VALDOR!, our Barcelona poet, with Paulo Freire! (plus a touch of Bob Dylan)

"We're always delighted when we hear from our very favorite Barcelona

España poet VALDOR!" asserts assistant editor Tama...                           

"and!" states noble assistant

editor Frosty, "he sent us an

awesome quote from 

Paulo Freire!"

 "En el conflicto entre el poderoso y el desposeido, no intervenir no significa ser neutr al, sino ponerse lado del poderoso"
                                                   
[Written by educator Paulo Freire (1921-1997, from his 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', Portuguese: 'Pedagogia do Oprimido'), a humane, heart-oriented pedagogy between teacher, student, and society]

Rotten Old Road                                      (VALDOR)

                                                      

                                                          "... Your old way

                                                              is eaten away,

                                                   please let pass the new

                                              if you can not lend a hand

                                            because times are changing. "

                                                                (Bob Dylan)

The appearance of times

constantly changes,

mutating actions, ideas and ambitions,                          

updating the marbled iron of gene homo's 

changing shapes and colors,

seemingly casting the same
hypocritical shadow over our
past and our potential futures.

Times change ... it is inevitable ...
let us have the song of the sirens,
the aura of legendary myths
held within the hands of history,
Knead the voracious pantomime of fame,
of money, and the possibility
of lives lived at the expense
of the real call to what our work
is and needs to be.

Penance exists, doesn't expire,
is neither young or old,
even as the old voracious
shadow remains upright,
even though our sites and light can
deftly move; you can lend your hand
to the validity of the new and worthy
within changing times without
imposing the assumptions
and trampling techniques of
the rotten old road, 
of consumerism.
                (Traducción del castellano:  Tony Ribell)

noble assistant editors, well done...
should we stop here to ponder what we've just read?...

mews of assent!
         


see you in a moment


ayaz daryl nielsen


                    darylayaz@gmail.com (and/or) darylayaz@me.com

Rex Sexton, his artwork: DEEP SIX Harmony in Diversity (Philadelphia)

assistant editor Tama: "we deeply miss our dear friend Rex, but/and!  

his artwork continues to appear in the loveliest of homes!"

                 

"Yes!" from 
assistant editor Frosty...
"Thank you, Rochelle,
for sending us two 
of Rex's masterpieces 
which will be present, 
among many others, at the

                  Old City Jewish Art Center   
                     119 N. 3rd St.

                     Philadelphia, PA  19106"

                     May 1st through May 28th

                     www.ocjac.org        215 627-2792

Frosty:  "lucky Philadelphia- Tama, Philadelphia is a long way from

Longmont, Colorado- do you think we'll be able to go?"

Tama- "Mister Editor, what do you think?"

Noble assistants, we will, at the very least, be there in heart and soul

among our beloved friend Rex's artwork- and! 

there are five other worthy artists who will have artwork on display:

  

Melvin Chappell, John A. Benigno, Sheldon Strober, 

Susan Richards, and! Mikel Elam!

another from Rex:

Tama:  "This one really touches my heart, doggy and all..."

Frosty  "Extra treats for Rochelle!?!"

Extra treats for all of us, noble assistants... thank you, Rochelle!

We aren't able to present a completely clear poster on 

                 DEEP SIX  Harmony in Diversity  (my fault)

but, we all can check it out ("we will check it out!", states Tama) at     their website www.ocjac.org

               

time for everyone's special treats! 

see you in a moment

ayaz daryl nielsen


                        daryayaz@gmail.com (and/or) darylayaz@me.com

beloved poets Judith Partin-Nielsen and Patricia Carragon! plus: Chris 'Cricket' Faiers! and, Don Wentworth!

assisatant editor Tama:                     

"April is poetry month! 

(and my birthday!) So!  

Let's do a post

with poems from 
my favorite poets!"

Frosty, assistant editor:

"We have so many favorite

poets, we'll have to 

do numerous posts, won't we?  

and Happy Birthday, Tama!

Mister editor, extra treats for Tama today!?!"    

           

Extra treats for everyone today, Frosty, and!  
Excellent suggestion, Tama!  
Which poets would you have us begin with?

Tama and Frosty: "Patricia Carragon!  Hi, kitty-cat Sam!  

            And our beloved Judith Partin-Nielsen!  

And dear friend, the Canadian Cricket hisself, Chris Faiers!

            And a visit from our longtime hero, Don Wentworth!"

                  no time like the present no time

                                           

little twitch and gone . . . this world              Don Wentworth

                                                  

                                                                  
                            Migrations #1

                                                                                                                                                   

                                                In Memoriam
                                                José Angel Alfano Solana             

We crossed over the border

I won’t say how

and what can I say of

freezing desert nights

black sky blazing stars

then searing, burning sun

tearing into flesh

relentless, relentless

the walking, and fear

then- - - - - - -running, running

as sand clouds appear

against the far sky

running, running- - -and then

I lost you and Juan and

the girl running, running

and falling face down

breathing sand and

dreaming, dreaming of naranjas and

water, rain falling and

phantoms unfurling like giant

sails across the desert floor

and the pounding, pounding of

ocean waves in my ears

and then- - - - -the face, the face

of El Senõr

           

Judith Partin-Nielsen
(poem first published in New Verse News)

Walking to meditation

through fresh snow

                                              red wine and Stones

                                              oatmeal cookies baking

                                              reading your book

                                               Chris 'Cricket' Faiers

Frosty:  "this, our must visit with Mr. Cricket hisself at:

      Riffs & Ripples from ZenRiver Gardens

Buoyant blog of Canadian haiku poet (haijin) Chris 

Faiers/cricket. Poetry, esp. People's Poetry in the 

tradition of Milton Acorn, haiku/haibun, 

progressive politikal rants, articles on 

engaged Buddhism and meditation, info on 

ZenRiver Gardens  retreat near Marmara 

and annual Purdy Country LitFests (PurdyFests), 

events literary and political, and pics, 

amid swirling currents of earth magick and shamanism."

from Patricia Carragon's new collection INNOCENCE

                   Unchaperoned

                     Some people try
                     to chaperone my life,
                     keep me with boundaries.
                     They're always right
                     and I'm always wrong.

                     Don't break the rules!
                     Shut up and dance!
                     You need to fit in!

                     I whirl past them,
                     tell them off.
                     Egos self-destruct--
                     their dogs break free
                     with tails wagging.

                     "and kitty-cats break free, too!"  states Frosty

Tama:  "before birthday treats, can we have more from Mr. Wentworth?"

you betcha, noble assistants. . .


silence falls, too,
on the roof of the house
of rain


                               one noble truth leaf after leaf after leaf



                   GRAND UNIFIED THEORY

                       the moment
                          becomes
                          you


especially you, Tama!  Happy Birthday!
"and extra treats!" states Frosty


see you in a moment


ayaz daryl nielsen

               
                   darylayaz@gmail.com (and/or) darylayaz@me.com

Patricia Carragon: INNOCENCE Cathy Porter: EXIT SONGS

Brooklyn writer Patricia Carragon

loves cupcakes, chocolate, cats and haiku.
Patricia hosts Brownstone Poets and is editor-in-chief of its annual
anthology.  She is an executive
director for Home Planet News Online.

Frosty: "and we love Patricia Carragon!

Greetings, kitty cat Sam!"

for more info., check out her websites:

http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/

                           https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/

              Roller Coaster Ride    by Patricia Carragon

                We were approaching the last stop,

                Coney Island - Stillwell Avenue,

                but the N train didn't stop -

                it continued upward on tracks

                that rose above the station

                until it made that sudden descent

                and plunged into the ocean

                where the real mermaids waited

                over an hour to get on.  

   from www.finishinglinepress.com

Tama:  "Cathy Porter has been our friend

and compadre in various nefarious

(but worthy!) poetic endeavors for

many years, and her successes,

as with having this collection of her

poetry published by

DULCET  dancing girl press and studio

are beautiful.  Congratulations on

this most excellent collection 

of your poems, Cathy!"

                        PATSY

            You would be the first to correct

            the inconsistencies regarding your 

            legacy and demise – inflated egos

            and rumors never sat well with 

            Virginia Hensley.  From Arthur Godfrey 

            to Carnegie Hall, you proved that the

            women could do it every bit as well

            as the men, and sometimes better.

            Charlie had your back - even in the fights 

            that had Nashville tongues rolling at 

            a record pace - you dished it out

            just as fast as you took it all in;

            word got out that you didn’t

            mess with The Cline. That plane

            finished off what the car crash couldn’t, 

            but the voice remains for the girl 

            singers who come to Nashville in bulk,

            all with sweet dreams of being 

            the next Patsy

Cathy Porter also has two chapbooks available from Finishing Line Press: A Life In The Day (2012), and Dust And Angels (2014). Her poem Clocked In was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She serves as a Special Editor for Fine Lines Journal, based in Omaha, NE. Cathy lives with her husband Lenny and their golden retriever Lucky, along with the two cat-dog sidekicks Cody and Mini. She can be contacted at clcon@q.com

Frosty:  "greetings, Cody and Mini and Lucky!  Thank you, Patricia Carragon!, and, Cathy Porter!, for writing so incurably excellently, and, especially, for sharing it with all of us!

And! Isn't it time all of us had their very special treats?"

yes, noble assistants!    treats for everyone!  

see you in a moment

ayaz daryl nielsen

                     darylayaz@gmail.com (and/or) darylayaz@me.com