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Rocking Under Starry Heavens - Acte D'Ouverture

Multitudes enter the venue all know there's something Entre Nous You Take a Friend to find your place it's time to just Cut to the Chase All Losing It, the lights go down Signals a start to the Countdown Vital Signs race to Larry, Curly, and Moe a Distant Early Warning that starts the show Can't Resist that sound, distinctive while The Stars Look Down it seems instinctive The Spirit of Radio starts (with an attitude) up on your feet you're In the Mood Making Memories with a Headlong Flight and straight on into The Color of Right Might they play The Necromancer or maybe even Fancy Dancer Tom Sawyer starts a wild frenzy One Little Victory follows unrelentingly No Ghost of a Chance they'd play Cygnus X-1 but books one AND two - they aren't even done only Intermission Presto - back with 2112 how far back will they delve A Passage to Bangkok brings you to Tears then showing four aspects of their Fears While Mystic Rhythms start to grow O Baterista is next, as we all know YYZ, Working Man both kick ass Natural Science and then The Pass Makes The Body Electric and Time Stand Still knowing you are Here Again of your own Freewill They Test for Echo seeing all still alive Red Barchetta makes sure you can drive Trees stand tall in Cities of Gold that are Seven swaying themselves under the starry heaven Limelight shines in La Villa Strangiato Wish Them Well for it is time to go But We Hold On.... Malignant Narcissism starts the encore Spindrifts into The Snow Dog and By-Tor One can only Hope it's not the last tour Closer to Your Heart than ever Before(and After) In the End you know you are Finding Your Way back home endlessly rocking endlessly rocking under starry heavens As the Caravans travel onwards riding out into a heartless sea Remember what, to you, brought these words Dirk, Lerxst, Pratt, and the lonely letter of E. song/album titles/partial lyrics-Lee/Lifeson/Peart ©

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Date: 10/11/2016 9:47:00 PM
Full if it'z, the'z, "sea's" a word that's unacceptable in poetry. Cheap words and name dropping don't add value unless they flow with the theme. Full of trite phrases: cut to the chase, etc..... google: poetry critic Regards, Bob Atkinson
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Keith Osborne
Date: 10/12/2016 2:33:00 PM
Where, exactly, did I use the plural or possessive form of the word sea? If you seek to have your critique hold any credence, then you should NOT add words of your own - just to stroke your ego. (so full of 's - a whole two. Not making yourself look good.)
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Keith Osborne
Date: 10/12/2016 5:07:00 AM
You obviously don't understand the point to the poem. The "trite" phrases are song titles. That was the point to this. To use as many titles as possible. You have been waiting, haven't you? After your passive aggressive poem post, and this, I still think you are a pompous fool.

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