Bernstein Poems - Poems about Bernstein

When Summer Comes Along

..."Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June." Al Bernstein

June’s moon illumines with gold light in a sapphire sky.
It’s as clear to me as a cloudless night summertime is ni...

The Kennedy Center

...The Kennedy Center is known to the world
For honoring those in the arts – 
From Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Astaire,
Whose talents top all of the charts.

Sinatra, Gene Kelly, L. Bernstein, Ka...

Maestro

...In the heart of melodies, a a luminary arose,  
Leonard Bernstein, whose brilliance still grows.  
A maestro with a baton, a poet with a score,  
In his music, he found what life yearned for. 

...

SCHOOL BUS FIGHT: true life

...If i remember  correctly: 
My philosophy was Don't react unless 
Necessary. The school day was over.
The ride home began normally. 
(Corrections made In this poem) 
Then the School bus Bully beg...

My Time With An Oscar Winner

...Pangiota’s Personal Meeting with Oscar Winner,
George Chakiris of “West Side Story”…. 1961


You were alarmingly affable and delightful.
Accepting, and so very, very sweet,
To have a special-on...

Name That Tune

...The chatter of small birds frame a window of light.
My kettle is coughing; soon its shrill whistle
will startle me, even though I know exactly
when it will erupt.
Two pelicans have been sighted i...

Ny Ny -- the Road In the Fork

...New York, New York, the road in the fork  
   of the events, the places and folks who've buttered the pork

Like Rockefeller, Moynihan and Andrew Cuomo
   Frank Sinatra, Louie Armstrong, John Len...

Happening 27 Ear Candy

...hop
skip
jive,jump
run
      toward
      the sound:
be alive
     glide 
     slide
turn
      stop
and reflect

Inspired by YouTube clip of Bernstein Magnificent Seven theme...

Double Tap

...
News broadcast:

Bad news from the Afghan front lines,
an Army lance corporal got killed
from Battalion 5, company 9

Soldier Bill James Medlark,
affectionately known as Billy the Kid
S...

The Jeweler's Lathe

...THE JEWELER’S LATHE

Summer’s last rose
After many admiring morning visits
And with nature’s rusty brown and gold 
Surrounding, drawing comparison,
Becomes even more pink and beautiful

Being...

West Side Story

...Since “West Side Story” hit the stage,
No show could quite compare.
Such music, lyrics, dances, plot
Are magical and rare.

The gorgeous tunes you can’t forget
Are Bernstein at his best
And So...

Symphony

...SYMPHONY

Searching the audience
Young and old in rapt attention
Maestro, Bernstein, has come on stage
Players have done their final warm up
House lights are dimmed
Only the foots and high spo...

Bernstein Visits

...Bernstein Visits
                  by Odin Roark

Bernstein-infused reverie
Unexpected connections
Dissonance merging
Like Central Park
Pathways disappearing
Reappearing
Amidst boulder and street lam...

The Internal Dying of Benjamin Tippett

...No Maria -
when a Bernstein motif lingers.
No rosary beads -
they'll simply slip 
through bourbon-stained fingers.
God carved the seven continents,
with skillful guise, 
and Puccini cries.
Ad...

Andean Peaks/ Andengipfel/ Picos De Los Andes

...Mountains glow like amber
As being lit by an eternal fire
The sun sets slowly

Andean peaks embedded in clouds
Shadows spread  on ancient sands




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