the tension can ease
like a front passing through
yesterday’s weather
off to tomorrow
we don’t join
the onward motion, though
the flow
we slide
we let go
and cameras catch
us leave
from behind
views: stress
Author: sunshineandwind
views: bars
nothing made sense
was the last thing he said
all part of
part of a plan to descend
and certain bars lead
while certain bars conspire to fence
in
views: the spread
on seeing the great fan
puffing the fractal
distributing
a common reaction
is to open
and stay open
go with it
views: rooftops
on the 2 train
through the bronx
in the early morning
i first got to know rooftops
the smoke
its structure
panning over a purple sky
views: focus
even with eyes closed
the instinct is to describe
visually,
focus being on what’s missing
what’s missing
a pillow sunshine
a fog
what about the smell
Sunday Funnies!
In the tradition of the great Sunday Morning Funny Papers, Sunshine and Wind is proud to present an abstract cartoon. Classic one panel action happening here. Best caption gets a free sticker!
Audio Saturdays! Songwriting Prompt contest #2
If you were around last weekend, you heard Todd Jackson’s great new single that he had submitted for the last Audio Saturdays! Songwriting Prompt Contest. We threw in the next prompt at the bottom of the page, but we’ve had a lot of interest so we figured it deserved its own post.
Also, we had a busy week! As a result, we were not able to get a proper Audio Saturdays! post up. So we figured we’d take this opportunity to make this a Thing and clarify the rules and guidelines.
- Using the audio prompt below, write a song or musical piece. It can be inspired by any aspect of the clip: the chords, the lyrics, the melody, the key, or something else.
- Submit the song to info@sunshineandwind.com by end-of-day Sunday February 21. When we check our email Monday 22, that’s it! No late entries will be accepted!
- Our staff will judge our favorite and pick a winner. The winner will be announced sometime that week and receive $50 and their own feature on a forthcoming “Audio Saturdays!” post.
That’s it! The prompt is below! It’s called only “B Minor Demo”
how its going: coast
every day i have gone out
it has been overcast and gray
you would think it’s all about
to sit real low and stay and stay
nothing stops the slide.
we design
a lens
for the low light,
for the beauty
that would otherwise elude me,
for the glide
how its going: wire
i found a cure for hesitation
on the windowsill
another day to stretch my sin
till the sun falls still
birds rest on statues of birds
men take down statues of men
cause and effect,
sure.
but no ill will
how its going: cage
out of focus, a victim
of my own projection
alive or dead,
top or bottom,
in the ground or
overhead
the sad world
and its clutches
Sunshine and Wind 