Ep. 5: Sleepy Tales & Slumber Tunes - “The Things We Dare Not Tell” and “You Told a Lie”

In tonight’s episode, I read a poem by Henry Lawson, then play one of my original songs.

Ep. 4: Sleepy Tales & Slumber Tunes - "I Saw The Figure Of A Lovely Maid" and "The Coward Falls Away"

 In this episode, I read some Wordsworth, then sing a song about being too scared to express yourself...

Ep. 3: Sleepy Tales & Slumber Tunes - "All the World's a Stage" and "A Hole In The Roof"

 In this episode I read a little Shakespeare, then sing about the woes of a dilapidated house...

Ep 2: Sleepy Tales & Slumber Tunes - "In Darkness" by Jon Davis and "Free Car Wash Day (At the Circle K)"

 
Welcome to episode 2 of Sleepy Tales and Slumber Tunes, where we carry you away from the worries of the waking world on a vessel made of story and song.

I am your host, David Coile. If you enjoy the program, I encourage you to like, follow, and share, or to support the program by subscribing to patreon.com/davidcoile. 

Tonight I'll be reading “In Darkness” by Jon Davis, followed by the song “Free Car Wash Day” by David Coile

Dave's Haiku Diary, Part 1

Back in mid-March, a friend and I decided we'd each write a Haiku every day. It's been a fun project! I don't think I'm so great at maintaining the proper tone for a Haiku, but I've enjoyed sticking to the line form and syllabic restrictions. Anyway, here some of my favorites from over the last three months...

Memory muscles flex

Clockworks internally set

An exit barely

Virgin paper sheets

Aimless possibility

Youthful echoes bound

Entropy flows East

Fleeting sleet melting daylight

Midnight seeds new life

Iguana cadre

Sandy side sun-soaked snail shells

Fish flying fine wine

The ringing receiver

Reminding me of voices

Reactionary

Tennis ballistics

Tendons, ligaments and joints

Sore beyond the points

Unfurled eyebrows

Syrupy skin, loosened cheeks

An ego exhaled

Sunday Wedding Day

Been waylaid and asked to play

Betrays feet of clay

What’s given is got

And gotten late if at all

But call it all fate

Haiku diary

A daily journal, but short

No poems, just life

Collaboration

Lost to a child’s reticence

Replaced by a game

Waiting for the sleep

Blue light divides the darkness

Numbered time swims through

Anxiety now!

Last minute trip prep two step

Don’t know what to eat

So particulate

Breathing boxes now removed

Vacuum dodging dust

Flowing in my blood

A saccharine poison pill

Misfortune swallowed

Thermos-like beehives

On the trail of the chipmunks

The leash barely holds

Spirit of the pin

Flows through breath to others' ears

Pleading for reprieve

Parallel life lines

How many times have I died?

A mind dips and slips

Another bottle

Whose genie cannot respond

Three wishes long gone

Elusive dreamer

Can’t snatch darkness from the night

A mad dash til dawn

My pandemic strings

Be they flat or be they dead

Still sing you to bed

Hearings go unheard

By those who've removed their ears

Sightings breed new eyes