Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • I have a mind that likes to wander

    I have a mind that likes to wander

    I have a mind that likes to wanderIt’s not going anywhere in particularBut the things that it stumbles acrossHave made me who I am Read more

  • If you live long enough

    If you live long enough

    If you live long enough you will recognize things that you are doing for the last time.You will watch people you love die.You will see faces in the trees and in the shadows on the rug.You will not see the faces that are speaking to you.I am speaking to you.You can’t see my face.Unless you… Read more

  • The reassurance of the mundane

    The reassurance of the mundane

    There is something aboutThe reassurance of the mundaneThe sound of water in the sinkThe smell of onions on the stoveTo know your friend has got your backAnd the one you love is coming homeThings that are too good to be trueUsually areBut not you Read more

  • The world is so still

    The world is so still

    The world is so stillI can hear the clouds comingFalling all over each otherTo see which one can dumpTheir water on me first Read more

  • Not today

    Not today

    I had the rugPulled out from underI stumbled butI couldn’t fallNot todayToday was a day for balanceFor taking luck for grantedA day where every step Falls where it ought to fall Read more

  • ASCAP

    ASCAP

    Last Wednesday I attended the 2024 Membership Meeting of ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. If you are a songwriter, you should do yourself a favor and join. When it was founded, in 1914, you had to read and write music to be a member but after an exception was made for… Read more