Best Buskers Poems

Buskers

So much fluff
And not enough
Of the real stuff
That life is made of.

Buskers in parks and on corners
Play for money and exposure,
And liven up drab quarters
By entertaining onlookers.

Slow down life’s pace,
Hesitate and listen
To these street musicians,
And drop a coin in the case.

Enjoy the moment, participate!
Sing along...

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Julius Jaggery Jones
Had an ache deep in his bones
Sang the blues for nickels and dollars
In mellowest of baritones.

Julius Jaggery Jones
Seated on street cobblestones
Paid his dues in groanings and hollers
Delivering back alley moans....

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