Tag: media

  • The Ugly Mug (open mic) – November 15, 2021

    First open mic in nearly two years. I debuted the following: 1. “The Answer” (1915), by Sara Teasdale 2. “Leaves” (1915), by Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale contributed three poems to Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, in 1915, including the two selections above and “Morning.” These were subsequently published in Rivers to the Sea, also published…

  • James Lick High School – February 7, 2020

    1. The Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Dove, by Paul Laurence Dunbar With Principal Marco Menendez on percussion. This was one of the last regular events at school before the COVID lockdown. © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – August 19, 2019

    1. Life, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. We Wear the Mask, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2019 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – August 5, 2019

    1. A Dream Within a Dream, by Edgar Allan Poe 2. I Need You © 2019 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – July 29, 2019

    1. Ships That Pass in the Night, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. Why Fades a Dream? by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2019 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Caffe Frascati (open mic) – July 23, 2019

    1. Ships That Pass in the Night, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. Sympathy, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2019 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – July 22, 2019

    1. Ships That Pass in the Night, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. Sympathy, by Paul Laurence Dunbar Note (December 5, 2021): Only a few days before, I had begun arranging “Ships That Pass in the Night” by Paul Laurence Dunbar. At first, I could not get past the first couple of lines, and I thought…

  • Peet’s Coffee & Tea — November 23, 2013

    Set 1: 1. I Saw a Man Pursuing the Horizon, by Stephen Crane 2. Heart of Gold, arrangement of Greensleeves 3. Scarborough Fair, arrangement 4. Folsom Prison Blues (Cash) 5. Ring of Fire (Carter) 6. Walking Too Close to the Edge 7. Six O’Clock on a Lonely Shore 8. Caesar’s Lament 9. Highways Heading Head…

  • The Ugly Mug (open mic) – October 21, 2013

    1. Highways Heading Home 2. Six O’clock on a Lonely Shore (30) © 2013 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Cafe Worship at Foothill Baptist – October 7, 2012

    1. Credo, by Edwin Arlington Robinson 2. Lord, Let Me Know My End 3. Holy One (Lamb of God) © 2012 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.