Best Garfunkel Poems
I watch a golden sun slowly rise above the eastern sea and my thoughts naturally drift to her. I wonder what she is doing, and if she ever dreams of me.
A southern breeze gently caresses my skin and fills my lungs with salty sea air. The tide ebbs back and forth, relaxing me and at the same time stirring my curiosity. Does each incoming tide bring back the same water that ebbed away, or has it been renewed? And I wonder what it means to be truly born again
About twenty yards to my right a drifter rolls up his sleeping bag. His well-worn knapsack is stuffed with everything he owns in this life. I ponder: Has he ever been in love?
Ever felt warmth from the tiny hand of a child?
Ever beheld big brown orbs staring back at him whispering "I love you?"
For a moment our eyes lock. His are deep-set and steely blue, like the sea before me. Wrinkles are etched into his face from years of hard living, I guessed.
My thoughts once again turn inward. It is safe here on my side of the ocean. But have I really learned what it means to live, to swim in unchartered waters, to bathe in crystal streams heretofore hidden from my heart?
From a distance I espy the returning tide. Maybe I'll go out with the next. See where it takes me. Maybe, just maybe, I will learn how to swim for the first time,
again.
Melancholy thoughts
transport me across the sea
where the dream begins
* photo quote: "And so you see I have come to doubt all that I once held as true. I stand alone without beliefs, the only truth I know is you..." - Kathy's Song (Simon and Garfunkel)
Categories:
garfunkel, confusion, desire,
Form:
Haibun
This scribble has nothing to do with the famous song of Simon and Garfunkel. It's just a story I invented.
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I bought a cottage in the middle of nowhere,
Right at the edge of the countryside,
Any curious men rarely visited it,
So I stocked it well with food
And worked all alone on my laptop
Electric poles provided current.
So I could enjoy the peace
Within the sound of silence.
I had left the cities full of noise,
Only songbirds broke the silence of the site,
But that I could bear well enough.
Within the sound of silence.
Winter came and soon I was snowbound.
That’s when a knock sounded on my door.
Reluctantly I opened up my place.
There, on the threshold stood a woman
All drenched up and with flimsy clothes.
Her beauty stunned me. I let her in.
My car has stopped, she stammered.
So I sent her up to have a hot bath,
Gave her my dressing gown and invited her
To partake in a hot chicken broth
and some ill-prepared food.
And all this was done as I stood
Mute but mesmerised by her allure
For it was the time for silence.
Bad weather kept her imprisoned in my home,
Few words were exchanged
But she felt the power of silence.
A week later, the countryside was clear of snow.
She phoned a garage to pick up her car.
Then I decided to take her on the river,
How beautiful she looked in her proper clothes.
We got in a boat and paddled away to an islet.
We disembarked and partook of a picnic she had prepared
We spoke little but we came close.
She smiled and timidly I kissed her for the first time.
I felt my heart throbbing but all was quiet
Within the sound of silence.
We married a year later and eventually
The cottage was soon filled
With the crying of a newborn sound.
We were elated and made such a fuss.
Gone was the sound of silence.
Categories:
garfunkel, baby, love, silence,
Form:
Free verse
[Songs Inspired two line haiku
The first line is the name of a song]
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[Foreigner]
waiting for a girl like you -
the wild flower by the gate
[Phil Collins]
another day in paradise -
my love chalice filled and refilled
[The Beatles]
here comes the sun -
furtively she draws the curtain to my heart
[Creedence Clearwater Revival]
have you ever seen the rain?
I was blind to unspoken love
[Simon & Garfunkel]
the sound of silence -
we dance to the rhythm of our hearts
[Lady Antebellum]
need you now -
the rose petals keep falling…down
[A Rocket to the Moon]
baby blue eyes -
heaven reflected in the swell of the sea
[Mary Hopkin]
those were the days
…and then your hand slipped out of mine
[Sting]
fields of gold -
the setting sun ripples on water
[Ronan Keating]
when you say nothing at all -
searching for reassurance in your eyes
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© May 2022
Categories:
garfunkel, inspirational,
Form:
Haiku
If I've failed to make it clear before, perhaps you've never known
you'll share my shoulder in your storm, I'll lean against yours, too
I should have told you long ago, or did you always know?
A harbor's light, you shined for me, when winter's storms had come
Friend you are, in rain or shine, across two restless seas
Like you, I've faced the darkest times, and you were there for me
A wave would come, and we survived, and stronger we became
Bridge of friendship, gave us hope, and gave us rope to cling
Through the years, we've taken turns, when life would bring despair,
troubled times, were when we've learned a friend is always near
Water never flows with ease, a lesson we have learned
I have seen it high, you've seen it low, but we've made it to the shore
Will we drown, our ship go down?.....I think we'd both say no
Ease your mind, and I will find a way to let you know
Your troubled journey, is my own, you'll never sail alone
Mind the bow,.... and I will row, until we sail on home
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For the contest sponsored by Kelly Deschler "I Love Rock N' Roll
"Bridge Over Troubled Waters" by Simon and Garfunkel
Categories:
garfunkel, friend, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
When you're weary, feeling small
I’ll be by your side forever more.
Through good times and bad
We’ve been best friends -
Here for each other
Until our lives on earth end.
We’ve shared a bond
All of our life
Secrets remain … secret
In you I have total trust
A friend so rare and precious
our bond will remain forever
Until our lord returns us to dust
When You’re weary feeling small – taken from Bridge over Troubled Water By Simon and Garfunkel
Contest – Music to my ears – Sponsor Silent One
31~7~15
Categories:
garfunkel, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
My Candle Light
Sung to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel, “Bridge over Troubled Water”
Splendor in my life
Since you came by
A tender heart that shines
A voice of hope, my guide.
From the very start
I was warmed by your smile
I knew you were one of a kind
Like an angel standing by-y my side
My candle light
Like an angel standing by-y my side
My candle light.
Colors in my life
Crystal shine
Catching rainbow shades of light
With you I choose to fly.
My spirit reborn
Not evermore forlorn
For you are all I want
Like an angel standing by-y my side
My candle light
Like an angel standing by-y my side
My candle light.
My love, my light
Please take my life
My heart, my soul, my all
I give to you forevermore
I'm on your side
Oh, never fear, I'll never leave
Together we're destined to be
Like an angel standing by-y your side
I'm your candle light
Like an angel standing by-y your side
I'm your candle light. Your candle light.
By CarolineCecile
Copyright © 04.10.10
For Carolyn Devonshire's contest. "Simon and Garfunkel"
Categories:
garfunkel, loveangel, angel,
Form:
Lyric
My little town is surrounded with green.
The sound of silence shines through the trees' windows.
Our grass grows higher than a trampoline.
Moss patterns bring laughter between streets' shadows.
The sound of silence shines through the trees' windows.
A most peculiar man stops to listen.
Moss patterns bring laughter between streets' shadows.
Smiling silently, his green eyes glisten.
A most peculiar man stops to listen
to voices of old peoples' fresh perspective.
Smiling silently, his green eyes glisten
because the leaves that are green are reflective
to voices of old peoples' fresh perspective.
If I am a rock, then I am a jade
because the leaves that are green are reflective.
A great effect is kept secret in shade.
If I am a rock then I am a jade.
Our grass grows higher than a trampoline.
A greater effect is kept secret in shade.
My little town is surrounded with green.
Written 4-13-18
10, 11 syllable pattern
Songs by Simon And Garfunkel:
My Little Town
The Sound of Silence
Patterns
A Most Peculiar Man
Voices Of Old People
The Leaves That Are Green
I Am A Rock
A Great Effect
Categories:
garfunkel, beauty, green, home, nature,
Form:
Pantoum
Read poems, but don’t go slow.
Too many poets here to know!
Just click that mouse around this site.
Makin’ new friends and feelin’ Soupy.
Do be, Do be, Do be, Do be. .. . Feelin’ Soupy.
Hey there, bloggers,
What cha’ sayin’?
Can I find PD here playin?
Who’s got something cool for me?
Do be Do be
Feelin’ Soupy.
I’ve got contests to try,
Winner circles to see.
I’m frazzled but dazzled by great poetry.
Let the late night keep casting its moon beams on me.
I’m so loopy
Feelin’ Soupy!
By Andrea Dietrich/ Inspired by the meter, lyrics and tune of “Feelin Groovy”
(which was sung by the awesome “Simon & Garfunkel”) and also of course,
inspired by my love of Poetry Soup!!!
Categories:
garfunkel, friendship, places,
Form:
Lyric
clove cinnamon for simon&dunkin tuna for garfunkel.
wobbly looped spindles, hums tunes "holy mackerel".
silent whispers alluring hoarding ajar.
more candid topics, endorsed by chet choppock.
overtime blenders whip hot fudge tapioca.
from the larva, emerges paul harvey.
orator greetings predestines"good day, utopia.
good healing from dr. oz & charles ozgood,
understood.
bytes penetrating sequin hoods of vast neighborhoods.
well steaked positions, instills glorified bastions.
no wasteful questions, bout times were in.
unconsumed media leaves abundance to chance (t)hen.
signs of our times, perhaps, we should thank (T)hen.
Categories:
garfunkel, religion,
Form:
Elton John, Billy Joel
Simon and Garfunkel
Dan Fogelburg, Jim Croce
Streisand, the Hollies
John Denver, Phil Collins
Don McClean
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
These artists created a
brand of music that - no way
has ever been eclipsed
Its mix in me will always stay
Categories:
garfunkel, memory, music, song,
Form:
Rhyme
In the ocean of my sleep stars glow like fragile seeds
and I sail across the celestial tranquil black sky
where silence is hanging sublime
and I fall through this dark warm dream
my hair a flowing river
and I drift to beautiful places and green lush temples
but my tranquility is soon hanging from branches
dripping in the grey woods of my mind
lost in a crowd of nameless faces
thick like trees in the woods at night
with eyes blank as statues
and a hundred whispers silent to my hearing
just shadows swaying in the silence- swaying in rhythm
O, it is a restless dream, endless
I want to shout- stop, stop worshiping golden Gods
you are empty, alone and cold bone
but I am lost in the sounds of silence, a dream prisoner
lost in the whirling silence that surrounds me
and the stars are flashing, exploding, bursting, blazing
and my dream is falling to ashes
I wake to a dawn distant and dark
with echoes of silent thoughts
in my heart . . .
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July 24, 2019
Poetry/Free Verse/Visions Creeping
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1168-509-02
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Inspiration - Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
Written for the contest, Sounds of Silence
sponsor, John Hamilton
Fourth Place
Categories:
garfunkel, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Carlo Santana's Black Magic Woman,
in the 60's and 70's gave magic to his
band..
Drugs were part of this movement it's
fair to say. Getting high for many,
while listening to their music, was the
common way
Peace signs, beads, bell bottoms,
psychedelic shirts, desert boots, and
long hair and marijuana, is what was
in style. Looking back and being part
of that history lifestyle, makes me smile.
Peace protesters against the draft,
and Vietnam war. Jimi Hendrix, Peter,
Paul and Mary, The Beatles, Bob Dillon
The Beach Boys,Led Zepplin, Rolling
Stones,Elvis,Simon and Garfunkel,
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Neil Young,
Leonard Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, Carly
Simon is all we heard.
They kept our soldiers in Viet Nam
mentally occupied. It helped them
overcome their stress, and brought
some pleasure to their lives.
Rock N Roll Music had an impact
everywhere.The melodies and lyrics
represented a culture reflecting people,
who really cared.
Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith,
Neil Diamond, Barbara Striesand,
Jim Croce made the scene. Years later
Disco and the Bee Gee's came dancing
in.
Disco died, it didn't last long, during
this time Rock N Roll kept rolling on.
Rush, The Eagles, The Police, Peter
Frampton, Boston, Reo Speedwagon,
Blue OysterCult, Fleetwood Mac, Bob
Seger, Steve Miller band, we listened
to. I can't forget Journey, Bruce
Springsteen, Foreigner or the Who.
Bon Jovi, Creed, Madonna, Red Chili
Peppers, Van Halen, Black Eye Peas,
Were hot then. Rock N Roll songs, will
keep on playing, and be appreciated
over and over again.
Time reflects the Lyrics in the songs,
of the good times and the wrongs.
Woodstock brought them all together,
a lasting bond to last forever.. .
Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel
was the favorite song with the soldiers. Also
John mentioned The Lion SleepsTonight by
the Tokens. Robert Lindley also mentioned
their groups that were left out. Please read his
comments below. I also thank Robert for his
valued input.
I just want to add that the 60's and
70's were my personal favorite years.
I say this because people really cared
about the war and each other. They
were right...
Michael Tor 10/16/2015 Nayda Ivette Negron. Contest: Favorite Music Type
Categories:
garfunkel, drug, music,
Form:
Rhyme
All types of music appeals to me
Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the first records I brought
Can’t specify one style over another, I will listen to anything
Depends on my mood as to what type of music I choose
Enjoy going to see live music whenever I can
Freddie Mercury was the best performer I have EVER seen
Gosh that was so long ago at Knebworth Park in 1986
Have loved listening to music from an early age
I listened to light classical music until I was about 11
Jazz music I love, especially Glen Miller
King of Rock and Roll was Elvis Presley
Love to write my poems when listening to music
Music stirs up the emotions some tracks make me cry
Never travel without my MP3 player to keep me occupied
Organised … I have my funeral music sorted so they know what I want
Pink Floyd are one group I would have loved to have seen live
Queen – the most memorable gig ever 140,000 people - wow
Rock music I love to listen to at any time
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over troubled Water one of my all time faves
Time to say Goodbye is the final song to be played at my funeral!
UB40 I saw them live with the late great Robert Palmer
Vienna by Ultravox - one of the greatest ever single to reach #2 in the UK
Without You by Harry Nilsson is one of my favourite emotional songs
XTC were famous in the 1980’s – I love their song ‘senses working overtime’
Yesterday by the Beatles – is one of the most covered songs ever written
Z Z Top and Zucchero very different in styles but I love to hear them both
10~23~15
Contest Favourite Music Type
Sponsor Nayda Ivette Negron
Categories:
garfunkel, me, music, nostalgia,
Form:
Abecedarian
FAVORITE LYRICS
You’re lying to all your friends and hanging in bad places,
you don’t remember our good times and loving embraces.
I can’t believe that after all we’ve been through,
“you’ve started back doing the things you used to do!”
I’m not the only one that misses you so,
you’ve hurt us all and then laid real low.
You are trying your best to force our goodbyes.
“Look around you all you see are sympathetic eyes.”
“What’ll you do when you get lonely?”
You’ll never be my one and only.
You’ve worked real hard to change my mind,
looks as though we’ll never be entwined.
So I’m changing lovers and leaving you today,
you won’t care since you always intended to stray.
I’ve got another woman who’s willing to take your part,
“you gotta help me Rhonda, help me get her out of my heart.”
**Chuck Berry
**Simon & Garfunkel
**Derek and The Domino’s
**Beach Boys
For Chris Matt’s contest and dedicated to (4) famous women everyone knows
Categories:
garfunkel, girlfriend-boyfriend, lost loveme,
Form:
Rhyme
Favourite song Bridge over troubled water.
Simon and Garfunkel
In my dark and 'troubled' time, your comforting words 'eased my mind'.
For one-liner7 contest
Favourite song
Sponsored by Silent One
1st Place
December 12,2015
Categories:
garfunkel, cheer up, encouraging, growing
Form:
Monoku