Image: Earth Mother Studio a few days after arrival, formerly the Disabled Veterans Centre, now welcoming and more homely two of the volunteers puting some finnishing touches to it. It was hard but rewarding work. The couch was my bed for the duration of my stay, comfy an' quiet, no interstare traffic or noisy tv's.

 

18.04.18- 100) Down the road I go to KPET Radio

So people know once again what’s goin’ down, in Lamesa town

Say “Hi to Don an’ soon the air I’m on

Lettin’ folks know, what’s goin’ on an’ where to go

The Mother Earth Studio

Then two poems an’ away I run, get some festival promotion done

But find I left my info behind

No dismay, it’s collected an’ I’m away

Call where I didn’t call yesterday

The schools, they’re soon done, now somewhere else to run

To see Connie, we hug, smile an’ talk a while

Catch up on family news an’ more, before, another part of my roam

To the library to catch up on the news back home

 

101) Go on my facebook page to say, “it’s much cooler today”

Only 75˚ compared to 90 yesterday an’ this mornin’ sure was bliss

Cool breeze on my arms like an angels kiss

Just right for this travelin’ lad, wakin’ from the good sleep he’d had

E mailin’ done, news caught up on

Now back to the studio it’s lunch time

An’ who knows maybe compose another rhyme

 

102) No time for tarryin’ we been fetchin’ an’ carryin’

Furniture to get the studio ready, getting hotter so take it steady

Then it’s no surprise I decide to visit the Fire Guys

Let them know what’s goin’ down, this weekend in their town

Always a delight to give them an invite

An’ to show that I’ve been

They give me a tee shirt for Chicken Fried Steak Festival 2018

 

103) Back at the studio Shawnda says “I got a message for you”

Can you do the Beehive Old Folks Homes 1 and 2?

The time is stated an’ I’m elated

Once more we get the time to share our verse an’ rhyme

So we’ll go. Straight after our radio show

An’ my thought say it plain, it’s great to be recitin’ there again

 

19.04.18-104) Wakin’ this morning it’s cold so,

First thing get coffee on the go, cos’ it will drive out the morning chill

Soon I’m warmed showered an fed, ready to face the day ahead

Whatever comes we’ll get it done, no sorrow

Beaver away cos’ the festival starts tomorrow

 

20.04.18-105) Rise, dress, quick coffee, no hesitation

To Shawnda’s for a shower an’ I see Ben waitin’

Knuckle tap makes it clear, sure is good to see him here

We show Ben the centre an’ he’s impressed

Show him how things is goin’ right

Specific areas an’ the pictures we hung last night

Then, me William an’ him go, to KPET Radio

I’m actin’ as compare, soon we’re on the air

Programme done, then North we run, cos’ we’re gonna do

Poetry at Behives 1 an’ 2

As always sharin’ poetry we brung, with hearts that are forever young

William is William T Dawson, a retired guy from New Mexico  who travels America doing poetry and living in a van, we first met last year.

 

106) Ben goes to see Connie, for me an’ William one task more

We gotta call at the hardware store

He gets the goods an’ I do my best,

Talkin’ to folks an promotin’ the Earth Day Fest

I drop him off at the centre an’ then I run

To the library again to get my e mail checkin’ done

Then once more the car engine sings

An’ it’s back to the centre for lunch an’ see what the afternoon brings

 

107) Sun’s out, winds gettin’ stronger, it’s still warm

I look through the trees to the West an’ see

A familiar sight in Lamesa, an approaching dust storm

 

108) There were no takers, this mornin’ of afternoon too

Still there was plenty to do

Gettin’ things right for the open mic tonight

Or sit an’ shill, take my ease,

Listen an’ watch the wind blowin’ through the trees

But there’s one more important thing to do,

Make sure Ben has somewhere to sleep too

 

109) A bed for Ben was found to Earth mother Studio it was bound

Brought within for him to sleep in

An outside as the day got longer, the wind got stronger

It’s a case of go outside if you dare, cos’ that durned dust gets everywhere

 

110) Few in number not yet time for slumber

So on the first night we still recite

Take the time to share our verse an’ rhyme

What we writ today, what we writ yesterday

What we writ long ago, what we writ just let it flow.

 

21.04.18-111) It’s Saturday, the festivals main day

But a bad start for our day of Earth Art

Plumbing leaking and blocked an’ we’re shocked

Cos’ yesterday it was working good, but not today

But we’re going ahead with it any way

 

112) Jim brings the doughnuts I tell him what we need

He looks an’ takes heed, an’ straight away, he’s away

Cos he’s resolved to get the plumbin’ solved

Makin’ sure it don’t happen no more

Cos if anyone can do it, he’s the man, the man that can

Jim is one of the volunteers who also holds down a full time job, very mechanically minded and an asset to the project

 

113) Plumbin’ sorted again hopefully not in vain

An’ the band came in, from Austin

To entertain their intent, stopping the night so they set up a tent

An’ for some there was no tarryin’

Still having to do some fetchin’ an’ carryin’

Then nothin’ much takin’ place, so things slow down a pace

So Ben got in his car an’ drove off somewhere

Came back an’ promptly fell asleep in a chair

An’ I sat an’ took the time, to capture more of the day in rhyme

 

114) 7:15 it seemed the community didn’t want to know

We thought “so what, let the entertainment flow”

An’ Searching for Somewhere sang; outside the air to their music rang

An’ the temperature dropped, but they never stopped

The when they were done in the settin’ sun

We all went inside for hot coffe an’ to try

Some of Connie’s good ol’ home made pie