Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • Chair

    You sit in the chairwith Silence yielding to youbut you stand up right awaySilence sits back down in it Utter no words — your words vanishinto the darkness you have left behind Toshio Nakae Read more

  • Door

    Go and open the door.           Maybe outside there’s           a tree, or a wood,           a garden,           or a magic city. Miroslav Holub Read more

  • The Past Tense

    artwork by kristina armenta @kristinaarmenta Read more

  • Wordsworth and Coleridge Take a Walk through the Woods

    Wordsworth went walking through the woods with Coleridge at his side One said that all inspiration comes from nature The other one disagreed One said, “the Lord lives in everything.” The other one said, “For all I know everything  is inside of me.” One took out his pipe and bow The other his winged and Read more

  • Woody Sez – Fascism

    This machine kills fascists Woody Guthrie hated fascism. We all like to think we hate fascism but with Woody it was in his bones. Reading some of his unpublished journal entries and letters included in the book Pastures of Plenty gives a good idea of how often and deeply he thought about fascism and the Read more

  • Woody Sez – Babies

    I found out yesterday that Woody Guthrie died when he was 55 – my age. The last decade or more of his life was spent battling the Huntington’s disease that eventually devoured him but he packed a lot into his short life and left a songwriting legacy that is impossible to overestimate. His influence on Read more