Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • The Look

    It’s all written in her eyesThe look that cannot be disguisedA look of disappointment and surpriseA look to cut you down to size  A look that means moreThan words can exploreThe look that we invented words forA look that goes straight into the core A look like the scentOf lost innocenceA look so profoundYou’re afraid Read more

  • Triangle Factory Fire (song) – James Power

    103 years ago today 146 garment workers died in the greatest loss of life in New York City until September 11, 2001: The Triangle Factory Fire. It became a galvanizing moment in the history of labor and the regulation of industry, with familiar arguments still echoing today. From Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen’s piece at Capital and Read more

  • The First Day of Spring – Published by The Vagabond City Journal

    Here’s a short piece of mine, The First Day of Spring, published today by The Vagabond City Journal. Read more

  • Royals – Bruce Springsteen – Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland 1-3-2014

    I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies And I’m not proud of my address In the torn up town, no post code envy But every song’s like: Gold teeth, Grey Goose, tripping in the bathroom Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room We don’t care We’re Read more

  • Caught Between Two Worlds

    My most recent piece of music is an instrumental, so far anyway. While working on “The Parting Glass” with the capo on the 5th fret I started noodling around and stumbled on this little melody that made me think of music from a long time ago. Except for the part with the flanger. It’s called Read more

  • The Piano & The Process

    Process wasn’t something Joe thought a lot about. What the process used to involve was sex or, in lieu of a partner, masturbation. Something to clear the mind. Then a hit or two, never more, of some decent street weed. Something to float on. Then, sometimes, stretching. Especially once he got old enough to feel Read more