"Late Plane," by Roger Ilsley

"Considering It All," by Roger Illsley

"Old Padre," by Roger Illsley

"Desert Night," by Roger Illsley and Hans Ostrom

"Worrier Blues," by Roger Illsley

"Open Your Soul to the Stars, " by Roger Illsley (music, guitar, vocals) and Hans Ostrom (piano)

The Princess and the Frog

"Bug," by Roger Illsley

Winter Samba

 

(song lyric)

I find I need to feel my feet

On Ipanema sand

And see the supple bodies  -

So lithe and tawny tan.

 

I conjure up Brazilian heat -

 And sense the sultry sun.

I crave the fiery chill  of

Cold rum on my tongue.

 

Play a winter samba

To melt my soul’s cold ice.

A soft & sultry samba -

The sound of paradise.

 

Play a winter samba

That sways just like a palm

Beside a breezy beach -

The ocean bright and calm.

 

Winter wears me down  -

The city’s gray and cold.

The forecast every day’s

The old same-old same-old.

 

Who are all these strangers

Who sneeze and cough on me?

I spend my evening shivering,

In front of the TV.

Chorus

 

Buffalo and Cleveland,

Detroit, Ontario.

Winter wants to strangle them.

Winter won’t let go.

 

Seattle and Chicago,

Berlin and Paris, too.

The rain and snow and darkness

Dye all our spirits blue.

 

How much are flights to Rio?

Okay -  I’ll check online.

Do I have Brazilian cousins

Who own a silver mine?

Chorus

 

hans ostrom 2025

 

 

"Bermuda Moon," by Roger Illsley

"Hey, Renee (A Christmas Song)," by Roger Illsley

"Words and Music," by Roger Illsley

"Lighthouse," by Roger Illsley (Lyrics: Hans Ostrom, Music: Roger Illsley)

Open Your Soul to the Stars

 this one is a song lyric & my friend R.I. is working on the music--I hope!

Verses
In the space between the beats
of music, time, and heart,
lives a mystifying silence –
source of life, muse of art.

In the space between the stars
float expansive lakes of time.
In the dreams encasing dreams
stairways rise in mists of mind.

Chorus

Open your soul to the stars
dancing with creation.
Floating in that space,
ride on elation.

Open your soul to the stars—
imagination.
Sense the source of love
And adoration.

Verses

In your time within all time
and the life that moments make,
you will find your destiny
in leaps of faith you take.

In emptiness there is a cup
That holds infinity.
Time and beats and rhythm
pour from divinity.

repeat Chorus

Bridge:

Our time’s a space to explore.
Love from the universe is ours.
Find what your time here’s for.
Open your soul
Yeah, open your soul
to the stars.

repeat Chorus

hans ostrom

copyright 2024

"Ten Reasons," by Roger Illsley

"Lovely But Lonely," Roger Illsley

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

"Photo Album," by Roger Illsley

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

"Tonight in the Equinox," by Roger Illsley