Showing posts with label Bryan Jackson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bryan Jackson. Show all posts

October 22, 2011

Poetry is Nothing...


Poetry is Nothing...

more than the ability to watch the rush of time
as it passes
fully immerse oneself
in the blossoming of:
awareness
the moment
the minutia
appreciation of unaltered reality
seducing the senses.

Take what is there for all to see
and drape it in art. 
let your actions reflect that
which burns within you

a voice,
sometimes soft
sometimes indignant,
is always singing

listen. act.

A few hours after I wrote this little poem, I was pleasantly surprised by Bryan. He has turned it into a song.

Poetry is nothing... - Based on a poem by Jabiz Raisdana by Bryanjack

 

March 5, 2011

Candle

My best friend from high school, Ari, over at We Buy Balloons has been writing some amazing poems. I want to do a long term project with his words, like record a CD, so today I grabbed my guitar, recruited Kaia and played around with a few lines. It is raw and fresh and honest. I hope to record a few more and see where these go. I will upload them all to Soundcloud, so feel free to download them add your spin and upload them again.

I think these poems offer a sweet taste of vulnerability and motional honesty that can help us all. Add your voice, let's sing together.

a candle, lit and alive,
burns within me
night and day,
rain or shine.

this flame may flare and flicker.
yet something tells me i can't be sure.

perhaps it's only when
i seek warmth someplace else
that my candle seems to fade.

when i trust my light,
this love catches fire...


Candle by intrepidflame

And of course mention anything to Bryan Jackson and get his take within 24 hours.  Thanks Bryan:

Candle(s) - collaboration w/ Jabiz Raisdana & Ari Zeiger by Bryanjack