Best Cochran Poems

Gunshots and tasers aimed at the back
tracking the movements and memories
of unsuspecting dark-skinned citizens 
marked by the scars of a history denied

For Rumain Brisbon, 34
it was crime to be black in Arizona
For Tamir Rice, 12
it was crime to be black in Ohio
For Alonzo Ashley, 29
it...

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Visions of you

I see a knight in armour – one of King Arthur’s – ready to do battle
at the drop of a word – for Queen, country, god and ego.
I see Babe Ruth, knocking balls out of the game,
in order to be the winning team...

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THE JURY IS OUT*

There once was a simple rhyme
that made up a jury's mind.
They gave it great thought
for a verdict they sought
as the clock in the courtroom 
passed time.

They had to determine
how true the allegation
that the man really killed his wife;
or if he could go...

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DEAR MR. OFFICER PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME!
I HAVE SOMETHING VALUABLE TO SAY TO THE WORLD
SO KEEP YOUR BULLETS &  DON'T TRY TO MUTE ME!
I COULD BE THE NEXT JOHNNY COCHRAN
OR THE NEXT BEN CARSON SEE,
DONT ATTACK,JUST BECAUSE IM BLACK
IM NOT APPROVED FOR GRAND LARCENY
I...

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Bill Haley gave us 'Rock Around The Clock'
showed us music in a different way,
Chuck Berry sang 'Johnny B. Goode'
and Buddy Holly said 'That'll Be The Day'.

Elvis went to 'Heartbreak Hotel'
and came back as the king of pop,
Jerry Lee sent us 'Great Balls Of Fire'
while Danny...

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The late Eddie Cochran summed it up well in his song.
The current situation I’m in is all wrong.
It is summertime, and that’s where we belong.
Folks hibernating all winter are doing their thing.
The weather is warm, and there are many birds that sing.
Although today is so...

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Running water in the summer
Go in awashin' with soap
Now the creek is covered 
In overgrowth like a cloak

Staying with my aunt, clever was she
She'd say let's go swimming in the creek
She'd grab some towels, slip in the soap
Then we'd wash so we'd not reek

Loving, happy...

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How can one capture
Life's bitter sweet laughter
Wrap tightly in a box
No keys no locks.

From safe to sound
To no evil bound
For those chains don't exist
Misery left standing pissed.

This is my dream
Where I never scream.
If only it were real
But I awake a haunting chill.

Bitter sweet reality
Slams right...

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Nicola Farren, UK
	
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LEGENDS

Theres Jerry Lee with his "Great Balls of Fire",
Jackie Wilson getting "Higher&Higher",
Elvis Presely with his "Suspisious Mind"
and Little Richard with his "Fruity"find
,Eddie Cochran used every hour on the clock with his rocking & rolling and tickety tock
,Dion was keeping away from that...

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On this road trip we make tentative plans as to the memories we’d like collected
but we often find the best memories are totally unexpected.

Take today for instance..
We planned to visit The Old Round Church in Richmond, Vermont
It was to be the first stop of the...

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I Know I got what it takes to be the king
All the hardship, went from shiny to tarnished but still I’m me
Never flip flop’n call me offensive Cochran I can score wit D.
I soar to the occasion ready for war and I’m blaze’n like a...

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Marcus marrow beaten into a coma after a gang initiation was allowed 17 gang members to visit him in the hospital past midnight crowd of gang members atleast 9 women 8 men or vice verse 17th street gangster disciples my anxiety disorder panic disorder ptsd...

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How do you
Put in words
The poison that
Spills inside
Filling your heart
Untill it bursts.
No more tears 
Left to cry
Fighting a war
you can not win
in a nightmare
That will never die.

Empty eyes have
No reflection
Not much left
Before I break.
Falling fast with
No protection.
Consuming all
That you are
Growing deeper
Within
Alone...you bare
The battle scar.
 ...

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The most pregnant event that occurred...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
recorded July sixth nineteen sixty
upon birth of she who doggedly 
pursued me to the ends of the earth
and what not take no as an answer.

Unbeknownst to yours truly
a baby girl got born
sixty three years from aforementioned date;
she automatically...

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