David Michael Jackson

immigration poem by David Michael Jackson

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We are all illegal immigrants
What should they do?
What would you do?
Work for a dollar per hour
in those factories
on the river,
the other side,
globalization itself bringing the riches of
a buck per hour.
“We feed those people a meal”,
I heard the bosses brag
on the other side
of the river.
Shame on them,
those illegal immigrants,
who fixed my roof.
Shame on them for not
accepting the Ford dollar
per hour.
Shame on them for not
living in the shanty
beside the factory.
What would you do
for your family?
Did I tell you?
We feed those people a meal.

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Let’s Love Each Other Again

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Let’s Love Each Other Again.mp3 by Laura Longon

Lyrics David Jackson

Melody Laura Longon

String arrangement Chris Carmichael

Here are the lyrics if you’d like to sing along:

Don’t be a stranger.

Don’t drift away from me.

I’m sorry it matters

It matters so much to see

You do those little things that make me think

that you don’t want me anymore

Don’t be a stranger

Don’t drift away from me

Why don’t we go somewhere

go somewhere and just sit down

and say all those little things

those little things

that matter most,

scatter these tears on the winds of love

and love each other again.

Why don’t we go somewhere,

go somewhere and just sit down

Why not love each moment

why not sing the songs of love

Are all our moments stolen

Let’s love each other again

Oh let’s love each other again

You can’t hear these words

You can’t wonder why

I sit here and think of you, think of you

I sit here and cry

Let’s go somewhere and talk again

Let’s go somewhere and end this pain.

You can’t hear these words

Oh You can’t wonder why

Why not love each moment

why not sing the songs of love.

Are all our moments stolen

Let’s love each other again

Oh let’s love each other again

Oh it doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter why or when

let’s love each other again

via Modern Music Nashville.

The Return of the Blue Cat by F.D. Reeve, a review

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Who is the Blue Cat? That is the question. At times he is a stray, at times F.D. Reeve himself. Certainly the best collection of poems I’ve read in a long while. F.D. Reeve is a little bit of Eliot and a smidgeon of Pound with a wink. At first I was skeptical. “Oh God, he’s breaking into French.” In my case it was the cd which turned me around and made the experience enlightening. The book is accompanied by a cd with readings by F.D. Reeve and music by Exit 59. This poetry is playful, almost like a cat playing with a ball of fluff. The music is good jazz which compliments a good reading by Reeve.
Let’s face it I’m a sucker for poetry with good music. My associates and I have been mixing the music with poetry for several years so I know the challenge in front of Exit 59. The reading by F.D. Reeve is really full of character and wit. The jazz by Exit 59 is superb. These guys did a wonderful job of adding music that makes me play the cd often. In fact it’s headed to my IPOD. The music is good folks. The poetry is excellent and together they break new ground for poetry. F.D. Reeves is a literary poet of the caliber of Pound and these poems combine humor and wit to make a statement of our times as well as the human condition. I highly recommend this book. You will love it. I also highly recommend the accompanying cd. Awesome!

The Return of the Blue Cat
F.D. Reeve
Other Press LLC
New York, NY

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David Michael Jackson

Poetry With Music

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Poetry with music is our thing and has been for years.

From Nashville to Chicago to London, our poets voices and musicians work over the internet together to produce poetry and music together. A poet can write a poem every day. A musician can compose a piece of music every day. Together the poetry and the music on the net can be prolific.

Our poetry with music includes these free concerts:

Dreams of David Michael Jackson

Janet Kuypers and the DMJ Art Connection

Group Mural Painting and Guitar Rag in Scottsville

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This is a great video from The Allen County Arts Council in Scottsville, Ky. Beautifully filmed and the music is good. The art is worth the effort. I like the ending.

I found this video while surfing links to this site. Some come through our associations, this one through my friend, Chris Carmichael. I looked over at the wave next to my surfboard and ended up somewhere in Kentucky listening to Eddie Pennington and Tommy Emmanuel playing Guitar Rag. Surfing, surfing, end up where? Oddly enough wherever you land you sometimes find talent, this time in Kaintuck, and these guys can play!

If you watched the other video, you’ll have to turn the volume up for this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXVKayok0ig&feature=player_embedded#!

Scottsville is cool.

Tommy Emmanuel on Youtube      Eddie Pennington on Youtube 
 
 

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