Bogie Poems - Poems about Bogie

wordplay on speed

...Beneath Betty and Barney’s bigger better bogie Broaderbatterband
was a consternated, conflcted cocoaflaxinoid created inland
Hopkinosis had heard about hype, and held history in his hand
Unwordefe...

Annette

...A morning coincidence, to school we laughed and skipped -  
A cloud that drifted through the sky, from my mind it slipped. 
For many years and then forever, I would forget 
That happy race with th...

1957- My Beginning

...
Wham-o’s old Pluto Platter,
gets a brand-new name.
Fred and Ethel say farewell,
Dick Clarke gets his fame.

The Cat in the Hat is born,
Bogie has moved on.
Hurricane Audrey rages,
while Pau...

I Think it Would Have Been Great

...I think about what could have been
but it wasn't, was it, Ben?
We were the best, the real test....
a delusion, an illusion
Maybe I need a transfusion?

My dream you
and your real you have come...

39 Buick

...I dreamt I owned a 1939 Buick.
Later, I realized I did not,
but wondered:
could tommy-gun wielding
gangsters still be historically relevant
without running-boards?

A very cool car,
just ask ...

The Bogie Man

...Around the town he was known as the Bogie Man
Not an evil spirit my friend but a Bogart fan
Always wore a trench coat like his hero wore
On his head a fedora was also worn for sure

The falcon h...

Veracities

...No one ever said anything of any 
importance during those long, lonely years at the 
dinner table.  Awkward ugly silences filled
with talk of pars of roughs of lies

as metaphor for truth
while...

2 Journeys

...Things I need to stop for:
deodorant, candy bars,
some magazines,
to while away the hours..

Have to catch the train in time,
as it's a long trip north.
With no one to keep me company,
my ton...

Stardust Revisited

..."And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart"
Almost a hundred years ago
When love songs were tender and slow
People were still named Hoagy
And tough guys were...

Antipoem 4 Santo and Johnny

...AntiPoem 4
“Santo and Johnny”

(Poet’s instruction- Play “Sleepwalk” twice by Santo and Johnny while reading)

Santo and Johnny play Sleepwalk on Fender steel and bass
Just oozing out their mel...

The Weekend

...For five days we have been worker bees 
Now it is time for those tees 
Whether it is fighting off a golfing bogie 
Or wiping your hands from a lunch time hoagie 
Finally the weekend is here 
And...

Shatterproof

..."You two are a match made in heaven. Or somewhere." - Richelle Mead



                                     Madonna and child

                                        Lucille and D...

Skate Board Bogie

...skateboard
cement wonder
dragon and thunderbolts
nancy’s big brother’s old helmet
a thrill...

Ouija Board Bogie

...Ouija board boogie.
Ouija board dance.
They come in at midnight, 
With a sing, and a prance.

We had been laughing heavily
Until they appeared,
Laughing and joking,
We all hooted and jeered.
...

The Castle On White Otter Lake

...The Castle On White Otter Lake

That rustic, old log castle
Stands facing the lake.
Built by hand, by one man
To acknowledge his presence,
In a changing world, he felt
He could not part...

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