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by Mike Power

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  • Aaron Sachs (1923 – 2014) "A Sweet Cat"

    A man named Aaron lived on the floor above me until his death last week. He seemed like an ordinary man, but looks can be deceiving. Aaron Sachs was a protege of Benny Goodman but exceeded even that great mentor in his ability to make the transition from swing to be-bop and Latin jazz. In… Read more

  • The Love of You – Mike’s Musical Monday (Anniversary Edition)

    Twenty four years ago today I married my best friend. Not to be crude (OK, to be crude), as John Lennon said of Yoko Ono, “It’s just handy to fuck your best friend.” For 34 years now (including the decade we were together before we got married), this handy relationship has been the foundation of… Read more

  • The Woven Tale Press

    My short piece The Parable of the Matador and the Juggler was published this week in The Woven Tale Press (Volume II, Issue 6). You can follow the link to view this impressive magazine filled with writing, photography and artwork or you can check out the embedded version in the right sidebar of this blog. Read more

  • Even Further Adventures of Joe & Skirl – Flash Fiction Friday

    The small round lights above the stage provided neither warmth nor illumination. The crowd, such as it was, supplied only indifference, which was preferable to hostility but vastly inferior to the adulation Joe felt was his due. Joe saw two options:1. Plow through their performance2. Slip out the back door when nobody’s looking Skirl saw… Read more

  • Happy Belated Birthday Walt Whitman

    Belated birthdays suck. They’re usually a way of showing that you care about somebody, just not enough to remember their birthday. As one of the multitudes whose lives have been changed over the last 195 years by Walt Whitman I want to wish it anyway. I can tell you from personal experience that poetry is… Read more

  • Thank You – Mike’s Musical Monday

    I wrote this song last week. Gratitude isn’t something you shouldn’t keep to yourself. So, thank you. For the time you made me smileWhen you were crying all the whileFor the time you helped me seeThat other man who I could be I want to thank youI want to thank you For the time you… Read more