"I'm Lost" and "Wonder" by Dan Black

I am happy to see the return of Dan Black. Last time we saw him here, he was singing for 24 hours about how our hearts never stop beating. And now, here he is with two songs that pluck at the idea of memory and nostalgia. Maybe I am just in a mood, but the words to each of these songs feel personal to me...when I was a boy, I spent a lot of time alone in my room listening to records, imagining a world full of music and performance. And sometimes someone would join me in my room, listening to records, dreaming...and where are they now...

Here is "I'm Lost"... "Everybody is an artist, not only painters."

"Wonder" is, despite its chugging rhythm, wistful. There it all goes, then it's gone.

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"We're Not Lost"

In honor of National Poetry Month, here is my poem "We're Not Lost":


We're Not Lost

This California cliff road holds a guard rail,
                                                                us,
winds its way round, left to right, and down,
delicately balanced at the edge of the continent.
Strands of sunlight suspended over water,
a tender voice whispers secrets from behind a curtain cloud.
It makes us weep.
Final, bright, awake,
irrevocably here.

©JEF 2012

And here is the soundtrack to this poem. It sounds like what the poem feels like for me.

"I'm Lost" by Noble Oak
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