SAN FRANCISCO POETS

Jerry Ferraz

Jerry Ferraz has been steadily weaving his unique tapestry of songsmanship beyond folk and "alternative" since the late sixties. Like the original troubadours of southern France, his work displays a mastery of meter and rime and celebrates the mysteries of love and epiphany. He breaths new life into the spirit of romance and chivalry as he wanders the ways of courtship and service to the beloved seeking the divine within the commonplaces of everyday existence. Bon Homme to the bone!

SLOW TRAIN WRECK

SLOW TRAIN WRECK It's not my job to say what time this train is 'sposed to run it's not my place to blow the horn not even clang the bell But if this train should jump the track just see who catches hell                    ... Epigram on the wall at the Muni Barn In the soft and dreamy silence… the knowing smiles on the faces of the loco motives meet head-on in a comic collision a cartoon catastrophe in sloooow motion all the sleepy-eyed floppy cars stacking up like so many pancakes as far as the eye can see in both directions and it just keeps on comin' this infinite pile-up on Main street where all the empty baggage of the world falls out like just another roadside premonition Truth and Reason asleep at the switch These lines runnin off the rails of a dream Then hear that lonesome whistle blow when there's no place left to go f i n a l l y Wisdom arrives and we realize there ain't no engineer there's only Love or Fear Doubt or Affirmation the old conundrum put to us by fate is you is or is you ain't my opposite? O where in all the mortal wreckage can we find the magic throttle of Spring that puts our dreams back on track again where did the time go but in a little crazy circle and where does the dream go but in my coffee © Jerry Ferraz, 2009 more Poetry by Jerry Ferraz Guitarra Zen Fable for Philip Whalen Roshi Triptych of poems for Susan Birkealnd Pieta for Tony Vaughan Love Ad Infinitum for Nicole Satori in Spring Jerry Ferraz Paintings Back to San Francisco Art and Poetry Events

The wandering Troubador trudges on through the dense fog of contemporary policitical high jinx and cosmic malaise leading us back to the pure fount of neo-classical animism and blind faith through song and experimental flights of musical inspiration we here designate "tru-bop"     Jerry Ferraz hosts the Poetry reading and open mic at Bird and Beckett Books and Records on the 1st & 3rd Monday of Each Month

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