Best Etta Poems

Rough desperate cowgirl Etta,
Really should have known better,
When she finally got a boyfriend
She quickly branded his rear end,
He surely did live to regret her....

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Take me deep into the night
Give your soul felt feelings sight
Comfort me, make my heart light
As I embrace your vocal plight

Sitting alone in my bedroom...

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Etta James, queen of rhythm and blues,
during your early life, you certainly paid your dues.
You arose from adverse conditions and hopeless obscurity.
In the music world,...

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"Barefoot in the Bushfires of the Vanities"



Heat rises slowly to rapture flames licking and teasing
Blue Ghostgums to stretch and crack wide open
as Fire spreads molten...

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When I met her , a very old lady she was , yet inside lay a frightened child .
I felt my heart cry , I...

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Fighting Sorrow

When the stars refuse to glow;
And the moon turns off her light.
That is when I'll know;
You are forever from my sight.

When the sun no...

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Poor Clem was hanging off the shed rafters,
His angry outback wife strutting underneath,
" You've gotta come down some time Clem,"
Said angry Etta through grinding teeth.

"I've...

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 With apologies to the artist, a reflection of 'At Last' by Etta James

Your love
found my heart in the dark
No longer am I lonely
A flame...

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By the teacher of children in a preschool class
Kids are taught how to listen first time asked

Have good manners by showing respect in school
Which naturally...

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When you play a little Marvin Gaye,
And you mix it up with some Tupac.
You throw in a little Whitney and then
You add just a little...

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Five minutes ago,
she knew him as her beloved son
Now she had that scared look in her eye,
memories just vanished
without so much as a goodbye

From her...

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"When I was a kid my dad left me in a bad way .... he was 
in the lives of my sisters and brothers but...

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The shortened hours of joyful times
When your hands reach, as shadows fall 
That comfort me in many ways;
Before the notes of dawn enthrall.

Before stars’ luster...

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To see you with that woman, it shatters me inside..
I hear her giggling voice as she walks by your side.
It was me that used to...

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Mr&mrs pen&pad
I use to think that pen and paper would be married forever. 
Computers took away what was ment to stay together. 
I use to...

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