—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of
Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA
TRUTH IS A JAZZ PIANIST
(Inspired by and written for Emmet Cohen. His
first name, Emmet, means “Truth” in Hebrew, and
in his piano playing there is a sense of truth. He is
doing what he was meant to do and he knows it.)
Absorbed by the music, the moment,
watching, awaiting your turn to turn
and let your fluid fingers fly across the keys.
Your curls shake and sizzle with electricity.
You smile, knowing just what to play
and how to play it, blend, slide, glide
into an unfolding odyssey.
I am lifted and carried along.
I see and feel truth sparkling in your eyes,
warm and clear as the notes you play.
They delight my ears and my heart.
I cannot help but sing your song.
(Inspired by and written for Emmet Cohen. His
first name, Emmet, means “Truth” in Hebrew, and
in his piano playing there is a sense of truth. He is
doing what he was meant to do and he knows it.)
Absorbed by the music, the moment,
watching, awaiting your turn to turn
and let your fluid fingers fly across the keys.
Your curls shake and sizzle with electricity.
You smile, knowing just what to play
and how to play it, blend, slide, glide
into an unfolding odyssey.
I am lifted and carried along.
I see and feel truth sparkling in your eyes,
warm and clear as the notes you play.
They delight my ears and my heart.
I cannot help but sing your song.
COLOR CURTAINS
The sky has glorious ways of expressing itself.
It sings out in colors and shades beyond our
imagination, filling us with wonder and awe.
Color curtains descend.
A new show is beginning.
When the curtains ascend,
What drama will be spinning?
The sky has glorious ways of expressing itself.
It sings out in colors and shades beyond our
imagination, filling us with wonder and awe.
Color curtains descend.
A new show is beginning.
When the curtains ascend,
What drama will be spinning?
SUNSET
The sun does not leave quietly.
Its reluctance to be diminished,
so evident, fills the sky in
angry shades of fire until
it has said its say, to let us know
it will be back, for it is never finished.
__________________
Today’s LittleNip:
FRIENDSHIP
—Linda Klein
Practice makes it stronger.
Each encounter is a bond,
binding and reinforcing
its existing strength,
the glue holding it together.
Being there when needed for
support and aid is irreplaceable.
Absence at such times is inexcusable.
It makes the friendship a lie.
__________________
—Medusa, with thanks to Linda Klein for today’s fine poetry, and to Joe Nolan for finding the colorful photos to go with it!
SnakePal Freya Pickard will be dedicating a post to Medusa's Kitchen on her poetry blog, Pure Haiku, today at around 2pm UK time. That’s at Pure Haiku, https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/?p=8530/. Check it out! (Thanks, Freya!)
The sun does not leave quietly.
Its reluctance to be diminished,
so evident, fills the sky in
angry shades of fire until
it has said its say, to let us know
it will be back, for it is never finished.
__________________
Today’s LittleNip:
FRIENDSHIP
—Linda Klein
Practice makes it stronger.
Each encounter is a bond,
binding and reinforcing
its existing strength,
the glue holding it together.
Being there when needed for
support and aid is irreplaceable.
Absence at such times is inexcusable.
It makes the friendship a lie.
__________________
—Medusa, with thanks to Linda Klein for today’s fine poetry, and to Joe Nolan for finding the colorful photos to go with it!
SnakePal Freya Pickard will be dedicating a post to Medusa's Kitchen on her poetry blog, Pure Haiku, today at around 2pm UK time. That’s at Pure Haiku, https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/?p=8530/. Check it out! (Thanks, Freya!)
Sunrise in Sri Lanka
A new show is beginning…
For info about
future poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
Photos in this column can be enlarged by
clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
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To find previous posts, type the name
of the poet (or poem) into the little
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of this column. See also
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of the blue column on the right
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any date you want.
Miss a post?
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Or there's an "Older Posts" button
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(Please excuse typos in older posts!
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incarnations in 20 years!)
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
Guidelines are at the top of this page
at the Placating the Gorgon link;
send poetry and/or photos and artwork
to kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
future poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
Photos in this column can be enlarged by
clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
in the top right corner to come back to Medusa.
Poets’ bios appear on their first MK visit.
To find previous posts, type the name
of the poet (or poem) into the little
beige box at the top left-hand side
of this column. See also
Medusa’s Rapsheet at the bottom
of the blue column on the right
side of this column to find
any date you want.
Miss a post?
You can find our most recent ones by
scrolling down under this daily one.
Or there's an "Older Posts" button
at the bottom of this column.
(Please excuse typos in older posts!
Blogspot has been through a lot of
incarnations in 20 years!)
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
Guidelines are at the top of this page
at the Placating the Gorgon link;
send poetry and/or photos and artwork
to kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
