Dexter Gordon’s HOMECOMING album up loud.

every blade of grass is a victory for the earth 

every flower and every ripe fruit is a victory 

we humans can clear-cut a forest 

what have we done 

we pollute the ocean and the air 

is it the aim of humanity to defeat the earth 

is it our wish to be on the wrong side of a battle 

that doesn’t need to happen 

james lee jobe

To know the real situation within yourself, you have to know your own territory, including the elements within you that are at war with each other.

Thich Nhat Hanh

the trees and stones love this land as do I 

summer is an ocean of heat 

and winter is a kiss of rain 

it’s summer as I write this 

in my sacramento valley home 

with dexter gordon’s homecoming album up loud 

and the poems of valzhyna mort to read 

all is right in my world of trees and stones 

and a beloved land 

james lee jobe

Dexter Gordon - Homecoming

I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time. 

Robert Hass

I am here because the sun needs something dark

I am dark enough to make the sun seem brighter

it’s an important job and requires no talent at all

watch me now

casting spells under the cloudless summer sky

as the sun rises higher and higher

watch me now

as this soul becomes shadow

as shadow becomes soul

james lee jobe

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Charles Mingus

it is not just the climate failing 

it is also our hearts burning 

what makes anyone think 

we will survive this 

james lee jobe

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