"Bermuda Moon," by Roger Illsley

"Words and Music," by Roger Illsley

"I Have All I Need Tonight," by Jacquelyn Ostrom

I Really Do

"Around and Around They're Dancing," by Roger Illsley

"Tonight in the Equinox," by Roger Illsley

"Happier Today," by Roger Illsley

"Dive In," by Roger Illsley

 Roger and I decided to work on a reggae song. He did the heavy lifting. I just helped with some of the lyrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeQw4b_9qy8

"Sunlight, Morning," by Roger Illsley

Worrier Blues

 Wrote some lyrics--"Worrier Blues"--& Roger Illsley composed some music & recorded the song. Nice job, Roger:

"Worrier Blues"

"On Our Way, Golden One," Roger Illsley

And the hits . . . just keep on comin', as they used to say on KFRC San Francisco. Music by Roger Illsley, lyrics by moi, performance and recording by Roger. California's in such rough shape that I thought it deserved an upbeat approach.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfWR7eC-2JI

At the Edge of the Road One Evening

He was quite high and making
up nonsense songs as he stood
in battered sandals on the gravel.
Dusk. In one of the lyrics he

rhymed spaghetti with confetti.
It was a mournful ballad.
Turning from composing and
performing, he asked himself

if there was any discernible
reason for humanity. He was weary
of the standard answers. He
imagined looking at the human-

phenomenon from another side
of the galaxy and thinking,
"What's that for?" in a British
accent. He then heard his name

called and listened to the familiar
voice as if for the first time. Then
it was no longer dusk but night,
what a drag.


hans ostrom 2017

No-Sense Songs

We need more songs
that make no sense.
We need more grassland
and way less fence.

Fevers and fenders,
go to the dome.
Let's buy some lettuce
and polish the chrome.

We songs need more
that sense no make.
Please ask the river
to help make a lake.

No hookish formulae,
just No, yes No!
Senselessly, senselessly
trudge through the snow.



hans ostrom 2016

"It Will Not Change," by Sara Teasdale