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FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Disco Connection’ Isaac Hayes (studio production 1975)

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer. Comments Another masterpiece Awesome how many musicians are neededContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Disco Connection’ Isaac Hayes (studio production 1975)”

Poet Don Reporting on London Postal Delivery 1889

Poet Don writes with quill and ink. He’s old-school Back in 1889London (smoggy grey)Letters were deliveredThen twelve times a day Things have changed DM

Rapid Fire

Thoughts keep comingRapid fireThink I needNeed to hire An assistant…. Me?…… My drinking buddy Skip DM

Heels

These heels are made for walkingThat’s just what they’ll doIn the car they deconstructChoogaloogaloo…. Don MatthewsNovember 2022

Cycling in Italy

Was cycling down in ItalyJust paused to go in shopI wondered what was going onWhen I came out of shop?…. We saw nuffing?………. Don MatthewsNovember 2022

Tap Tap Tap

Thankyou Aaysid for idea….. I am the little ‘writerThat you can see aboveMany fingers tapped on meTapped away with love My pads you see are fadingI’ve reached the end of lifeI’m now in hibernationIn antique shop for life tap tap ta ta t t Don MatthewsNovember 2022

Christopher Morley

“No-one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as your dog does” Christopher MorleyUS author

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Flavor

Write something incorporating the word ‘flavor’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO BUDDIES FLAVOUR AN FLAVOR (And hussy buddies Lexxie and Trixxie. Friends of FCS) Flavour and flavor are buddies(As Trixxie and Lexxie both are)Tasting the goodies which drift byTasting both from near and far Tastes ofContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Flavor”

I’d Rather Have a Handful

I’d rather have a handfulOf bloggers to engageThan scores of active followersEngaging me on stage Scores of active followersMight appeal to youBut I’d be left with no time forCreating what I do Having always to respondTo comments on my postsNo time would be left for me toDo what I want most….. Create…….. Don MatthewsNovember 2022

No-One Comes to Look

People came, selectedFrom my shelf, a bookAbandoned, now neglectedNo-one comes to look…. Don MatthewsOctober 2022