hi frank,
i am doing a short poetry set tomorrow in oakland for mothers day, wanted to invite you, all female musicians, dj’s , artists, etc. dancing til 6am, bring yer mama, a mama, or just the mother in you! got some great photos of you which ill send soon. hope all is well… ava bird
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here is my mother poem:
CONNIE
by
Frank Moore
Friday, May 19, 2000
Connie completed the fading into death
this afternoon.
She has always lived in her young mind,
always was a black sheep,
raising black sheep,
always wanted to know,
always hungry for education,
NO MATTER WHAT!
WHATEVER IT TOOK!
Deaf to CAN’T,
to dumb rules!
No time for social frills,
no time for BS,
no time for limits.
Just time for deadpan joy of just everyday,
for no-nonsense love,
for pushing and demanding for
possibilities.
She bit,
or pretended not to hear,
just going for what’s right
like a tank…
running you over.
You were a fool
if you believed
her mcgoo act!
Hero? Yes!
Always growing beyond
working in a doctor’s office,
after getting a college education,
after the leaving of Jim,
threatened by his black sleep wife,
after pushing me onto THE REAL WORLD,
after raising Jerry and me,
after getting out of Utah as a free thinker!
Just taking Tums and aspirins,
Connie at 79 lived a very rich life…
always young in life…
now always
will be young!
Jerry and I are so lucky
to be in the black sheep family of
CONNIE!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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wow frank, that is a great poem, deeply touching and full of love. beautiful!
thank you so much for sharing, i really felt it…..
see you soon,
ava
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shucks!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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frank
if you are on facebook, i’ll add you as a friend.. are you there? i have one of your photos up on my photo wall, oh, by the way, i still need to send those photos to you, though i figured you had alot from that day at people’s park.
great to see all your work and witness a genius in action,
ava bird
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yep, I am on facebook, etc.
hey on Saturday 30th we are doing a live jam session at the house as a part of a worldwide online 24 hour music streaming Marathon. Our section will be a hour jam starting at eight P.M. would you jam with me? I will be on the piano and will vocalize unverbally. You could vocalize unverbally also. And we will have musical instruments you can play [I don’t care about “being good “]. If you are game, you should be here by 7:30.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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COOL! would love to be there, i love live jams! i could bring my drums and other sounds too, thank you so much for inviting me, i love this!
i have a reading with clive matson in san rafael but we should be over by 6:30 and will speed over to your place. can you tell me where you live again?
i’ve played in lots of jams though a poet and not a musician but still love clanking around.
so much looking forward,
ava bird
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great, ava! There will be a lot for you to clank on! It will be fun! And if everything works, we’ll be on a big screen in Paris live!… “All your performances will be casted in a public venue on 3 screens (mixed by several directors at Point Ephemere in Paris- on the web: http://www.pointephemere.org/- where a sound system also a final output will be displayed and available on the web (it can be used as a source for anyone who wants) every hour there are people streaming from another time zone.” but here we shall just be playing together!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore