Alison Wimmer Poet Free verse

Belushi One

In January
He made the cover of Rolling Stone.
I had thumb-tacked it
To my living room wall
Just to the right
And a little below
My Michelangelo self-portrait print.
Not knowing
The April issue
Of the same magazine
Would cover itself
With him, his death,
Not thinking
Not even thinking
Such a thing
Could ever happen
And so sorry it did
Though not shocked,
Not even really surprised
And oddly
Seeing something wonderful in it
Because it made me cry
Tears of depthless feeling
Tears that always make me feel good

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Darlene De Beaulieu January 22, 2018 at 6:07 PM Love the message in this poem.

Darlene De Beaulieu January 22, 2018 at 5:58 PM It is obvious you like this singer. That poster must be worth a lot of money by now. Alison Wimmer April 23, 2018 at 5:02 PM He wasn't really a singer, at least not exclusively - he was an artist, a performer, one who felt strongly and shared all that he felt.