Bill Said Yes

Bill Said Yes

 Bill Said Yes - collage by douglas brent smith, 3 January 1987


Notes:
Originally titles "George Said Yes" but clearly that is Bill (I think it might be the actor Bill Irwin) and Bill is being asked a question, to which he enthusiastically answers "Yes!"


Extend Your Reach

 

Extend Your Reach

Extend Your Reach - collage by douglas brent smith, 25 December 1987

one night on the beach

i said to you

our shoes in the sand

your hand in my hand

in a trance of truth


i said to you

my best inner secrets

as the sun set

and a light breeze

caught your brown hair

remarkable


i said to you

touching your cheek with care

like a leaf

whispering what

i should have said

years ago


there is love that

may be delayed

but not denied


true then, true on that beach.

true still.



-- douglas brent smith


Chaos In The Middle

 

Chaos In The Middle

Chaos In The Middle - sketch by douglas brent smith (with help from Christopher Morgan Cizewski Smith.

A Cast of Thousands at Play

A Cast of Thousands at Play

 A Cast of Thousands at Play -- sketch by douglas brent smith

notes from an out of tune piano

the left hand starts

a bass line avoiding

familiar notes, for accidentals

the right hand takes a ride


let me sing of your changes (andante)

swell...swell...who can tell?

let me glissando your joys (forte!)


and then mid-transposition

the two of us harmonize

and bring all the mystery

down to size,


 -- douglas brent smith


poison water

white cloud blue sky sudden darkness

odor from a distant unknown source

bitter tasting, no permission

chemicals drifted in a virgin course


like a losing hand played to a devil's trick

for no reason half the town is sick

a stranger talking in a legal voice

bottled water is the only choice


dark days dry from a ruined well

twenty square miles of obnoxious smell

poison water makes a person think

tainted life line not a drop to drink. 


-- douglas brent smith


Tango Rango

 

Tango Rango
Tango Rango - sketch by douglas brent smith

How to Test Drive a Pickle

  How to Test Drive a Pickle -- collage by douglas brent smith, 25 December 1987