"those old-time demonstration blues"

"those old-time demonstration blues" - by Eric Franklin Crow

sarcasm chasm,

satire wire,

biting enlightening:

gotta lotta those

old-time demonstration blues

got a gash from the crash,

wall's balls

in blue nightmare's fare:

"please have exact change..."

(Written while reading Coming Of Age In Mississippi, after just having heard about the stock market starting its crash last year.)

©2009 Eric Franklin Crow

Eve Of Justice (Prop 8 protest)

www.eveofjustice.com - On March 4th in cities all over California and a few outside the state, there will be a mass demonstration called the "Eve of Justice". The next day, March 5, the CA Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against invalidating the Measure, which placed discrimination into the State Supreme Court and placed a ban on (future) same-sex weddings.

Flickering Candle

(This poem, first written in 1994, has been included in several of my collections. It is one of those poems that has followed me and will follow me. I also find it fitting to include this here in this spot, because I am studying Frankenstein in Humanities class.)

Flickering Candle - by Eric Franklin Crow

On a rainy afternoon

Looking out across the sky

Sitting in the midst of solitude

Tall mountain towering high

My mind goes wandering far,

And as thoughts pass through

One idea suddenly appears

Growing wild in bright blue

Then, from this brief insight

Comes a brilliant question:

What consciousness will arise

From the Quest for One?

As a single candle illustrates

The twilight mostly past

And as the motion of night

Will predict enclosure fast

I find the rare occasion

When not a sound I hear

Except the flickering candle

Balancing out my every fear

I feel no pain of any kind,

Nor anger, grief or anxiety

Hypnotized by the candle's flame

I cling to what I see

And it shows me no separation,

No disorder, no exhibition

This solace is easy and graceful

I marvel inside this condition

A breeze suddenly awakens me

How long have I been asleep?

Through the gentle of my smile

This precious moment I will keep

©1994, 2001, 2004, 2009 Eric Franklin Crow

Raised By Wolves, Restrained Rejoicing

 Raised By Wolves, Restrained Rejoicing - by Eric Franklin Crow

I feel

Somehow raised by wolves

Thefamily that too root

When my other disappeared

And the tribe I had

I had to walk icy mountains

Of solitary fire

To get to where they are

Something they saw in me

Must have been beautiful to them

And they came to visit one day

And took their place

Beside my table

They drove me

Into their bosom

And made me grow

Into one of their pack

I took their bread

And they my time

I took their love

And they my grace

They tried my patience

And I theirs

They built me up

I tempered them down

They drove me crazy

And I drove them away

I was unaware

That I would ever come back

But here I am

And it's not like I never went away

But it's not like I never left

I feel something

Stirring in my eyes

Restrained rejoicing

I don't necessarily feel tears coming on

But there is something there

Something in my eyes...

©2009 Eric Franklin Crow

Eagle Bear - Sampler - liner notes

Eagle Bear - Sampler

Names & Times:

Groove Coaster* - 6:03

Spacious Mellow*** - 2:26

Emmanuel Adam* - 7:39

Serena Swirl**** - 6:27

Windmill Soft** - 4:00

Waxing Proud**** - 7:16

Cainonaya Meswit'me Nomo!*****

Total Time - 39:49

*From the album "Groove Coaster," released March 2008

**From the album "Smorgascape," released May 2008

***From the album "Californiadelica," released August 2008

****From the album Elektrofiliak, released October 2008

*****From the forthcoming double-album "Inner Garden, Outer Wild," to be released in April 2009.

All tracks composed, arranged and produced by Eagle Bear, and composed by Eric Franklin Crow between October 2007-January 2009. All albums released by EFC Productions.

Thanks 2: God, San Francisco Bay Area, IBR & U.

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Much love, peace and cuddly bear snuggles,

Eagle Bear