this is not a bun
this is a chignon
two independent countries
separated by a semi-colon
earnestly thru the mega
pho. hypnotic noodle
the oblong mishappened table
Knights enforce cock-kneed justice
Pawn moves to rook five & dimes.
draughts ivoried damsels with powered
coiffeuses mince the minuet don't forget,
mes chères I didn't say the chesterfield
afire in woulds & antimacasars
eyelashes massacred

permutation of sorts

Live For Today

city ghost

am c em am

winter’s leaving
and it’s good to be alone
I walk these city streets
I abandon my phone
I abandon everything
for the pavement, the trees
and the road

I’ll keep on walking
until I am a ghost
I’ll  haunt the city streets
blow wind blow

I’ll haunt the coffee shops
I’ll haunt the willow trees
I’ll haunt the rivers
and the doors
blowing open in the breeze

winter’s leaving
it’s good to be alone


City Ghost

listen close

I disappear in the fog
I like to be invisible baby
I come real close to speaking out
but you have to read
between the lines baby

oh listen close listen close 
listen closely baby

I try to write the mot juste
but it seldom comes out
the right way baby
you have to pluck it
from the air 
between the wind and the rain drops baby

oh listen close listen close 
listen closely baby


sound has meaning that
meaning doesn’t understand
the weight of the water
on the parched land
sheets of lightning
cross an empty sky
echoes from the hills
on the loneliest of nights

oh listen close listen close 
listen closely baby


Listen Close

Can you please forgive me

g dm c (capo 12)

Can you please forgive me
says the mountain to the sky
I know you’re lonely
and I leave you high and dry

Can you please forgive me
says the earth to the river
when you touch me
you make me shiver

Can you please forgive me
says the thunder to the rain
but when you cry
I can’t bear the pain

I don’t know you
you don’t know me
but we’re constantly touching
like land on the sea

I want to get close
close as can be
can you please forgive me
can you please forgive me

can you please forgive me
 I know you have no time
you’re always working
so I’ll just sing these rhymes

& maybe these words
when the night falls
will sing you to sleep
& give you good dreams

can you please forgive me
can you please forgive me


Can You Please Forgive Me

first few days of riding Ottawa's new LRT. song and badly played guitar by me. my voice even cracked. heh.

LRT Song

i wrote this song last year around now. it was recorded in a bathroom of a room at the Lord Elgin, where my husband and I stayed overnight during the power outage due to the tornado.

Autumn

in which i attempt to finger pick my way thru the song

Train Song - alternate version

written on a rainy day at the end of April, after listening to Vic Chesnutt's West of Rome, and drinking whisky in my tea.

Listen To The Rain

Published by Queen Mob's Teahouse in Misfit Docs on May 19, 2020
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Mansplainer

i'm an Ottawa poet, short story writer, song writer, publisher, novelist wannabe, paint & photography dabbler with an urge to connect with like minded people. i'm sharing some of my recordings of songs & poems here, not because i think they are pristine or ready to be shared, but because they're me in all my stumbly bumbly imperfections. perhaps they will move or inspire you in your own creative endeavours. i would like to listen.

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