Best Memphis Poems

I remember you standing high above that big muddy river
The wind dancing with your soft white cotton dress
Revealing tanned straight legs standing on green summer grass
The golden sun dripped into your fiery hair as the shadows of 
Dusk silently approached
I watched you, a picture of...

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Memphis the fish wanted to be a whale
                                   Went to theater...

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This poem came about by a discussion at work describing a memphis burger and a classic one. I told someone they flowed together and they didn't believe me so I wrote this:

I went down to memphis
There was this, classic chick
With them hips, and red lipstick
A...

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Marvellous things did He in the sight
of their fathers, in the land of Egypt,
in the field of Zoan ...
How He had wrought His signs in
Egypt, and His wonders 
in the field of Zoan ...
For, lo, they are gone because of
destruction: Egypt shall gather them
up, Memphis...

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He’s always in Memphis
Walking the streets
Looking at people 
He will never speak
 Life now reversed
From the time of his fame
And still to this day 
To The King they still praise

His followers will travel
Each year to the place
Where their idol did fall victim
And death won the...

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I recall the day she journeyed to the delta from her village above the first cataphract with a New Kingdom attitude and an Old Kingdom strut, inspiring rumors to be passed from shadoof to shadoof the entire length of the Valley of Kings. 

She displays...

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IN MEMPHIS

In Memphis, a stage delivers Elvis.
Excitement for girls - thundering pelvis.
They throw panties and bras,
Plenty of oohs and ahs.
In Memphis, the girls, hopelessly zealous.

9/16/2017...

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you walk by me everyday
not a word....not a glance
always on your cell phone
always smiling....always happy
i often wonder who it is that causes your heart gymnastics
eyes sparkle....cheeks blushing
every ring from that phone is a warm rose to your soul
you walk through me everynight
i might as well...

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Just jumping in.
Everything comes to a halt.
The first few moments don't seem as bad.
Depending on length.
The line of cars.
In a sea of metal 
Something wow happens.
Metal crashes into metal.
Causally passing by.
Everyone is okay.
Making sure to see what happened
They drop speed.
The police attempt to make it...

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His paws pounced on the breast of the Nile
And left Ham crushed, crippled and comatose.
No son of the East woke up with a smile
Seeing Pharaoh’s dale was overwhelmed by flood.
The world watched in wonder the 10/40 window,
While the wounded waited for help from abroad.
Beloved Nile,...

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Through the window, I watched
the first city lights grow restless at dusk
I counted them among stokes of colour-
A hint of magenta in lazy blue
Shining-
along the bank of the Mississippi

A few tall buildings etched the horizon
Like a walled fortress of shadow and sun
Lining-

And some with glass...

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Went to Tennessee with my niece, 
                          ate Memphis ribs sitting in peace. 
      ...

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A leaf blew downtown
Amongst hands pages flew
Floating about a clean breeze...

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Humble beginnings
Rising to top of the pops
Song heartbreak hotel


Dubbed as the King of Rock and Roll
Elvis the pelvis also sang soul
Of Hispanic origin
Blue eyes sent girls in a spin
The hearts of old and young he stole.


Memphis idol's funeral, adoring fans in thousands pass casket.




Contest: Charlie...

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Many moments recalled in pain
Even as everyone wonders in vain
Martin lay motionless at the Lorraine
Photos pour popular chords of disdain
His was a hallowed history to gain
Innocence into infinity’s drain
Seasons secure will never be slain

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Featured Poem on Poetry Soup - April 4, 2021...

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