Cloud This morning I watch a pillar of cloud pass By the picture window I am opening the eyes of the living room To another frozen dawn Framed above by icy daggers dripping from the eaves Below by a monotone whitewash of snow Yet another ritual on Yet another Monday during Yet another week Weak, …
Photograph How did that photograph Reach through my screen and shake me Awake Into tears? Why this one image? Sepia toned Hand-pulled print Pointing always to its maker Who laboured over details for a year This perfect balance of shadow and shine Every mark a witness to some moment Made sacred through attention The moment …
The Good Stuff You’d like to think you could hoard the good stuff Store it up in the bunker for when you need it most But you can’t You don’t even know what it is You always grab the wrong things You have no idea What will be the hardest to replace You fill your …
Glitch Every Pixelated pauseStuttered streamWarbled wave Every Can you h Can Can yi ear me? Can bout now? How bout now? Good? I can hear you Maybe Every Garbled glitch a gift To remind me The real crisis is connection.
Sparks In the predawn dark After wrestling with my bladderAn early awakening I turn on no lightsTo keep the house asleepAnd maybe myself with it I hush the door shutTake off my robeMove it towards the hook and see The sparks Hear the crackOf gathered static Bright enough to wake my wonder Imagine what conspired in this If …
When the needle surrenders to the grooveThere is a new song Or is it an old song Played for the first time on this Emerson console? Christmas With Harry Belafonte Folsom Prison Made new byWarp tuningCrackle and hissHarmonizing with electric hum Even the house joins the chorusThe electrician who once visited to ground the unsafe outletsThe …
Even in a Pandemic, There’s Good All Around Us It’s not hard to find reasons for despair as we are all at home by law or by choice to stop the spread of COVID-19. But I’ve also found it surprisingly easy to find reasons to hope. Whether it’s Italians serenading each other from their balconies …
Even in a Pandemic, There’s Good All Around Us It’s not hard to find reasons for despair as we are all at home by law or by choice to stop the spread of COVID-19. But I’ve also found it surprisingly easy to find reasons to hope. Whether it’s Italians serenading each other from their balconies …
Live Streams are Exploding Right Now Maybe you’ve been wanting to try live streaming for a long time. Maybe you thought you’d never pick up a phone and hit that LIVE button. Whatever you thought of live streaming at the start of 2020, it has quickly become the ONLY way a musician can perform live …
Hello from the bow tie bunker! Spring is creeping up fast and with the warmer weather I’m getting ready to hit the road for a series of shows that will take me around the province. Here’s where you can catch Von Bieker performances this month, along with event and ticket links. March 14 – 7 …