[Dixielandjazz] Old Folks

[alain de La Simone]

Being 83, going to play early music on my old cornet, on the 16th of 
november for a gig, doctor Jazz?  My best friend!!

Thanks for your  lyrics, and swing the tune, Charles!

Alain de La Simone
Le 20/10/2018 à 13:29, Tony Davis a écrit :
> Thank you for sharing this, Charles.  Most of your haiku resonate with 
> me as I enter my 82nd year; and I love the variety in tone - some 
> funny, some wryly perceptive and some just beautiful.  I hope the book 
> materialses.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tony
>
> On 19/10/2018 20:36, Charles Suhor wrote:
>> Agree, Phil, there are good effects of aging, as well as bad. I've 
>> tried to accept both, and the moods that go along with them. One 
>> project in my dubious future is a book of haiku on aging. Some 
>> samples below.—Charles
>>
>> Aging: When you gain
>> some wisdom that you could have
>> used when you were young.
>>
>> Slowly, if you are
>> lucky, old age will show up.
>> Then, meet its newness.
>>
>> The years will flash by.
>> Take care that you grow, and not
>> merely grow older.
>>
>> The perplexity
>> of age: I’m convex where I
>> used to be concave.
>>
>> Walk into a room.
>> forget why. Wait... Just enjoy...
>> Nothing to be sought.
>>
>> What’s here is due, friend.
>> It took me years to merit
>> these infirmities.
>>
>> Years of retirement
>> have deconstructed the self
>> I knew. Let it pass.
>>
>> One excuse that won’t
>> cut the mustard anymore:
>> Blame it on my youth.
>>
>> In between my ears
>> I hear music of the spheres.
>> No, it’s tinnitus.
>>
>> If you remember
>> the first line of Stardust, you
>> are part of the club.
>>
>> A perk of aging:
>> I can say, Cut me some slack,
>> Jack, I’m an old man.
>>
>> Must get in step with
>> this aging thing before the
>> stinger ends the march.
>>
>> Winter and death will
>> come soon enough. Be grateful
>> for this long autumn.
>>
>> Brother dies, grandchild
>> born. Take joy where you find it.
>> Don't hold on too tight.
>>
>> All life and death, held
>> in this moment: an ache, a
>> tree, a melody.
>>
>> Too few years, many
>> projects. If they should outlive
>> me, undone, so what?
>>
>
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