transitions

hmmm, already the Ides of April---be very afraid of the IRS, instead of poor Caesar and his Ides of March.

lots of changes happening-hence, "transitions"--haven't written in a long time--just doesn't seem to be there now--i do have, let's see, five poems published in this quarterly netzine of http://thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org/ ---these are some of my favorite poems---among them "drops"---one that i have been working on for several years actually----anyway, they are mostly longer, so i was very pleased that the folks at writeplace accepted them--the folks at the 'zine seem committed to what they are doing and are good writers themselves--check it out and if you have anything you might want published, they not only give you a fair read, they also give feedback.

today, rode to the beach--with about a 10 knot easterly wind, it felt like it was in low 60's---the salt spray was strong and as always brought out old memories. i know that in Tennessee, dogwoods are blooming, wisteria vines are covered with clusters of purple flowers with my favorite fragrance-even more than azalea--everything sleeping is coming back to life. i wish i could be there now-but i guess you can't be in two or more places at once.

my reading has changed from Louis L'Amour to Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. Occasional poems by Cohen---will be moving on to Kerouac and to Plath--if that doesn't jumpstart some words, then i will stumble back to Yeats and Coleridge---there's more there, just have to find it.

have seemed to be stuck on a few songs lateley that get played over and over--Cohen's "Bird on a Wire" and "Hallelujah" and of course, Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah"---two completely different arrangements- Cohen chose to do his song emphasizing smoky voice and organ/piano---Buckley's guitar is some of the best guitar work i've ever heard and nobody can match it. Johnny Cash also did a good version of "Bird on a Wire" which leads to "Delia's Gone" and "I Walk the Line"--other "stuck" songs ----"Free Bird"--no explanation needed--"Grace" by Ralston and a different song, same name"Grace" done by Anthony Kearns of The Irish Tenor, "Thunder Road" and "The Hitter" by Springsteen, an old Irish song "Four Green Fields" done traditionally by The Dubliners and the recent one done by Christiane Cargill--and a couple of early 90's Jimmy Barnes songs--"Last Frontier" "Let's Make It Last All Night" and "Lay Down Your Guns"--and several versions of the song about the Aussies at Gallipoli in WWI- "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda."
hopefully more soon
peace
-will-