Best Elvis Presley Poems
Mister Elvis Presley
Sang his songs expressively
In Aloha From Hawaii,
He sang them just for me, aieee!
I was 15 when he sang just for me
Straight from Hawaii via TV,
My heart skipped a beat,
I jumped from my seat,
His music had changed my reality.
Elvis has now left the building,
Gone is the music and gilding;
He died much too young,
How many songs left unsung?
Categories:
elvis presley, 10th grade, memory,
Form:
Clerihew
Elvis Presley was on stage with his hips swinging
His movements kept women from hearing his singing
He could make so much money without moving his lips
All he had to do was go on stage and gyrate those hips
For Battle of the Clerihew # 2 contest of P.D.
Written by: Carol Brown on 01/27/2012
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Now for Nathan's Clerihew contest
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Categories:
elvis presley, adventure, funny, happiness, uplifting,
Form:
Clerihew
Hair black as snow's
An awkward crooked.
Smile, to boot his stiffer
Upper lips of red wine.
His gorgeous swagger,
Lingered all the young
Girls battle to snuff
About. Songs of the KING of rock n' roll
Love me tender, jailhouse rock,
Girl happy, Frankfort special,
Blue Hawaii, g.i. Blues. Ect.
His voice left you wanting
More ELVIS PRESLEY,
GRACELAND is the true,
KING of ROCK N' ROLL.
His music will NEVER DIE:
It's an inspiration that will,
And has lasted a decade entirely
Forever.
Entered in contest what songwriters inspire; or writers inspire you????
Sponsored by: Michael J. Falotico
Categories:
elvis presley, on writing and words,
Form:
Verse
Cool Fact: Elvis Presley holds the record for the most platinum certificates issued by the RIAA, with 70. Elvis Presley's records spent a cumulative total of 1,155 weeks on the UK singles chart since his first hit Heartbreak Hotel released on May 11, 1956.
Everything went crazy when Elvis came upon the scene.
Ladies loved his sexy style; with controversy, he made history.
'Viva Las Vegas', one of his many films, put him up on the big screen.
In all the world, an icon and the King of Rock was he,
Shaking his Elvis pelvis so provocatively!
Perpetually has Elvis Presley’s huge estate
Remained one of the richest of celebrities we prize.
Even now, he’s the singer that most folks impersonate.
So handsome was this star with jet black hair and ice blue eyes.
‘Love Me Tender’ easily could make
Each and every young girl swoon.
Yesterday till today, still idolized, he died much too soon.
May 13, 2023
for The Elvis Presley Inspiration Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
Categories:
elvis presley, celebrity,
Form:
Acrostic
Elvis Presley, the King
A voice like velvet, he did bring
With gyrating moves, dads cried he’s no saint
But those gyrations made the girls scream and faint!
Categories:
elvis presley, funny,
Form:
Clerihew
Maybe I didn't listen when you told me
Your heart was gentle and kind
Maybe I didn't understand, but you could
have shown me...
All the reasons you were going to move on
All the feelings that were finally gone
All the chances I had actually blown!
Maybe I didn't know you
because I never knew
the way that you would leave me
deceive me with the honest truth
Believe me, darling – I never knew
Finally, I let you down for the last time
You're going away to never return
And I don't have a right to follow you
Into the future where you’ll be without me
Girl, I'm sorry that I never sold you
On the belief that I was the King of Rock
You said I was like a stone instead,
Always holding you down so you'd
Nearly sink like a rock!
Maybe I didn't know you
Quite as well as I should have
Because I didn't know you
Would leave me without a second thought
All the reasons that I love you
Have been buried with our past
You are the reason that I'm discouraged
This King of Rock just doesn't roll like
he did when he was there beside you,
bringing hope to the heart, faith to the soul
feelings that were dim to the brilliance of a light
so alive it feels like, here on the inside...
Maybe I will never believe you
could just leave me without a reason to…
Sing this song, pleading with you
to listen to my heart - it is beating for you!
Yes, darling - You were always on my mind
YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND
Elvis Presley Inspiration Poetry Contest
Song that inspired this poem was Always On My Mind
Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
May 13, 2023
Categories:
elvis presley, humorous, music, relationship, romance,
Form:
Lyric
Whilst Bruno Mars ascends new stars
Elvis Presley haunts old boudoirs
Second to none
They both have fun
Just strumming their gutsy guitars.
Categories:
elvis presley, celebrity, change, culture, guitar,
Form:
Limerick
He began recording for Sun Records until his contract was acquired by RCA.
He was the King of Rock and Roll and his life ended forty-five years ago today.
He died at the age of forty-two and Elvis Presley was his name.
Abusing prescription pills led to his death and it was a shame.
He recorded such hits as "Jail House Rock", "Hound Dog" and "Way Down".
Presley was born in 1935 and would be eighty-seven if he was still around.
Certain people couldn't accept the fact that he didn't survive.
Those people thought he faked his death and was still alive.
Since he died four and a half decades ago, Rock and Roll hasn't been the same.
He died at the age of forty-two and Elvis Presley was his name.
[Dedicated to Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977) who died 45 years ago today on August 16, 1977]
Categories:
elvis presley, anniversary, death, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
The king
Not a royal,
Yet he was a king,
Rocking and rolling,
You sang,
Black hair, blue eyes and that quiff,
Gyrating pelvis, those moving legs,
The oldies not keen,
Girls going wild plus the odd boy too,
The voice of a god, so good looking,
He was an actor to,
Died way to young,
Will always be known,
The King of rock and roll.
Categories:
elvis presley, art, celebrity, memorial, star,
Form:
Free verse
When Elvis Presley dreamed on high
All he wanted to do was fly
Like Priscilla's blue moon
He ballooned with each tune
And it sure made his mama cry!
Categories:
elvis presley, memorial,
Form:
Limerick
HE WAS ADORNED BY ALL THE LADIES AND HIS RESPONSE WAS VERY LIGHT
"WHAT'S SHE REALLY LIKE"
SOFT HANDS AND A "WOODEN HEART" HE HAD THE "G.I BLUES"
"TONIGHT IS SO RIGHT FOR LOVE" A HUNKA HUNKA "BURNING LOVE"
"SOMETHING" CAUGHT HIS EYE AND LEFT HIM ONE THING TO SAY
"SEE SEE RYDER"
ALL NIGHT AND DAY
"HE GOT A WOMAN" NAMED "LONG TALL SALLY" WHO GOT A "WHOLE LOT A SHAKING"
GOING ON
"LOVE ME" TENDER IM "TRYING TO GET TO YOU"
SINGING THIS SONG FROM PRISON AS THE "JAILHOUSE ROCK"
"HOW GREAT THOU ART" "I GOT A WOMAN" WHO SAID "HER MAMA DON'T DANCE"
BUT IF I HAVE MY WAY I'LL MAKE HER SPLIT HER PANTS
REMEMBER WOMAN I AIN'T NOTHING BUT A "HOUND DOG"
LIVING ON "BLUEBERRY HILL"
P.S
"I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU"
"LAWDY MISS CLAWDY"
MY TRIBUTE TO THE GREATEST IN MY EYES" ELVIS PRESLEY
Categories:
elvis presley, dedication
Form:
Long live "The King"
gone to soon before his time
man, he could sing
he sang and acted earning every nickle and dime
His voice so diverse
he was absolutely one of a kind
every teenager was so immersed,
when he sang"Always on My Mind"
Young and handsome till the day he died
although there have been sightings
women of all ages have cried
you can still catch a glimpse of him under Walmart lighting
His performances stayed with you
as he sang"Blue Suede Shoes"
and "Loving You"
but i guess he paid his dues
Obsessed with drugs
he lost the fight
and lost his life to those same drugs
on that dark night
From a small hick town
all the way to fame
then he fell down
leaving his name
ELVIS PRESLEY
Gone to Soon contest--
Categories:
elvis presley, deathlost, lost, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
it was therefore disappointing
but what ain't
hardcore science fiction
climate fiction
ecological lollocks
hero's journey balloon juice
Patrick Stewart on the baliset
is the definition of rock and roll
keep your expectations low going into the cinema
keep them low on the film
keep them low on the audience
for there can be no greater relief
leaving the theatre
when you say to a friend,
'thank christ everyone behaved.'
Categories:
elvis presley, anger, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Marilyn and Elvis, iconic, and well-loved, cherished, beloved.
Loved and beloved in the same sentence? Only for these two.
They both have a vulnerability and a tragic back story
Elvis had to live for his twin, Aaron, who died in the womb
Marilyn had to reinvent herself, so someone would love her
Both unaware of how beautiful they were; neither understanding
We who grew up in the sixties wanted to fall in love with them
They were both edgy, a bit out there, classically unique, daring.
They both caused parents to shudder, and talk.
Anyone who can make Ed Sullivan blush is okay with me.
They were sex symbols, without trying to be.
Okay, Marilyn tried. All Elvis had to do was give you his look.
That smoldering look that made you gasp
They were our beautiful people, our icons,
The ones we all wanted to be; the ones we would be
When we grew up. We all aspired to be Marilyn and Elvis.
Better yet, Marilyn and Elvis.
Categories:
elvis presley, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
You've been dead for the same amount of time that you lived, forty-two years.
You were loved and your death devastated each and every one of your peers.
You didn't perform in all fifty states, one state that you missed was Montana.
You performed your last concert on June 26, 1977 in the state of Indiana.
Two of your hit songs were 'All Shook Up' and 'Hound Dog'.
You had great taste in motorcycles, you sure did love Hogs.
You had a wonderful life but not a life that was long.
When doctors constantly prescribed those pills, it was wrong.
You loved to give away Cadillacs, you truly had a heart of gold.
It was very sad to lose you when you were only 42 years old.
One of your friends saw you putting a hole in your foot with a drill.
When he asked you why, you said you were doing it to get more pills.
When you died on August 16, 1977, every one of your fans were in tears.
You've been dead for the same amount of time that you lived, forty-two years.
[Dedicated to Elvis A. Presley (1935-1977) who died on August 16, 1977.]
Categories:
elvis presley, addiction, celebrity, death, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme