Monday, March 16, 2015

A Leaf that Won't Wither...



Look closely.  Can you see the woman in this picture?  
Look for the leaf.  
(Hint:  She has an afro and has on a scarf and skirt.  She's dancing.)


Psalm 1

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 


3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 

4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 

6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. 

http://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/1.html

Blackbird


Sunday, March 15, 2015

"Greatness Variation"

Langston Hughes has a poem called Dreams and another entitled Dream Variations.  I'm not sure if there is a connection between the two poems.  I'll have to research it.  Nevertheless, the titles came to mind as I was working on this current piece.  The piece below is in response to a previous work of mine called, "Greatness."  Well, here's a variation of my idea of greatness:

Greatness Variation
not always on the right beat
a chord from out of this world
swinging
laughing
dancing 
skipping
cartwheeling
sledding...at thirty LOL!
slipping
sliding
sharps and flats
both treble and bass
dreaming
believing
doing
being
when I allow myself
I'm
GREAT
at being 
ME