"My Mother's Spirit Speaks To Me"

I was walking beside the Mississippi in New Orleans on Christmas Eve of 2014 and the lyrics and melody for “My Mother Spirit …” came up. A few months later MARIO ABNEY trumpet and KALIQ WOODS clarinet and ZACK KNEWSTUB piano and I recorded the song/poem in RICK G. NELSON’S Marigny Studio. Much THANKS to for their beautiful sympathy and playing! Last month I went through the Track with Fine Tooth Comber to amplify and moments.

Happy Mother’s Day!

"My Mother's Spirit Speaks to Me"

My mother's spirit speaks to me, Whispering of Eternity.

Framed birds of Asia,
Cherry blossoms,
Snows of Manitoba
Blowing into New Orleans' Mississippi.
Valley of the Rogue and Shakespeare's Nights too, Cock of a hip to Basie's beats, Twinkling smile both young and old,
Twists from the Black, fears of the Brown.
Oh, my mother, ashes now five years ago thrown, You tell like Dust nothing is past.
Light shines though sky. Light shines through earth. How good--how good--how good
You're here--you're here--you're here
With my new Haitian wife!

My mother's spirit speaks to me, Whispering of Eternity.

December 24, 2014