Magical, the way our lives danced like a fairytale spinningCharmed amalgam of fantasy, dream, and highest heartsMy good fortune our…
Man on Wire
In the dream that woke me up todayI’m walking somewhere in the vicinity of disasterMy old friend from the black…
Trailer Trash
There used to be only a just bearable fewNow there are an unbearable few hundredWitnessed in the dreaded half dark…
This Unknown Way
I glance behind sensing that I’ll seeIt’s only myself standing behind me I wonder why I should trust youNot knowing…
This morning I see yet again that they’ve ignored my request
The male is quiet, very quiet, a stealth travelerHe meanders with his wife and babies, searchingFor food, it must be,…
Say Hello
I will remember little to finally nothing of this poem in timeWriting is the act of pushing words like these…
Legendary
I caught their act, three with the back and forth banterEach taking whip-smart improv turnsSometimes a jokester-provoker, then the straight…
Yesterday
I read that if you learn something each dayYour brain will stay flexible, or so some sayHold off memory loss…
Shifting Sands
It should be calm here and soothing as the waves break tonightBut there’s a tension, not romantic, in their rigid…
From Words to Silence
I write to keep you safe, captured in these wordsI keep you leaving traces and love’s truthsYou live on in…
Life’s Music
I wake up singing from time to timeThe omen’s good or maybe notDepending on the song, of courseThe day is…
A-
When I’m deep in practiceI’ll go an hour or twoOnly pausing perhapsTo add a new fingering or chordAnd at the…
Marches On
Grad school was a bad time to discoverI was burned out on reading and writingHad only a desire for playing…
Next Love
I’ve always found love works this wayBefore it strikes the highest peakBlows out and sinks my last desireIt hints at heat…
Off the Ground
Charles Dickens whispered, “On the ground”Meaning and significance? Mr. HartSits back and thinks in terms of legal precedenceThe message in…
The Road’s Been Long
The road has been some sort of songLonger than the 45 I thought it might beCloser to the beginningAnd winding…
Habit
Not this time. No. I’m done with all of that. I watched. Closely. I always do when I sit in…
Trap
“What do you mean, you give up?” “I’m telling you, it’s not what I expected. It’s too hard.” “When you…
Look Up
“Hey, Lanning, you look younger every time I see you.” I look up and see an older gentleman smiling down…
Walls
“If you can’t play for us,” Jan says in an encouraging voice, “you know you’d have a tough time on open…
Lanning Lee 