NOT A WOSSIT

 

On the occasion of his 75th birthday I am posting

a poem written in 1975 for Robert Wyatt, a small

tribute to one of the best drummers and innovative creative

geniuses in music for more than 50 years.

Thank you Robert! And Happy Birthday!

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo (credit unknown) of the Soft Machine in concert taken in April 1968. (l. to r. {partially in photo} Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers). They opened the show for The Jimi Hendrix Experience at The Dome in Virginia Beach, Virginia. .

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WITH APOLOGIES TO BECKETT

 

“Such is life.” 

 

~ Samuel Beckett ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Virginia Beach, Virginia in November 1996.

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SUBSTANCE

 

“Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

~ Aesop ~

 

Digital image created in December 2015 from a photo taken in Virginia Beach, Virginia in October 2008.

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