Friday, March 18, 2011

HAPPY BELATED ST. PATRICK'S DAY


GUAT STYLE

STEVE JAMES WAS HERE


THE RIPPLES IN HIS WAKE
SLAPPING AGAINST MY SONG SOAKED BRAIN
STILL

HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN


HOWLIN, SCOWLIN, WAILIN
WHISPERIN, SMILIN
HEAD BACK FULL BELLY LAUGHIN
PICKIN, SINGIN, STORYTELLIN
TRANSCENDENT, TRANSCENDIN
ALL AROUND WHIRLWINDIN
SO MUCH WATTAGE
BLEW OUT THE GRID IN BARRIO TRES
COCONUT CHILLIN STOPPIN
RUM BLENDIN HALTIN
TECH KNOWIN ENDIN FOR HOURS
LEFT LISTENIN AND LINGERIN
AS STEVE JAMES JUST KEPT ON BURNIN
IN BLIND LEMON'S
IN SAN MARCOS LA LAGUNA
ON THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE ATITLAN

CONCIERTO DE LA VELA


IN THE LIGHTLESS NIGHT
A CANDLE BURNS
STILL

Thursday, March 10, 2011

FLIGHTS OF FANCY



FROM THE PRECIPICE
FLOWER WINGS UNFURL
DANCING BIRDS FROM LAMPS LIGHT
SOFT CARESS GUITAR TO WOE-MAN
BLUE BENEATH SOME SWEET MAN'S TOUCH
A PLAYFUL PLUNGE

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

ROOM WITH A VIEW


INTO THE WHITE ROOM
MORNING LIGHT, WHISPERS
DREAM UPON MY PAINTBOX SKY

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Last night we celebrated the Mayan New Years Eve with grandfather fire and friends from 15 different nations. This morning I woke up without a hangover to witness a new dawn.


SUMMONING THE MUSE


SUMMONING GRANDFATHER FIRE

THE BOATING LIFE INSIDE AND...



HERE
WOMEN WEAR TRAJE
TRAPPED?

OUT




SLOWLY THE BOAT CROSSES THE LAKE
IN TIME
TO REACH THE PAST

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

BEGIN IN SONG



TIME IS DIFFERENT HERE
IT DRIFTS LAZELY ALONG
DATES UNMOORED FROM DAYS
THAT BEGIN IN SONG
AND END WITH MUSIC

NO ALARM CLOCKS HERE




A BROKEN BRANCH BLACK AT DAWN
TURNS TO SONG THAT SOARS ON LIGHT.
TIME TO WAKE UP.