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11/12/2025 for A Poem Based On A Song - Old or New Poetry Contest sponsored by Joseph May
Mister Tambourine Man, Play that Song Again
Once upon a song, through the rings of smoke,
down the foggy ruins of time, they spoke
to me, straight from Bob Dylan’s potent pen.
Mr. Tambourine man, play that song again.
These words had introduced me to a world,
as a new consciousness burst and uncurled.
It doesn’t seem so very long since then.
Mr. Tambourine man, play that song again.
The jingle-jangle morning is not bright,
It’s now the crumbling, creaking dead of night,
and I’m a long forgotten, aged man.
Mr. Tambourine man, play that song again.
As from the world, it’s time to take my leave,
on this, my prayerful, final, earthly, eve.
Remember me. Don’t forget to say amen.
Mr. Tambourine man, play that song again.
In honor of “Mr. Tambourine Man”, written and sung by Bob Dylan (1965), covered by many.
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