Dream Wave

Aloha,

                This inviting wave was shot at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Surfers believe this beach offers some of the best waves in the world. In the winter months, surfers arrive here from all over the world to catch their "dream wave." Writers can catch their own dream wave every day of the year by simply writing ...so inviting!                         Enjoy! 

Genre: eWorld Poetry

Vacation Girl

Baffling little twists look with every turn

Extraordinary elegance heroics to burn

Dramatically delicate eyes for effect 

Stunningly they scientifically select

Offers so sweet feathery trace

As you brush little wisps of hair from your face

So nice to see your sunny new times

No more for you a little nursery rhyme

Abandoning game face out on the reef

The younger your mind back on the beach

Time's thief allows this temporary chase

As you brush little wisps of hair from your face

So soft you are you float down under

Radar in your little Birdthunder

Which by the way looks like fun

Having a little here under the sun

Grab a tan understand the nature of race

As you brush those little wisps of hair from your face

Deep Blue Ocean

Aloha,

                 Here is a wave shot in Turtle Bay, Hawaii. This dark blue is a nice contrast against the white water, giving the wave its sense of excitement. Writers also can use contrast to create excitement in their prose. Let's write with that in mind today. By the way, this wave is brought to you by request from Jesse in Atlanta.                Enjoy!

Genre:  eEarth Poetry

 My Maple Syrup

Only fools stay

Where lonely cools the day

So much attention left to pay

 How's the weather out that way?

It's not whether now

 But when and how

December to March

 Will find a plow

Winter's hummer

Simmers like summer

Take on all comers

Paint-by-numbers 

Leaves will fall

So global 

And so heart warming 

A friend to you

Comes a trend swarming

Talking about back in the day

Smell the dew and it smells you

A new cut hay

Back in the day

What's this about a coming storm?

Is that another swarm?

Less snow more rain 

Feel the pain

 

Giddy up the bridle

 Kick that stirrup

I'm sure going to miss 

My maple syrup

Natural Pink

Aloha,

                  This flower caught my eye because of it's color and symmetry. It was a little windy that morning, but this little guy looked happy, healthy and focused, with Waikiki Beach just in the background. Writers also need focus and symmetry in their storytelling. A good screenplay is described as a "tight little story." Let's aim at that idea today.                Enjoy!

Genre: Poetry

    

          Monday Star

Working under pressure

A nice way to dance

Driving a money car

From a place of innocence

Defenseless exposure 

The lock of daily game

Whether deadly or not

Works out the pain

Never to hold back 

And so needed where you are

Helplessness is no kicker

To be a Monday Star

Genre: Nouveau Hawaiian 

               Rainbows Forever 

There are rainbows with shades of blue

Where the rain goes they chase too

Destination danger allure lone ranger 

Rainbows forever find you 

Not the same with you not here

Pronto charms your flame so dear 

In your precious time as you turn to shine

Rainbows caress your fears

Rainbows above and beyond carry blues

Follow the rain glow as they choose

Fly float high fathom the sky

Rainbows forever find you

Known you too well to let you go now

Alive with your smile as young lives allow

Bring your blues, reds and yellows too

Rainbows forever find you 

                     

Clearwater Blue

Aloha,

     Here is a morning photo with shadows and a variety of colors

 and brightness. Writing  also requires this kind of

"range" in dynamics. Let's try that today.                           Enjoy!

Genre: Country Blues

                          My Own Sweet Time

It's true I called you, thought of something we could do

Would run for a while, stay clever have a smile

Wherever we would go, you could bet we went

Oh the time we chose, the time we spent

I liked it there, yes it's true

Yes I did, with someone like you

Gave you my hand, you shook it fine

I gave you my own sweet time 

A little shy, I had my reasons, took my time like the seasons

Saw your beauty, you had me there, sweet smile flowy hair

Jumbled words and little rhymes, took it slow in due time

You shook my hand then my mind, I gave you my own sweet time

Sanguine Sunshine

Aloha,

                 Here is another sunny day photo, shot late morning. This woody plant stands tall even with very little wood in its stem. It's showing a lot of confidence,which is also a good trait for writers.                                 Enjoy

Genre: Country Pop

                   Your Kisses Keep Me

                                     

Depend on independence, that gets you by

A little freedom keeps you so high

You like nice things in a little wooden box

And don't like the way every everybody talks

Traveling light, you like to get around

All the white noise is no bothersome sound

You can bet a life, you'll always know where I'll be

I'm always where your kisses keep me

Once in a while,  they show a friendly face

A touch of your hand, a warm-hearted place

But you always know where I'm gonna' be

I'm always where your kisses keep me

Genetic infusion is found everywhere

People watch, people stare

Where have you been, who will you see?

You must know by now I'm where your kisses keep me

Scenic Enchantment

Aloha!

                      Thank you for the nice comment Jessi!  Yes...the idea with the photos is to give writers a place to start. As you saw, the Environmental Conscience photo conjured words into lyrics of a different context. To a writer, this may simply be vision memory. A reader can see it as metaphor. It's sort of a "universal connect" idea.

                       I chose today's photo because it shows beauty that includes density and depth. The flower is very bright, but there is also an interesting world behind it, beyond its color. Great writers learn not to fall in love with the first viewing of their work. True enchantment occurs during the rewrite. 

                         Enjoy!

Genre: Jazz Ballad

    

                     Born Yesterday

                                    

This story started long ago, and so far away

And I know a thing or two about love

Its kind of wily trap, Stardust on tap

Yes sir I was far from born yesterday

I knew one thing, what love could bring

Wouldn't put it past anyone at all

To 'bide their time with sweetness of rhyme

And wait, for final heartaches to fall

Yes I know a thing or two, a ring or two

Come from good stock still stand tall

Heard legends told, then die where they lay

Yes sir I was far from born yesterday

 

Genre: Rock

                Prevalent Comment

Once privvy now, its no longer my own

A little laughing matter's getting me stoned 

A babble of a laugher put me in the gray

Are they really asking for my job today?

Tell me what I did, tell me anyone

And what should I do, now that its done

Is it really bad, like in the first degree?

That's not what I meant, you got to believe

Prevalent comment, what can I say 

Dinky little deed that grew out of the fray 

Once a little ditty then up it went

It's big news now, a prevalent comment

Did those little words really hold the power?

When I said what I felt at a waning hour

They'll send me up I'm sure, can I ever be free?

Of my prevalent comment in the first degree

Genre: Jazz Ballad

                   Provocation

History in the making, is who we are

A story for the taking, come so far

A generous relation, sensualization

Devo elation, oh so naturally

Has anybody noticed this smile on my face?

Across many oceans, arrived without a trace

It occurs to me, here in your arms sublime

There's another smiling face smiling down at mine

Provocation, a sense of history

Avocation, sweet and lovely mystery

Beginnings, endings, bookends you and me

Provocating, history for the making

Soon to be love, my love, provocation 

             

                       

  

                     

Blue Shelter

Aloha,

                 Here is a morning photo. There was a lot of activity around the harbor that morning. I managed to find a "calm spot." Writers also need a calm place they go to write. This photo may help you do that.    Enjoy!

Genre: Country Pop

                                    Let's Just Dare

We got a ghost of a chance, to make the most of this dance

Should we have a romance? For you I really care

Our love is here to stay, who could have prayed for this day

Should they find us this way? Why not let's just dare

Don't stop Go fast Get up Make it last

Let's drop, every woe of the past

Let's just dare

There is woo in your eye, you are who I realized

Is love a roll of the dice? My heart, is yours my dear

Can this really be, so beautiful you are to me

Should we hold each other tight? Why not let's just dare

Genre: Poetry

   Milestone Mania

Applaud the milestone

 Cheer it on

Be a Santa in a child's home

Sing the praise sing the song

Applaud the milestone, it won't soon be beat

A stand alone out in the heat

Applaud the milestone let it stand

Until it's ripped by another hand

Witness the feat the possibility

The force of will, natural ability

Sit at the feet of wonderment

It's no wonder everyone went

Applaud that milestone cheer it on

As somebody new sings their song

No hanging heads in bereavement here

No lamentation in the wonder of cheer

Environment Architecture

Aloha,

     This photo was shot on a sunny day in late morning. Notice the contrast between the cool shelter of the building and the exposure of the flowers to the bright sky. Writers can also "show" contrast in a lyric, phrase, or genre. Let's try that today.

                                                                                                                                     Enjoy!

Genre: Environmental Poetry

 Nature's Hug 

Her hug is a gift who's arms we depend

Through the march of time a constant friend

So steady her gift and so carefully planned

Will ever her berth go unmanned?

She started with love then reinvention

Ends with our final deficit attention

The time has come now we know

Nature is a hug given us slow

We still feel lucky with the love she brings

Even now through the thick and the thin of things

She's a hard act to follow even now through the haze

Nature's hug our first gift will last through our days

Genre: Nouveau Hawaiian

                  The Reef is Chief

Hawaiians of old so proud and so bold

Did life really end was someone so cold

Hawaiians of old have your stories been told?

Relics sold like some curio

Hawaiians of old with stories of gold 

The reef is your chief with life it can hold

Alone by its hand from the waves to the land

Hawaiians of old the reef  is in command 

The reef is the chief the maker of sand

Life of the land held in its hand

The reef is the chief who stands with such pride

Stems the tide holding the fury inside

Hawaiians of old, of faithful belief

Your story is gold the reef is the chief  

 

Genre: Hip Hop

                           Let Me Play

Feel the need feel the heat

Make me a possibility

Wanna go go get some

I'm not just any gun

Take a possession make concessions

Log on get it on

Don't mess with a goodbye kiss

Just let me play

I'm a speed burner a real head turner

A yardage churner I will move your chain

Prototypical tickle popsicle

Coin drain grease my brain end this pain

Just let me play

The wind at your back on a firm fairway

On a good day I make 'em pay

Don't need no rogue trainer that's a no brainer

I do four point three that makes me a possibility

Just let me play

  

Environmental Conscience

Aloha,

   

     This  photo was shot at about 8 in the morning on Waikiki Beach. There are no obvious signs of life, but if you look closely, you may see some. The sky and water are blue because their oxygen refracts sunlight at the blue wavelength. Although we can't see the sun or the oxygen, we can sense its result by the presence of blue. The clouds are white because they hold water, which refracts all colors of sunlight. This photo "implies" the presence of life. 

     This idea is also true in lyric writing. Writers concoct images, offer a sense of story, and deliver emotion with simple words. We don't "see" all the ingredients, but we can sense the "life" of the story.                                  Enjoy!

Genre: eFuture Poetry

           Tell Your Story

Learn the language, learn it well

Oh! the stories you will tell

Don't you worry, don't be shy

Your life may end, but you won't die

Learn the language!

Learn the language, learn it well

Tell your story and tell it well

Burn your anguish, it may sell

Learn the language, learn it well

Learn the Language!

Strip to essential, plot your plot

Get a hook make a book,why not

Chart a few memorable lines

You're the one who makes it shine

Learn the language!

Genre: Hip Hop

      

                That What You Want?

You left it there, that ringing in my head

Do you care? Am I better off dead?

Thought I bought it then I heard a cheer

Really got me how you took me there 

You sing your jaunt with a stinging taunt

You ring this haunt and spring your daunt

That what you want?

There you go, singing for praise

With eyebrows raised, all the craze

Sing your song, they sing along

Your little jaunt in the places you haunt

Get out there don't beware 

They may care, anybody there?

Your sound is what they really want 

A little jaunt with a stinging taunt. 

Go out there!

Beauty

Aloha,

                  This is the inspiration photo today. I remember when I shot the photo, there were many people behind me crowding onto a city bus. You can find beauty and interesting dimension in any environment. This idea can also be true in sounds, or in the words you write. Just find the beauty.                                         Enjoy!  

Genre: eEarth Poetry

                   Dark Columbia

Dark Columbia, deep in my heart

A misty mountain song, lost at the start

I sense a dream in the wildest of blue

Deep Dark Columbia, I'll care for you

Slow my mind when I'm fast asleep

Nudge morning promises I must keep

I'll speak of love, sketch it out

Tell the story, you stretch it out

So deep and dark, you hold my mind

Slow and smooth, shaded sunshine

So sincere, with no shallow care

Dark Columbia, take me there

As subtle streams filter down

Muster your macho, cover your grounds

Black rim sediment, Cafe' noir

Deep Dark Columbia, do the chore

Genre: Bluegrass

                         Fountain of Truth

Happiness happened oh so sweet

When your beauty appeared on my little street

With eyes so kind and a heart so soft

You shook my mind sent it aloft

Then right there on my little street

You rendered my life with dancing feet

Like a dream discovery rhumba

The fountain of truth java coffee mocha

Words rang true showing you care

With a voice so soft pure and clear

Love is the fountain of truth

Arrival contingent on survival of youth

Someday we'll know what's said is true

What love brings dreams come you

With those words of wisdom I did hear

My heart jumped up in the air

To this day I extend warm gratitude

For extending my life with attitude

I won't soon forget events back there

Came a beautiful girl out of nowhere

To render my life with dancing feet

Right then and there on my little street

Genre: Brazilian Jazz

                    Heavenly Eyes

Heavenly eyes, you've got heavenly eyes

When you look at me

Looking at you, looking at me, look at you

Just me and you,  and where we are

The night is you, only you

I'm swimming in your senses, losing my defenses,  

maybe what is meant is, I'll love you

No more pretending, love is descending

Beneath a starry night, I found you

So astounding were you, heavenly eyes

Beneath the moonlight

No one pretending, defending

What two hearts already know

Those heavenly eyes drifting in blue over you

With you, only you

Starry eyes find me, remind me, heavenly eyes

It's really true, what could we do, out of the blue

Love found me and you

Has finally found us, tenderly, heavenly high

Heavenly eyes and you

                  

                  

   　

Ocean Blue Sky

Aloha,

     It's a sunny day! Let's see what our photo conjures up today...

Genre: Hip Hop

                         Just Do It

Finally now, just get it together

Don't you worry about the weather

Think of it like there's nothing to lose

If you're not living your life, then who's?

What's the use pining and paining

You look outside, it just started raining

Who really are, they to you?

You're the one who, started to do

Just do it, do something uplift

Give yourself a really big gift

Get to it, there's lots of time left

Just do it! Use your heft

You say, they got to you

They say, that story's all true

You know you almost blew it, already knew it

Get to it, just do it

Turn that boat, do it with a bang

Don't talk about that old song you sang

No hangtime, and no shapeshifting

You are the one, you do the heavy lifting

Just do it!

Genre:  Bluegrass

                        Blow Me Away

Night falls, the wind is cold, so tired so old

Or so you say, were your feelings today

But you're not done, you cover your tracks

And begin to mount, the mother of all comebacks

Come on, blow me away

Tell me the truth, I'll believe what you say

Bring it to me, your shocking stretch of game

Blow me away, make a name

Face it, ace it, I know you can taste it

It's in your sights, you're dead to rights

Get the game point, in this little joint

And your stream of wows, steady now

Don't derail now from the roar of the crowd

Hear them shout, close it out

When you're older and wiser and rocking gray

You'll still hear them say, Blow me away!

Genre: Cool Jazz

   Just For Me

Somnamulate and woo me

Never hesitates to sooth me

More than hypnotic curiosity

Timbre talented

Through the night so gallanted

Iceberg tip beauty to me

Nonchalant entitled

Raw loveless unbridled

Music flows with sweet harmony

Cool with the moves 

Casual grooves

You phrase your words nonchalantly

And away from all harms

Infuse to these arms

Charmed intrusions only for me

Waikiki Flower

Aloha,

                Today we will continue to explore different genres of lyric writing. The "writer's life" usually requires some form of inspiration. This can be anything from a beautiful memory to a photo. I shot this photo with Waikiki Beach only a few feet away. The flower adds beauty to a beautiful setting. It is the inspiration for today's lyricism.                                    Enjoy!

Genre: Environmental Poetry

                    Scant Remains

So easy to go out lose your fire

Find nothing left only burnt desire

To leave so much doubt, doesn't take brains

When everyone runs out scant remains

If the claw of silence becomes complete

The laws of science still compete

Falling so far with yet to feel any pains

When everyone runs out scant remains

Remembered beginnings have no end in sight 

As conjured collections take fearless flight

Will we look back in wonder the loss and the gains?

When everyone runs out scant remains

Genre: Country Blues

                 

                       Hot Cool Cat

A hot light overhead cool one made a stand

Made me part of her natural plan

Always calling me her hot cool cat

Who doesn't love that?

She takes me to parties and just likes to sit

Makin' me part of her personal kit

Her friends all throw me the welcome mat

Who doesn't love that?

Tell me now who doesn't love that

A tap on the head and a pat on the back

With a kiss and a hug I hang my hat

Who doesn't love that?

Some jealous few call me lazy

Just as soon see me pushing up daisy

But she stays by my side always chewing the fat

Who doesn't love that?

                                 

 

 

Guitar Review

Aloha,

                 I hope you have had a chance to practice guitar lessons #1,#2, and #3. Here is a REVIEW of the important points:

     1)   Place your left-hand fingers exactly as shown on Video #1 to make your Fmajor7 chord.

     2)   Place your right-hand fingers so each finger has its own string to play.

     3)   Create a new chord (D minor) by using one finger (pinky) of your left hand.

These are the main points of guitar lessons #1,#2, and #3. View the videos again to be sure your fingerings are correct up to this point. This is important for upcoming lessons. Ok?     Enjoy!

Genre:  Environmental Poetry

 Turn the Tide

Soaring music to you is the great panorama

Makes you a child in a Christmas banana pajama

You sing your songs of Nature's pride

One voice and those eyes turn the tide

Once upon the world you share of yourself  

Appearing even now to care without stealth

Those little songs stay in your heart you cool it down

Turn it around get on the ground

Now fast-forward mode carries the load

As the world hunkers down two by two

Ask each other sister and brother

Will we forever see green and blue?

Earthly bound seeking our found

Hoping never to turn away

Standing still now with one hand on the plow

And a plan for another day

Should we still we choose up sides 

Even as new needs arrive?

With one voice and those eyes

Turn the tide

Genre: Country

                          Little Pup

So slowly we go to a place in your heart

My only hope is my pride. Can it play smart?

If it starts jumping around or starts acting up

I'll take it back home like some little pup

So sweetly you share, your world with me

With a special touch and no entry fee

And about restless hearts, you must already have known

How they ramble and chase with no chance of a home

Like a man's best friend all through the years

You followed my heart into so many tears

Just a faithful companion doing its part

Never left me standing where most men start

When I look back down there, it's still at my side

Something in me said keep it, I guess it's my pride

You took me by the heart, became my Lady Luck

Sent my pride running, like some little pup