Seeds and Seedlings

In the Middle of the Night She Spread Her Wings and Flew, Away, Into the Fiery Mist

Oasis

original music, Native American style flutes, taiko drums

Midst Torn Roots, An Old Man and His Son Plant Young Olive Trees

original music, Native American style flute and Shakuhachi 2.2, poem by David Budbill, "The Old Tree" from "While We've Still Got Feet". Copyright @ 2005 by David Budbill. Used with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, coppercanyonpress.org. All rights reserved worldwide. 

The Old Tree

original music, Native American style flute

Placing Flowers on the Graves of All My Male Ancestors

poem by Mahmoud Darwish. original music, Native American style flute

The girl/The scream-poem by Mahmoud Darwish

original music, Native American style drone flute, original story

On the Road to a Restored Jerusalem

Vehicular Trespass

original music, Native American style double flute, recorded sounds from Nature, poem "The Presence of Trees" by Michael Glaser, haiku by David Levy

As Deeply As I Breathe

original music, piano, Native American style drone flute, metal railing on a bridge over the creek

The Statue of Liberty's Torch Began to Dim, The Hurricane Winds Blew, and the Liberty Bell Cried Out

original music, piano, Native American style flute, recorded sounds of water flowing, insects, forest activity

Praying Mantis Love Affair

Original music, Native American style flutes, bass clarinet

Today, in a Field of Wildflowers, the Children Played from Dawn to Dusk

A Moment of Gentleness

When the Match is Blown Out, There is an Explosion of Light

original music, Chinese guzheng, taiko drums, glockenspiel

Not a Word Lifted From Her Lips When From Above a Cloud Whispered Magic

Icycles Forming

original music, piano, Native American style drone flutes. Part two of Ryokan’s poem “The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind”

"The Butterfly visits the flower with no-mind."

original music, piano, Native American style drone flutes. Part four of poem by Ryokan: "The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind"

"The Butterfly comes, the flower opens."

original music, Japanese koto, Native American style flutes

Tethered to Daily Tasks

original music, Native American style flutes, glockenspiel, Chinese guzheng

Reflections

original music, Native American style flutes, French chimes

A Single Duck Swims in the Sunlit Waters, of an Otherwise Frozen Creek

original music, Native American style drone flutes, Chinese guzheng

The Space Between Two Belief Dogmas

original music, Native American style flutes, piano, glockenspiel

Gazing at the Blue Winter Sky Heard are the Whales Singing Their Hallelujah in the Depths of the Sea

original music, piano, Native American style flutes, glockenspiel, 

Listening to Birds Raise a Raucous Before a Winter Storm

original music, Native American style flutes, piano

May the Iron in My Soul Ease into Feathery Flight

original music, piano, Chinese guzheng, Native American style flutes

Every Storm Contains Its Own Demise

original music, piano, Native American style flutes

As We Spoke Our Words,a Bald Eagle Listened

original music, piano, oboe, Native American style flutes

In Thy Heart May There Be Sweet Nectar

original music, piano, Native American style flutes, double bass

Heartbreak and Betrayal, a Romance in Washington

original music, Native American style flutes, double bass, cello, violin

In This Dark Wilderness, a Bright Lamp Beckons

original music, Native American style flutes, piano, oboe

The Soil of America is Laced with Emotional Landmines, May We Learn to Defuse Ourselves, Our History, and Denials

original music, Native American style flutes, piano, double bass, cello

Early Spring, Days Getting Warmer, Ol' Bear Awakens Deep in the Forest

original music, Native American style flutes, piano
  This is in response to a poem "A Red Peony", written by Wang Wei, a poet who lived in China, 701-761 CE. In the poem there is the line "A blossom's heart is grief torn?" This line is mysterious and suggests to me a contemporary concern for this Earth, as well as a more personal question. 

Wang Wei's A Red Peony

original music, Native American style flutes, cello

At the Threshold of Seasons, the Earth Wore a Veil of Soft Mist

Song of the Midnight Moon

Spring Sprang Birdsong Overwhelming

In Ancient China Across a Snowy-white Field She Released a Dried Leaf, Its Wind Driven Calligraphy, a Winter's Poetic Plea

Ragged Time Blues

An Early Bluebird and Bluets

Walking Barefoot on the Warm Sands of Love, April 5, 2025

Original music, piano, Hawaiian nose flute

In This Dark Soil Earthworms Sing Themselves Awake

I can never see/hear enough Beauty,
for if I saw/heard it All,
I would be seeing/hearing You, again.

Prayer. Joy. Native American style flutes-six years, before COVID, playing in our local hospitals, for patients, new-born babies and Moms, staff.

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