(UNESCO International Jazz Day poster)

Talk about jazz clubs, jazz concerts, or jazz festivals and Istanbul, Turkey, is not the first city that comes to most people’s minds.  Most (on the continental U.S. at…

Like the flowers of May, I just set my  thoughts of love,

at your altar; at your pure  feet before it fades away;

My heart beckons to…

First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald swinging with the band at The Downbeat Club in New York City, 1949. (photo by Herman Leonard from Sanatblog.com)





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I attended the workshops at the Sunscreen Film Festival this past weekend in St Petersburg Florida. I used social media to cover the workshops, short blocks and feature films. I attended several workshops and here are my notes - http://storify.com/5wa/how-to-pitch-hollywood-with-your-idea

Every day was the same as the one before. She

 Every day was the same as the one before. She

went to the cupboard and took out a box of Wheetie Krisps

 went to the cupboard and took out a box of Kheetie…

“Innocence Quenched”

Dawn is here, a new day is beginning...

Excitement paused and ready to burst;

As runners prepare with anticipation,

Bystanders find their spots, enthusiastically!

A young boy with brother, and mother,

Full of dreams, and a splendid future

Leaves his home as a proud spectator...

Birds sing, sun is shy and dog barks…

This is the second poem for my second pocket, Rilke’s first Duino Elegy as translated by Stephen Mitchell, an exceptional wordsmith in his own right. The YouTube video is from PoeticTouch2012 who maintains a superb collection of poetry recitals:…

Today could very well be called Poems Everywhere Day since poems are popping up on lunch bags, billboards, in emails, slipped into purses, and yes, tucked into pockets. Carrying only one seemed  insufficient to me so I chose two favorites. This is the first one:…

The Red street light looks only at a dirty night girl,

Peeping on her  beauty; lipsticks; colored eye brows.

The cafeteria opens; decorates early mornings,

exhibiting yesterday’s eatables; bread and jam,

in front of the hungry child, begging for it’s half.

The Street water-pipe bursts to see a dried up,

throat slaking thirst, unable to capture a single…

                                    (official Poem in Your Pocket logo by American Academy of Poets)

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                                                  (photo of Louis C. Taylor by Associated Press)

“The whole world knows I’m innocent.” --Louis C. Taylor…

"Spirit of Light"

Through aether webs clouds and blue skies,

— Last night I took a flight to the heavens —

On wings of vision in soaring motion,

As I rode in a…

A feel, yielding so much warm;

A soft voice, full of charm;

A breath of lovable commit;

A wreath of lustful submit.



No expressions written;

No promise of uncertain;

No lies being told at night;

No looks…

Sometimes, seeing you, I feel much affectionate;

Other times, while you are away, a longing to hate;

Holding a dual personality, chained in…