The return of ayaz daryl nielsen

This first poem by ayaz daryl nielsen fits my evening so well even though it hasn't been raining.  My husband and I  have been spending the evening with our cats Callie and Thelma.

this evening

cat

thinks of

cat

light, drizzly 

rain

spider web 

flutters

from a corner

of the ceiling

a web  

I could

remove,

yet, was 

here with 

grandmother

a web

my grand-

mother knew. . .

so, just this,

cat, rain,

and web,

the poetry 

of an evening

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Everything exists with an original rhythm

Snarks and the quarks even goodnight kisses,

The enactment of aeons and footfalls of ancients

Everything exists with an original rhythm

Sure, unhurried and filled with mystery,

Everything exists with an original rhythm

Snarks and the quarks even goodnight kisses.

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Early morning and 

an august angel 

lingers in our garden 

speaks with the sparrows

blesses the carrot, pea, 

potato and tomato plants

shares laughter with

marauding bunnies

sees us at the window

and looks toward how 

we’re greening within 

our own growth

an understanding that

everything is the 

garden, the garden is 

everywhere and love 

is all the gardener 

needs to know 

even here, yes, 

especially 

here, within.

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ayaz daryl nielsen was born in Valentine, Nebraska, attended schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Monterrey, Mexico, has lived in Bonn, Germany and now lives in Longmont, Colorado with beloved wife Judith.  A veteran, former hospice nurse, ex-roughneck (as on oil rigs), he has been editor of the print publication bear creek haiku for 25+ years and over 135 issues.  ayaz can be found online at bear creek haiku - poetry, poems and info.  His poetry, published worldwide, includes senryu chosen in 2010 and 2012 as "best of year" by the Irish Haiku Association, and, with other deeply appreciated honors, is especially delighted by the depth and quality of poets worldwide whose poems have found homes in bear creek haiku’s print and online presence.

I've been listening to a lot of Van Morrison lately.  I thought that his "In the Garden" would go with ayaz daryl's last poem:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usZuU-qapms

I see a lot of versions of "Moondance," but here is a version of his song "I'll Be There," which I am not familiar with:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS1CWK3GGR0

John Korba, Rob Paparozzi, and Bernard Purdie cover quite a few pop songs.  Here is their version of Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQMfJEYhO6E

OK, let's play Van Morrison's jazz version of "Moondance"!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBA0vSrJjLU

Levi Barcourt and the New York Jazz Quartet play this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ9Qrj_21UE