Led Zeppelin Jam

some years ago I went to a concert with The McCalmans and wrote a “poem talk” in Danish, I have translated it now more than 4 years after:

The concert was a birthday gift
I was delighted looking forward to this event
To use a modern word, at least in Danish.
After a long drive
We arrived at Holstebro.
A small beer at Fox & Hounds
We had the time.
Later we found the place me and  my soul mate,
Knudsen’s a small cozy venue
Moreover recently restored.
We came into the hall -
It was here we realized
Was it really the right place?
Well it was the right  place.
We looked at our fellow audience for this concert
And our doubt came back.
Was this really McCalmans on the poster?
We came in
And the musicians came on stage
Well luckily it was McCalmans
That means it took a while to recognize Ian and Nick
Ian’s gray hair – Nick’s a bit squared body
But the sound – voices did not disappoint.
Then it dawned on me
We were among the mature audience with some of their favorite musicians
They looked older – maybe even older -
I wonder how did we look?
It is time to admit, albeit reluctantly
We did not get any younger ourselves.
We follow time
We are older – yes
But our minds are still young
And that is good -
And if Mike Jagger
Can jerk around on stage
In his retirement
at full blast of his youth music
Then we can maintain our youth by listening to the music from our youth.  
And despite age
our mind is what counts.

After this poem-talk I made a Haiga, going to yet another concert or rather a festival, we call it “Late Summer Rock” 2010, and one of the bands was “copy” band (a sound like band) the Led Zeppelin Jam. Under this concert  I stood again among the fans of late Led Zeppelin from 1970’teens and the only difference was the gray hair, but the delight of the sound was the same.

in corridors
of memory lane
Led Zeppelin
jam the remembering’s

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