light filters down through the trees

Vincent Van Gogh. Field with Flowers near Arles, 1888.

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

-Steven Wright

In the dream the late actor Martin Landau wants me to fix a car

And give a poetry reading to Heather Hutcheson’s class.

What I want to do is take my clothes off and write a poem.

I keep picturing the poem in my mind, all written,

And then I forget it again because of Martin’s interruptions.

I am getting angry. I am young in this dream

And it comes to me that Heather must be a small child,

Such is the difference in our ages. Martin is now someone else

And I know that I am dreaming. I should wake up

And make a list of things to do today. It is 4 AM.

Making the list, I see that Dream Jobe was correct;

The list is long, I would never have remembered it all.

Subconscious and consciousness have melded perfectly

Just as darkness and light meld to make a day,

To make a life. My youth and my old age come together

In a balance, my darkness and my light in a balance,

And all is well, except there is no poetry reading

Going to happen for Heather Hutcheson’s class,

And the dream car remains quite broken.

-James Lee Jobe

Artist Claude Monet having a cigarette.

Enter each day with the expectation that the happenings of the day may contain a clandestine message addressed to you personally. Expect omens, epiphanies, casual blessings, and teachers who unknowingly speak to your condition.

-Sam Keen

Slide Hill Park, standing under the tall pines 

And looking up at the Waning Gibbous moon 

Ssh 

The whole city is sleeping

The soft light filters down through the trees

To the bed of pine needles

Below my feet

-James Lee Jobe

Jobe kinfolk meditation room.

Once the seed of faith takes root, it cannot be blown away, even by the strongest wind Now thats a blessing. 

-Rumi

A cold wet winter

Hot water in a tub never felt better

Light the candles and join me dear

Let that old wind howl

-James Lee Jobe

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