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Trail of tears (dub) (a poem)

2016/11/28

Having finished the alphabet poems, I was going to take a break—but then a line popped into my head this afternoon while I was at the book store. (The ‘refrain’ comes from the title of a Herbie Hancock album I saw at that same book store.)

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged beat, dub, November 2016, poem, poetry, sound, tears, trail. Bookmark the permalink.

One breath, another breath (a poem)

2016/09/23

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Frank Perry’s album Zodiac.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged breath, ekphrastic poem, poem, poetry, September 2016, silence, solitude, sound, space. Bookmark the permalink.

I hear a beckoning sound (a poem)

2016/09/14

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Brian Eno’s ‘Discreet Music’.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged ekphrastic poem, familiar, home, poem, poetry, safety, September 2016, soothing, sound. Bookmark the permalink.

The futility of words (A poem)

2015/12/16

Sometimes I write in the morning…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged December 2015, emotion, expression, feelings, language, poem, poetry, sound, words. Bookmark the permalink.

A meditation on the art of a performance (A poem)

2015/10/23

I wrote this earlier this evening while watching the documentary Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged chair, connection, gaze, metronome, October 2015, poem, poetry, presence, roads, room, separation, sound, space, strangers, walls. Bookmark the permalink.

The nature of silence (A poem)

2015/10/18

I spent yesterday watching Japanese movies checked out from the library. This poem was inspired by クローンは故郷をめざす (The Clone Returns Home)…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged accommodation, border, changes, marker, moment, noise, October 2015, poem, poetry, separation, silence, sound, space. Bookmark the permalink.

The sound of bells (A poem)

2015/10/11

At the apartment complex where I live, recorded bells sound every half-hour from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. I wrote this in the morning, before the first bells…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged ashes, bells, ceremony, date, fate, life, morning, October 2015, poem, poetry, sound, stop, train. Bookmark the permalink.

In a room by the lake towards the end of the day (a poem)

2015/02/11

An unusual move for me: I wrote this poem this afternoon, then read it at an open mic three hours later…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged 11:14, afternoon, February 2015, footsteps, lake, man with bicycle, messages, monkey face, poem, poetry, rattling, room, sound, sounds, ticking, view, wall, wall clock, water, window, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

Q&A: What is Tinty Music?

2014/11/17

On to my musical past…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged FAQ, music, Q&A, sound, Tinty Music. Bookmark the permalink.
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