Arthur Vaso Poet Lyric

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Form: Disjointed Double Verse

Can you guess who is Stephen?

I Am Stephen

Can you not see?
All the ducks inside your arm?
Did you think hotel paradise,
Came with no illusions attached?
Violins and rats
Rats and violins
Conductor in a white suite
Playing musical roulette
Slow motion squirrels a symphony
Dancing death on my head

Hotel paradise is the rats meow
Old couches and peeling paint
The evil Mickey mouse is really quite quaint
Oh Susanna sings in this hotel
Ethiopian Nelly checked out long long ago

Dear friends and gentle hearts
I pass on with 38cents in civil war notes
With 3 cents to spare
Bury me amongst the minstrel songs
Among quiet flowers gleefully listening

I have composed stately song
As I decompose, My epitaph shall say
Beautiful dreamer down below
I lie in my suitcase
Ships are made for sinking
Whiskey made for drinking
I am Stephen but who am I?

Form: Disjointed Double Verse

Can you guess who is Stephen?

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Laura Breidenthal May 30, 2015 at 1:41 AM LOVE it, Arthur! I like your play on words with compose and decompose. : ) Watched the video as well. Super cool! Always, Laura Arthur Vaso May 30, 2015 at 10:02 AM Why thank you so much Laura!

Andrea Dietrich May 15, 2015 at 11:00 PM Reading it again, I caught Oh Susanna in there this time. I don't really know many other titles of his offhand!! But yes, I know he had many many songs!!! thanks for letting me know! Arthur Vaso May 30, 2015 at 10:01 AM :)

Billy Jones May 11, 2015 at 9:15 PM this was definetly inspired, but you gave it a touch of life for sure, sometimes a little muse helps very much ~_° Arthur Vaso May 11, 2015 at 9:26 PM Thanks Billy, much appreciated!

Cherl Dunn May 11, 2015 at 8:52 PM Arthur wow what a poem, all I can say is Wow my dear friend what a powerful write, simply deep and meaningful, cheri by the way look to my postings if you scream for ice cream, lol cheri Arthur Vaso May 11, 2015 at 9:01 PM Thank you cherl!!!!

Emile Pinet May 11, 2015 at 7:43 PM Your words speak in an elusive abstract voice that supplies the catalyst to spark further thought and thus decipher Stephen Foster's name from the trail of clues you left unsaid. Emile. #7 Arthur Vaso May 11, 2015 at 9:00 PM Thank you Emile!

Andrea Dietrich May 11, 2015 at 3:49 PM I am really bad with puzzles and riddles, so I will not be playing the guessing game, but I can see your writing talent is really strong in this poem, Arthur! Good one. (loved the way you said rats meow. hahaha) Arthur Vaso May 11, 2015 at 3:53 PM Poesy Relish guessed right away! The Ghost of Stephen Foster, you can youtube the video, and for sure you know, the father of American music! ( you can wiki Stephen Foster, but you will know his music for sure!

Constance La France May 11, 2015 at 5:54 AM Arthur, wow, what a lyrical write, so deep and so profound with all those wondrous lines , I like so many but "beautiful dreamer down below" really struck me, 7, and thanks for visiting my poem, Jacqueline, My Mother Arthur Vaso May 11, 2015 at 9:02 PM And thank you Broken Wings!:)

Nandita Das May 11, 2015 at 5:07 AM Oh Susanna! With a banjo on my knee...unforgettable...Stephen Foster...loved this...7 Arthur Vaso May 11, 2015 at 4:03 PM And another correct answer!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Hugs

Poesy Relish May 11, 2015 at 2:54 AM lol loved it... ghost of Stephen Foster ;).. Poesy Relish May 11, 2015 at 4:09 PM Lol I couldnt help blurting it out... Arthur Vaso May 11, 2015 at 4:01 PM WOW, you got it right on the first guess, I added the photo to give people a fighting chance! LOL