Another of fellow Dorset based poet CJ Harrington's pieces set to music

Check out his soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/c-j_harrington and website https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcjharrington.co.uk%2F&token=19a002-1-1615131688735

THE RAVEN
The dark bird caws an aching creak, jarring
high in the branches of my twisted hazel

Light drips thickly - like warm blood or hot metal -
from the anvil angles of its beak, cuts short
breeze, divides still water, and settles
deep in the silence of the little pond beneath

It is not the tawdry light of the mind
where still limbs, still torso, still breath pull close -
become justified - where truth is vulnerable to age

Nor is it the light of secret gardens, of mists
unsettling and godless clarity eclipsing everything

An illusive bat mapping shady new worlds
by shriek and wail.  The old owl's careful murders
These fears swoop in the cool of night

But this raven comes with the light.  Hopping and strutting
Gently tip tap tapping.  Its black glint encumbering
ornamental cherry trees, beach and oaks with ease

And it brings the white-hot light of fear.  The clarity of danger
The fat weight of doubt that lingers near
The crack in peace.  The spark of both death and change

The Raven (featuring the Poetry of CJ Harrington)

peace is far from home

My dystopia is sadder than yours

Short dark ambient track. It turned out ok and I like how the YouTube video turned out as well.

Potholes

What A Wonderful World

Featuring a choir sing-a-long at the end from forum members of songwriterforum.co.uk. Their user names there: NeilC, PaulAds, PompeyJazz, 5 Guys Named Lars, Wicked Deeds, Jack Simmons @MonnoDB and LostBoy

Phyllis the Fish

She was the best swimmer at university 
Yet In the shallow end she took a shine to me
Then as she coaxed me to discard my water wings
I practiced breast stroke while she dreamt of wedding rings
Though me and Phyllis surely lacked a chemistry
She warned you can’t deny destiny

Goodbye,  Phyllis the fish
Remember your wish
That love would bless you
Goodbye, Phyllis the fish 
Should have been kissed
As love caressed you
Passion obsessed you, goodbye


She said for me she’d swim the reservoir of ice
I said no need for that, I suggested she think twice
But to prove love she said who dares wins
She stuck a pose I swear, flexing dorsal fins
Though our doomed love swam against the tide
Phylis swore she’d be my bride

CHORUS 

Then came the day when we all gathered by the icy lake
She cried I’m swimming this for you and for our love’s sake
And people patted me on the back and hollered, how they cheered
Until she disappeared 
Poor Phyllis lost for eternity
I heard the crowd sing with me

CHORUS

Phyllis the Fish - feat a choir of buddies

Imagine you had to walk all the way there.

April's Long March

Tread Through

Recorded in January 2018, this song is about the fun of planning life's adventures with a newfound partner. Instruments include a PRS electric guitar, Fender Jazz bass, Yamaha Motif6 keyboard, and sampled drums.

Time To Set Us Free (Original by Ben Buttrick)

Peace, Love, Kindness, Grace, Hope...

The Planck length is the scale at which classical ideas about gravity and space-time cease to be valid, and quantum effects dominate. This is the 'quantum of length', the smallest measurement of length with any meaning. And roughly equal to 1.6 x 10-35 m or about 10-20 times the size of a proton.

Thanks...Cecilia...Same to you...And some philosophy I wrote inspired by wise spirits as yourself...

The Multiverse:   A Universe of dreams with stories to tell...by Paul Bennett 

Manifest and un-manifest Generosity, Love, Passion, Beauty, Coarseness and Irony. Raw, Weird, Logical, Odd and Full of Surprise from worped space to another universe oozing into influence a neighboring universe.  From Integrity, to Lies, Suffering to Joy, Blunt to subtle. For sure, God has a sense of humor, along with a Brutal Honesty.    Expansive beyond infinite Space.  Simple, complex and Elegant, with a Childlike bliss in a Sea of Mother Nature's Glory, in a cycle of creation and destruction. The expanse appears Orderly at a a distance, yet when super magnified, we observe a chaotic field of energy, all the while, we feel alone and insignificant, yet somehow at peace, knowing the infinite intelligence of the Multi-Verse we live,  is just a Sea of Polar opposites, with infinite randomness and with magical purpose.  Just pure Math...

Peace on Earth and Beyond....Paul Bennett (Paulo Medias Project) 12-24-2019

Earth

I needed to compose some Funky Pop Rock. The poster shows a Danish bike from the year 1900: “La Danoise”, it had a shaft instead of a chain!

Bike Trip

Been making music since I was a kid (tracks towards the bottom date as far back as 2002). I like to mess around with many different styles and moods. I play the piano, trumpet, drums, and a few other instruments. Always down for collaborations & trying to improve.

4/26/2018 Update: I've had less time this year unfortunately, but I am still active and will follow back/respond to messages/check out your new releases etc.; just not as quickly as I used to.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Tread Through

Kevin Strohmenger