Beale Poems - Poems about Beale

... Elvis Aaron Presley, Elvis, came from poor beginnings born in Tupelo, Mississippi to Vernon and Gladys this boy loved the gospel music in church . . . . at thirteen his family moved to Me......Read the rest...

...My roommates Leong, Sophie, (Charles) and I were coming from a Yale sporting event. The sky looked like a dirty Swiffer-mop and the wind seemed to be ignoring the posted 20mph speed limit. It was a t......Read the rest...

...I was on my way to Nashville, Planned to be a country star, The Grand Old Opry was where I was meant to be. I drove across the Mississippi, Stopped in Memphis for the night, And that's where fat......Read the rest...

...Context: This was a letter written to Frank who is a character in the book If Beale Street Could Talk. Dear Frank, Your head is muddled with thoughts of your own son. Your only son. Incarcerat......Read the rest...

...The bike broke down, my money gone, Beale Street calling —Memphis in my dreams The diner’s empty, last quarter found, the jukebox playing —Memphis in my dreams The waitress smiles, she’s......Read the rest...

...In the corners where the smokers smoke, A rainy day on beale street for music folks. They claim they don't remember a thing under the green smoke. Trying to hide the moments of their joy. Days wh......Read the rest...

...blue echo today notes fading down on Beale Street no more now Lucille......Read the rest...

...© Ben Burton 2-8-2015 When sunrise broke, expected clouds Were nowhere to be seen Yet, rain was falling in the crowd Halfway to Beale Street Across the well-kept, mourning lawn Inside the n......Read the rest...

...When a place becomes immortalized In song or written word, You wonder if the image matches What you've read or heard. It's similar to when you get A real-life close-up look At a painting you ......Read the rest...

...Pardon my Gardens; they're withered and grey: Unkempt and wild and quite defiled Given my odd and reclusive ways: Eccentric is my fashion style Look at Life through special glass: I see it all......Read the rest...

...In Memphis, on Beale Street, The piano man played, A whiskey on ice at his side. He commanded his fingers And oh, they obeyed And we all tagged along for the ride. He sang what he liked And ......Read the rest...

...Tonight I walk alone For no apparent reason I have friends who care for me But I had to get out of the bar I couldn’t stand the band (and I was in it) and the smoke Was choking me Outside under the......Read the rest...

...This poem wants to make a change . . . To be a strong yet silent raised fist in Mexico, 1968. To stand at a window w/a shotgun writing the words “By any means necessary” To sit in at a lunch count......Read the rest...

...BEALE STREET LADY My heart has no endurance for the haul thru loves heart rending nuisance of it all; I'll not allow a trival game entice my soul to burn a flame and raise my heat, then wait for......Read the rest...

...My basin of gravy has the worst raspberry tart... My baby has the worst farts(translation) My man's ian beale blotto, so 'es intercity is spent... translation: My man's real drunk, so he's ......Read the rest...