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  1. The Blue Tribunal

     The tide throws itself over the land so suddenly that we call it storm, as if a thing were simply its cause. Thunder shakes our bones like dank justice as bright veins of lighting search out their evidence. Something stands accused, and I, having forgotten how to pray, can only hope that the clouds will break somewhere above the Atlantic. 

    Elsewhere, unseen, ships really bob idly […]

    communityedition.ca/the-blue-t
  2. The Blue Tribunal

     The tide throws itself over the land so suddenly that we call it storm, as if a thing were simply its cause. Thunder shakes our bones like dank justice as bright veins of lighting search out their evidence. Something stands accused, and I, having forgotten how to pray, can only hope that the clouds will break somewhere above the Atlantic. 

    Elsewhere, unseen, ships really bob idly […]

    communityedition.ca/the-blue-t
  3. "China Grove" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released in 1973 on their third studio album, #TheCaptainAndMe. It was written and sung by the band's original lead singer and songwriter #TomJohnston. The song reached number 15 on the US #BillboardHot100. While there is a real place named #ChinaGrove in #Texas, Johnston's lyrics about the community are mostly fictional. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 40.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RkEcDx8NAvI

  4. "China Grove" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released in 1973 on their third studio album, #TheCaptainAndMe. It was written and sung by the band's original lead singer and songwriter #TomJohnston. The song reached number 15 on the US #BillboardHot100. While there is a real place named #ChinaGrove in #Texas, Johnston's lyrics about the community are mostly fictional. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 40.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RkEcDx8NAvI

  5. "Listen to the Music" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released on their second album, #ToulouseStreet (1972). The song was written by #TomJohnston and was the band’s first major hit. In 1994, it received a remix by #SteveRodwayAkaMotiv8, which eventually peaked at No. 37 in the UK and No. 3 in Iceland.
    youtube.com/watch?v=nbVE-1rHyVY

  6. "Listen to the Music" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released on their second album, #ToulouseStreet (1972). The song was written by #TomJohnston and was the band’s first major hit. In 1994, it received a remix by #SteveRodwayAkaMotiv8, which eventually peaked at No. 37 in the UK and No. 3 in Iceland.
    youtube.com/watch?v=nbVE-1rHyVY

  7. "Listen to the Music" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released on their second album, #ToulouseStreet (1972). The song was written by #TomJohnston and was the band’s first major hit. In 1994, it received a remix by #SteveRodwayAkaMotiv8, which eventually peaked at No. 37 in the UK and No. 3 in Iceland.
    youtube.com/watch?v=2rtwH-MlyeE

  8. "Listen to the Music" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released on their second album, #ToulouseStreet (1972). The song was written by #TomJohnston and was the band’s first major hit. In 1994, it received a remix by #SteveRodwayAkaMotiv8, which eventually peaked at No. 37 in the UK and No. 3 in Iceland.
    youtube.com/watch?v=2rtwH-MlyeE

  9. LIKE SOMETHING ELSE

    There is within me   

    an orange  

    ball. I hold it with two hands  

    as it expands, a bright  

    lung it  

    pulses softly, feeling  

    orange.  

    I sense a vague evangelism  

    in you and realize that  

    I must explain  

    lest you take this thing to be a senseless  

    orphan. You are pretending  

    to be a house.  

    Wrapping comfortably around  

    me but you do not  

    comprehend the way that things  

    contain each other.  

    It waits, I explain, to unite  

    simple elements, in sudden  

    flashes, making the green  

    boughs crowd greenly in the corner  

    of the frame, so quickly that  

    you really did just  

    imagine it. You are  

    looking at my explanation  

    like a very new painting.  

    “You have an orange,” you say.  

    Sometimes it can be  

    that way, yes. Like fruit.  

    But, ah, you have grasped that it might be  

    like something else and,  

    temporarily, it is safe.  

    Something moves within  

    you then; you flashing after it.  

    But,  

    “I am 84 Kortright Road West,”  

    you can say.  

    “There are six plates  

    in the cupboard.”  

    And it sees a round landscape, bristling velvet.  

    It wonders who is coming for dinner.   

    You watch it, bouncing thoughtfully, and you think that 

    you could bounce.  

    I see repossession creep back  

    into your eyes—I know that  

    I must act quickly and the irony is   

    you could bounce. 

    A simple brown wind lifts your curtains,  

    rattling the shutters and  

    tracking blue through the halls.  

    Noticing the sun, a  

    brilliant creature  

     lifting itself into the sky,  

    I point, saying  

    “Something like that.” 

    #bright #elements #evangelism #orphan #Poetry #TomJohnston #twoHands
  10. "China Grove" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released in 1973 on their third studio album, #TheCaptainAndMe. It was written and sung by the band's original lead singer and songwriter #TomJohnston. The song reached number 15 on the US #BillboardHot100. While there is a real place named #ChinaGrove in #Texas, Johnston's lyrics about the community are mostly fictional. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 40.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RX7iHsAIw9o

  11. "China Grove" is a song by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers, released in 1973 on their third studio album, #TheCaptainAndMe. It was written and sung by the band's original lead singer and songwriter #TomJohnston. The song reached number 15 on the US #BillboardHot100. While there is a real place named #ChinaGrove in #Texas, Johnston's lyrics about the community are mostly fictional. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 40.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RX7iHsAIw9o

  12. #OnThisDay in 1948, #TomJohnston, American guitarist and vocalist (The Doobie Brothers, 1970-77 & 1987-present - "Listen To The Music"; "China Grove"), born in Visalia, California.
    #HappyBirthday #77 ⊹₊ ⋆🎂💐🎉 ₊˚⊹

  13. #OnThisDay in 1948, #TomJohnston, American guitarist and vocalist (The Doobie Brothers, 1970-77 & 1987-present - "Listen To The Music"; "China Grove"), born in Visalia, California.
    #HappyBirthday #77 ⊹₊ ⋆🎂💐🎉 ₊˚⊹

  14. "Listen to the Music" is a song recorded by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers on their second album, #ToulouseStreet (1972). The song was the Doobie Brothers' first big hit in 1972. It was written by #TomJohnston. In 1994, it received a remix by #SteveRodwayAkaMotiv8 in 1994, which eventually peaked at #37 UK.
    youtu.be/32Oc2d_3yEk

  15. "Listen to the Music" is a song recorded by American rock band #theDoobieBrothers on their second album, #ToulouseStreet (1972). The song was the Doobie Brothers' first big hit in 1972. It was written by #TomJohnston. In 1994, it received a remix by #SteveRodwayAkaMotiv8 in 1994, which eventually peaked at #37 UK.
    youtu.be/32Oc2d_3yEk