Here's a link to an article about a certain folk metal singer about town:
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2007/08/24/live_it_u
p/liveitup01.txt
It's excellent to finally get s...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:49:00 PST |
Seven Songs |
Greetings! I have a 7-song EP/CD available entitled "Dead Summer." If you would like a copy please let me know.
Posted by Bill Leighly on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:42:00 PST |
Dylan in October |
I saw Dylan Saturday night at a new venue called the "Sears Centre"in suburban Chicago... Hoffman Estates to be exact... I always seem to catch Dylan in the autumn, as I have seen him 3 times all with...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:06:00 PST |
Musicians Needed |
Hello everyone
I'm currently looking for interested musicians who would like to play some fall/winter dates with me. Specifically, I am looking for:
BassistsKeyboardists
Violinists/CellistsSingersanyt...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:41:00 PST |
a Shelleyan evening |
a terrific thunderstorm swept thru DeKalb late this afternoon...after its passage I ventured out to take the air and attempt to shake the cobwebs of alcohol and general despair from my being, with my ...
Posted by Bill Leighly on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:42:00 PST |
