Background music:
"Tangerine," by Johnny Mercer, as sung by Frank Sinatra. OR as performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass on the
Whipped Cream & Other Delights album, which is the version running through my head at the moment. Wikipedia reminds me that "Tangerine" was also background music in
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Who gnu? (Probably me, at some point.) OR, if you prefer, the Led Zeppelin
"Tangerine," about a summer day slipping away to gray, as this one is.
Sometimes there's so much going on, I can't fit it all in: to a blog post, an origami brain, or a silver cup.
Anyhoo, I am celebrating
Jonathan Koch, who has appeared in my blog before, and who is the current
Artist Watch feature up at
Escape Into Life. The painting
Tangerine in a Silver Cup is already sold, but you can find plenty more at
Koch's website or at the
John Pence Gallery website, and, if you are in the Santa Cruz/San Francisco area, you can see them in person and attend the exhibit opening on Friday, July 12th, 6-8 p.m., at John Pence Gallery, 750 Post Street, San Francisco, CA. (Go for it, Seana!)
In poetry news, I have an "origins" essay in the new issue of
Poetry East, on the genesis of my poem "Damage" from
Broken Sonnets. And a poem up today in the new issue of
Eclectica,
"Nightfall," with cool digital--you might even say
Star Trekkian--art by Adam Ferriss. "Nightfall" is in the
Word Poem section, where poets used a set of words to spur new poems. In fact, "spur" was one of the words! Along with "command," "water," and, yes, "nightfall."
The next set is:
question, circle, abandon, electric. Go for it, word poets!
Eclectica is a friendly place, with virtual coffee. And here are some virtual oranges.
3 comments:
Mm, I can smell the virtual coffee--good stuff!
Intrigued as a little kid by the line, "Where the label says from Macy's Mezzanine." I loved this song! Thanks for the memories, but that's a different song.
Oooh--that origins essay sounds awesome! Is it available online, do you know?
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