Smalljones aka Paul Jones
@smalljones.bsky.social
No longer a person of interest.
@smalljones on most social networks.
Something Wonderful (2021), Something Necessary (2024)
Recent publications: smalljones.com
@smalljones on most social networks.
Something Wonderful (2021), Something Necessary (2024)
Recent publications: smalljones.com
Two Violins
- AE Stallings
One was fire red,
Hand carved and new—
The local maker pried the wood
From a torn-down church's pew,
The Devil's instrument
Wrenched from the house of God.
It answered merrily and clear
Though my fingering was flawed;
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
- AE Stallings
One was fire red,
Hand carved and new—
The local maker pried the wood
From a torn-down church's pew,
The Devil's instrument
Wrenched from the house of God.
It answered merrily and clear
Though my fingering was flawed;
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Two Violins
Rich and deep on G and D, Thin on the upper range, And how it came from the Old World Was anybody's guess— Light as an exile's suitcase, A belly of emptiness: That was the one I chose (Not the one of ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Two Violins
- AE Stallings
One was fire red,
Hand carved and new—
The local maker pried the wood
From a torn-down church's pew,
The Devil's instrument
Wrenched from the house of God.
It answered merrily and clear
Though my fingering was flawed;
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
- AE Stallings
One was fire red,
Hand carved and new—
The local maker pried the wood
From a torn-down church's pew,
The Devil's instrument
Wrenched from the house of God.
It answered merrily and clear
Though my fingering was flawed;
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Satan is an evilous man
But him can't chocks it on I-man
So when I check him my lassing hand
And if him slip, I gaan with him hand
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase Satan out of Earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase the devil out of Earth
youtu.be/6kRz2P0Uirk
But him can't chocks it on I-man
So when I check him my lassing hand
And if him slip, I gaan with him hand
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase Satan out of Earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase the devil out of Earth
youtu.be/6kRz2P0Uirk
Max Romeo, Chase The Devil ( Outa Space ), Bestival 2013
YouTube video by psiclick
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Satan is an evilous man
But him can't chocks it on I-man
So when I check him my lassing hand
And if him slip, I gaan with him hand
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase Satan out of Earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase the devil out of Earth
youtu.be/6kRz2P0Uirk
But him can't chocks it on I-man
So when I check him my lassing hand
And if him slip, I gaan with him hand
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase Satan out of Earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt and chase the devil out of Earth
youtu.be/6kRz2P0Uirk
Word?
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November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Try to Praise the Mutilated World
-Adam Zagajewski Trans Clare Cavanagh
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June's long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57095/...
-Adam Zagajewski Trans Clare Cavanagh
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June's long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57095/...
Try to Praise the Mutilated World
Try to praise the mutilated world. Praise the mutilated world and the gray feather a thrush lost, and the gentle light that strays and vanishes and returns.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Try to Praise the Mutilated World
-Adam Zagajewski Trans Clare Cavanagh
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June's long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57095/...
-Adam Zagajewski Trans Clare Cavanagh
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June's long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57095/...
Solid
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November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Solid
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Rat Race (11/16/1975)
-Virginia Brasier
This is the age
Of the half-read page,
And the quick hash
And the mad dash,
The bright night
With the nerves tight,
The plane hop
And the brief stop,
The lamp tan
In a short span,
The Big Shot
In a soft spot,
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/195...
-Virginia Brasier
This is the age
Of the half-read page,
And the quick hash
And the mad dash,
The bright night
With the nerves tight,
The plane hop
And the brief stop,
The lamp tan
In a short span,
The Big Shot
In a soft spot,
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/195...
Rat Race
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Rat Race (11/16/1975)
-Virginia Brasier
This is the age
Of the half-read page,
And the quick hash
And the mad dash,
The bright night
With the nerves tight,
The plane hop
And the brief stop,
The lamp tan
In a short span,
The Big Shot
In a soft spot,
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/195...
-Virginia Brasier
This is the age
Of the half-read page,
And the quick hash
And the mad dash,
The bright night
With the nerves tight,
The plane hop
And the brief stop,
The lamp tan
In a short span,
The Big Shot
In a soft spot,
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/195...
You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need
The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee
I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.
I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me
Working for the rat race
You know you're wasting your time
youtu.be/AmkMEoVb6rA
The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee
I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.
I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me
Working for the rat race
You know you're wasting your time
youtu.be/AmkMEoVb6rA
The Specials - Rat Race (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheSpecialsOfficVEVO
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need
The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee
I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.
I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me
Working for the rat race
You know you're wasting your time
youtu.be/AmkMEoVb6rA
The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee
I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.
I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me
Working for the rat race
You know you're wasting your time
youtu.be/AmkMEoVb6rA
...Westward we rolled
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we go with the wind
youtu.be/-XME9RnC1RU
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we go with the wind
youtu.be/-XME9RnC1RU
David Amram - Pastures of Plenty (eTown webisode #767)
YouTube video by eTown
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
...Westward we rolled
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we go with the wind
youtu.be/-XME9RnC1RU
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we go with the wind
youtu.be/-XME9RnC1RU
I was due a trey
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November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I was due a trey
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Phew
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November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Phew
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Sometimes I am there, in the cool morning mist
In the tower block dreams, that I cannot resist
Feel like heading back where the magic begun
Mid the concrete squares and the cherry blossom
I'm on the rooftop, yeah, yeah,
I got my sunscreen on, I'm feelin' fine.
youtu.be/iOEwvMhYWxc
In the tower block dreams, that I cannot resist
Feel like heading back where the magic begun
Mid the concrete squares and the cherry blossom
I'm on the rooftop, yeah, yeah,
I got my sunscreen on, I'm feelin' fine.
youtu.be/iOEwvMhYWxc
Simple Minds - Concrete and Cherry Blossom
YouTube video by Simple Minds
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sometimes I am there, in the cool morning mist
In the tower block dreams, that I cannot resist
Feel like heading back where the magic begun
Mid the concrete squares and the cherry blossom
I'm on the rooftop, yeah, yeah,
I got my sunscreen on, I'm feelin' fine.
youtu.be/iOEwvMhYWxc
In the tower block dreams, that I cannot resist
Feel like heading back where the magic begun
Mid the concrete squares and the cherry blossom
I'm on the rooftop, yeah, yeah,
I got my sunscreen on, I'm feelin' fine.
youtu.be/iOEwvMhYWxc
The terrible various
-Diane Seuss
blossoming of
the trees she said
to herself
sloshing unshod
through the snow
water.
This was the nature
of her humor,
the wilderness
she aspired to.
Mostly it was a way
of seeing that did
not resort to sentence-
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
-Diane Seuss
blossoming of
the trees she said
to herself
sloshing unshod
through the snow
water.
This was the nature
of her humor,
the wilderness
she aspired to.
Mostly it was a way
of seeing that did
not resort to sentence-
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“The terrible various”
“This was the nature / of her humor.”
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The terrible various
-Diane Seuss
blossoming of
the trees she said
to herself
sloshing unshod
through the snow
water.
This was the nature
of her humor,
the wilderness
she aspired to.
Mostly it was a way
of seeing that did
not resort to sentence-
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
-Diane Seuss
blossoming of
the trees she said
to herself
sloshing unshod
through the snow
water.
This was the nature
of her humor,
the wilderness
she aspired to.
Mostly it was a way
of seeing that did
not resort to sentence-
[...]
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
David Amram kicking it at 95! Great profile in today's @nytimes.com
I've been lucky to have spent some time with him -- a couple of times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
I've been lucky to have spent some time with him -- a couple of times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
At 95, David Amram Still Makes Music. And Nobody Can Put Him in a Box.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
David Amram kicking it at 95! Great profile in today's @nytimes.com
I've been lucky to have spent some time with him -- a couple of times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
I've been lucky to have spent some time with him -- a couple of times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Nice coverage of the current status and current caretaker of ibiblio, @palmerforcarrboro.com , from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ITS
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
ibiblio at 25: One of the internet’s oldest sites is increasingly relevant today
As ibiblio celebrates its 25th anniversary, its mission to host and preserve open-source content is increasingly relevant in today’s information landscape.
its.unc.edu
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Nice coverage of the current status and current caretaker of ibiblio, @palmerforcarrboro.com , from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ITS
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
Charlie Parker (1950)
-Campbell McGrath
Bird is building a metropolis with his horn.
Here are the gates of Babylon, the walls of Jericho cast down.
Might die in Chicago, Kansas City’s where I was born.
Snowflake in a blizzard, purple rose before the thorn.
[...]
poets.org/poem/charlie...
-Campbell McGrath
Bird is building a metropolis with his horn.
Here are the gates of Babylon, the walls of Jericho cast down.
Might die in Chicago, Kansas City’s where I was born.
Snowflake in a blizzard, purple rose before the thorn.
[...]
poets.org/poem/charlie...
Charlie Parker (1950)
Bird is building a metropolis with his horn.
poets.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Charlie Parker (1950)
-Campbell McGrath
Bird is building a metropolis with his horn.
Here are the gates of Babylon, the walls of Jericho cast down.
Might die in Chicago, Kansas City’s where I was born.
Snowflake in a blizzard, purple rose before the thorn.
[...]
poets.org/poem/charlie...
-Campbell McGrath
Bird is building a metropolis with his horn.
Here are the gates of Babylon, the walls of Jericho cast down.
Might die in Chicago, Kansas City’s where I was born.
Snowflake in a blizzard, purple rose before the thorn.
[...]
poets.org/poem/charlie...
She said, I bet they think they have control
Over the people with rock 'n' roll
I said, I bet they think they can hide the truth
From all me people from here; our roots
When they think they have it all their way
Here we come, and it's a brand new day
Now they had listen...
youtu.be/abkKF8ESeg4
Over the people with rock 'n' roll
I said, I bet they think they can hide the truth
From all me people from here; our roots
When they think they have it all their way
Here we come, and it's a brand new day
Now they had listen...
youtu.be/abkKF8ESeg4
Raggae Down Babylon
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
She said, I bet they think they have control
Over the people with rock 'n' roll
I said, I bet they think they can hide the truth
From all me people from here; our roots
When they think they have it all their way
Here we come, and it's a brand new day
Now they had listen...
youtu.be/abkKF8ESeg4
Over the people with rock 'n' roll
I said, I bet they think they can hide the truth
From all me people from here; our roots
When they think they have it all their way
Here we come, and it's a brand new day
Now they had listen...
youtu.be/abkKF8ESeg4
Happy with a four today
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November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy with a four today
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I hear you singin' in the wires
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
If it snows that stretch down south
Will never stand the strain
youtu.be/-HFCuBLAjXo
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
If it snows that stretch down south
Will never stand the strain
youtu.be/-HFCuBLAjXo
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (Live Goodtime Hour)
YouTube video by Glen Campbell
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I hear you singin' in the wires
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
If it snows that stretch down south
Will never stand the strain
youtu.be/-HFCuBLAjXo
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
If it snows that stretch down south
Will never stand the strain
youtu.be/-HFCuBLAjXo
Bird-Shaped Cliff
Dean Young
Sometimes I think about climbing
a telephone pole but then what
Telephone poles now have almost nothing
to do with telephones but I liked
how a curly cord went into the receiver
then a sturdier black wire went into the wall
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/88942/...
Dean Young
Sometimes I think about climbing
a telephone pole but then what
Telephone poles now have almost nothing
to do with telephones but I liked
how a curly cord went into the receiver
then a sturdier black wire went into the wall
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/88942/...
Bird-Shaped Cliff
Sometimes I think about climbing a telephone pole but then what? Telephone poles now have almost nothing to do with telephones but I liked how a curly cord went into the receiver then a sturdier black...
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Bird-Shaped Cliff
Dean Young
Sometimes I think about climbing
a telephone pole but then what
Telephone poles now have almost nothing
to do with telephones but I liked
how a curly cord went into the receiver
then a sturdier black wire went into the wall
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/88942/...
Dean Young
Sometimes I think about climbing
a telephone pole but then what
Telephone poles now have almost nothing
to do with telephones but I liked
how a curly cord went into the receiver
then a sturdier black wire went into the wall
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/88942/...
We passed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
youtu.be/93_umRjvlTE
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
youtu.be/93_umRjvlTE
Lemon Tree (Live at Kousei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, 1967)
YouTube video by Trini Lopez - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We passed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
youtu.be/93_umRjvlTE
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
youtu.be/93_umRjvlTE
It Begins With the Trees
-Ada Limón
Two full cypress trees in the clearing
intertwine in a way that almost makes
them seem like one. Until at a certain angle
from the blue blow-up pool I bought
this summer to save my life, I see it
is not one tree, but two, [...]
poets.org/poem/it-begi...
-Ada Limón
Two full cypress trees in the clearing
intertwine in a way that almost makes
them seem like one. Until at a certain angle
from the blue blow-up pool I bought
this summer to save my life, I see it
is not one tree, but two, [...]
poets.org/poem/it-begi...
It Begins With the Trees
Two full cypress trees in the clearing
poets.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It Begins With the Trees
-Ada Limón
Two full cypress trees in the clearing
intertwine in a way that almost makes
them seem like one. Until at a certain angle
from the blue blow-up pool I bought
this summer to save my life, I see it
is not one tree, but two, [...]
poets.org/poem/it-begi...
-Ada Limón
Two full cypress trees in the clearing
intertwine in a way that almost makes
them seem like one. Until at a certain angle
from the blue blow-up pool I bought
this summer to save my life, I see it
is not one tree, but two, [...]
poets.org/poem/it-begi...
I'm just a 5 kinda guy I guess
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Calamity
-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
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-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Calamity
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul. Tonight a city is being decimated by Godzilla, or was it a bunch of genetically-engineered dinosaurs? Tonight you have to give a speech and that girl...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Calamity
-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
youtu.be/RTzb-sduiWc
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
youtu.be/RTzb-sduiWc
Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla (Live at The Capitol Center, 1978)
YouTube video by BlueOysterCultVEVO
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
youtu.be/RTzb-sduiWc
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
youtu.be/RTzb-sduiWc
Oh Oh Oh! I have a poem just out in IEEE Spectrum honoring the 75th year of Human Use of Human Beings!
Please check it out and support poetry in @spectrum.ieee.org
spectrum.ieee.org/on-rereading...
Please check it out and support poetry in @spectrum.ieee.org
spectrum.ieee.org/on-rereading...
On Rereading Norbert Wiener’s The Human Use of Human Beings at 75
Read Paul Jones’s poem from our December 2025 issue
spectrum.ieee.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Oh Oh Oh! I have a poem just out in IEEE Spectrum honoring the 75th year of Human Use of Human Beings!
Please check it out and support poetry in @spectrum.ieee.org
spectrum.ieee.org/on-rereading...
Please check it out and support poetry in @spectrum.ieee.org
spectrum.ieee.org/on-rereading...