(untitled)

 

Atop the solar panels

That shadow a small pond,

Cormorant dries its wings. 

On the turntable:  Count Basie Orchestra, "Basie Meets Bond"

(untitled)

 

Changes; 

Petals fall

In delicate symmetry,

In a garden

Not my own. 

 

 On the turntable:  The Hollies, "Greatest Hits...Live!"  

On the nighttable:  Agatha Christie, "Murder on the Orient Express"

Nakasendo Waypoints #104

 

 

                                         Northern winds

                                  Blow away the faint cries

                              Of the last insects of summer

 

On the turntable: Bob Dylan, "Dancing in the Dark"

(untitled)

 

Wind on my cheeks,

Filling in spaces

On maps I once thought done.

 

 

On the turntable: Nick Drake, "Five Leaves Left"

 

(untitled)

Nothing growing  
In winter paddies 
But the shadows of running boys

  

On the turntable:  Nick Cave & Warren Ellis,  "White Lunar" 

(untitled)

 

Across a gentle canvas of

A soft winter sunset,

I spilled my ink.

 

 

On the turntable:  Grateful Dead, "1977-12-31, Winterland"

 

(untitled)

 

 

Double-helix of steam

Rises from my coffee,

DNA of the day ahead.

 

 

 

On the turntable: Grateful Dead, "1973-06-24 Portland Memorial Coliseum"

(untitled)

 

Upon an arboreal carpet

Drops listlessly drift.

Can it be snow?

 

 

On the turntable:  Grateful Dead, "1973-09-08 Nassau Coliseum"

(untitled)

 

                                   Shinadani’s Treasures

                             Lay scattered on the ground

                                      Crimson and gold.

On the turntable: Mudcrutch, "Mudcrutch " 

(untitled)

 

 

Crumbling forest canopy

Softens my footfalls;

 All under the Buddha’s stone gaze.

 

 

On the turntable:  Capsule, "Player" 

 

(untitled)

 

 

Beneath a slate gray sky,

Trees flaunt their colors 

As if in defiance.

Heaven. Earth. Man.

Towering ikebana,

In a trio of cedars

 

 

On the turntable: Grateful Dead, "1973-11-11Winterland"

 

(untitled)

Drinking beer

Alone on the grass

Is the highest barometer of freedom

On the turntable:  Mount Eerie, "Live in Copenhagen"

(untitled)

Wild grasses

Grow from cold moss

On Iwabune’s stone lantern.

On the turntable:  Melanie, "Candles in the Rain"

(untitled)

Towering bamboo branches

Hang their

Depressed, sodden heads.

On the turntable:  Marty Robbins,"Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs"

(untitled)

Discussing the film “Babel” 

To the echoes of a funk band,

On the banks of the Kamogawa.

On the turntable:  My Morning Jacket, "Chapter 1: The Sandworm Cometh"

(untitled)

Darkened rooms

Lit by the glow of joints,

In the days before MTV.

 
On the turntable:  Mason Williams, "Mason Williams Phonograph Record"

(untitled)

Bamboo grounded;

Sound of wind in upper reaches,

Its base unfazed.

On the turntable:  Micheal Franti, "Stay Human"

(untitled)

No rain,

But the clouds are daring you

To make plans.

On the turntable:  24-7 Spyz, "Harder than You"

(untitled)

Trash bags lined up 

Along the streets like yellow chicks,

rain beading on their skin

On the turntable:  Enrico Caruso, "Artists of the Century"

(untitled)

Old man in a white mask

Covers his mouth

When he coughs.

On the turntable:  Bee Gees, "Mythology"