Bongo Poems | Examples

Blunderbuss Bongo

Destruction, thy name is wrath!
By God, do the math!
Walk thee down the warrior's path?
Take a bloody bath!

Chunks of bodies broken?
A fight! To reason stand!
What hath Hell awoken?
O Hel, call thy warband!

Twilight of the elder race?
Blast off into space!
Tortoise, polish carapace!
For agony brace!

What goals see tomorrow?
I'll bet I know a few.
Beggar, can ye borrow?
O money lenders, mew!

Thunder, roll for pity's sake!
How much can we take?
O for vampires on the stake!
Heart within all, break!

Dragons move in armies?
Only once in a while.
Witches, cast thy charm, please.
What need have we of guile?

Moving on? Just sac the pawn.
Blow the end a kiss.
Morning, hast thou need of dawn?
Serpents, time to hiss.

Choices. How they haunt us!
Another place and time!
Bongo drums for blunderbuss?
Cold confusion. Crime...

Fish

Fish

Fish can breathe out of 
water when:
the moon cries, possums get diarrhoea or 
dance to 
bongo drums in 
acid rain storms, insults alight, testicles break out in 
hives, oil brushes speak up about 
pot hole problems, and 
toy lambs have thousands of
able to be done interpretations about
some things.

Starman meets Glenn Hughes

Starman has VIP upgrades
so was able to see Glenn Hughes 
after the concert

Starman asked Glenn
what is the secret to the universe
as to where Glenn replied
Music is the Healer

Can you solo for me?
How about Coast to Coast or Breathe
Glenn said okay and pulled out his acoustic
Let us sing together he gathered 

And to that…
Starman and Glenn sang and sang
while Glenn played acoustic 
and Starman played bongo drums

As if only for a moment
the universe found harmony and peace
and all was good

Then abruptly Starman said
I must go home
so he jumped into his starship
and left Glenn Hughes all alone

It’s okay though
Glenn grabbed his band and they played
Sail Away and Gettin Tighter
and once again
all was good

Woodstock Sixty Years Later

a musical trio
livening up the prairie
enthusiastic beatnik dog on bongo drums
terrifically talented tambourine-playing Tomcat
Romanian beauty with flashing eyes with a ukulele
people arrive to sing along and dance
it feels like the seventies
Woodstock sixty years later

straight out of the fifties

This frog is straight out of the fifties
How can you tell?
He is a beatnik.
How so?
He plays bongo drums.

He has a lava lamp.
I think they were from the sixties.
And fringed vest jacket.
The seventies, honey

We stared at each other.
How old do you think this frog is?
Unsure, but he is dancing under a disco ball.
Eighties I think.

A well-rounded frog if you ask me.

Imagination

Imagination

When I was young
just a bright eyed child
Magic meshed with imagination 
Both mystical and wild

Fairytale kingdoms
Colourful real
The grey world outside me
Held such little appeal

I rode metallic moonbeams,
Lassoed shooting stars
Collected turquoise oceans 
in my mason jars

My best friend was a monkey 
King Bongo ruled my toys
Although small in stature
I was somehow more than other boys

Nothing seemed impossible 
I travelled at the speed of thought 
Everything wasn’t what it was
And some things were what they were not

I rushed to grow up 
Yes it’s true
It seems boys often do
Still my friend I have a secret
I might have kept from you

When I close my eyes
Imagination reappears
I travel back to yesterday 
and all those years they disappear.

Forced Retirement of Some African Military Generals After the Coup of Gabon Yesterday

some African presidents  forced  the retirement
of  some military generals and others removed them
 from some key posts  yesterday 
After  the coup d'état of Gabon. 
Some African presidents
who think to own their countries 
and stayed on power for decades 
now they have much fear to lose powers
 like Ali Bongo and others. 
This strategy  won't help them as the young leaders
 who are majority in the army many  African counties 
 need change of some regimes. 
It is difficult to stop those coup d'états 
As the African youths 
understand what  they are doing. 
It is  called "no retreat, no surrender operation." 

August 31/2023

Military Coup Erupts In Gabon After the Re-Election of Ali Bongo

Some senior military seized power in Gabon today,
Ali Bongo 's family led the country 
in fifty five years under umbrella 
of French  government as there were protected
The so called French interests to be on power. 
Today  President Ali Bongo is informing
the world about his arrestation by the military.
He does not know where could be his son 
and family as  they are in different places.
The senior  military accused him of stealing votes
for third time so that he could  continue 
to rule like a puppet of some westerners 
While the people continue to suffer here and there. 
Many young African leaders are tired of fake promises 
of some  selfish politicians who care for themselves 
and continue allowing African natural resources 
to cross the seas due to some agreement
 with some western countries
 which could not reach  fifty years 
after so called independence and democracy 
in west and central Africa. 
It is eighth coup d' états in Africa from 2020 to today 
 as many Africans wish some  regimes change. 
It will be wise for French government officials to say
loudly " good bye Africa  as they are no longer welcomed." 

August 30/2023

Cat Shack Alley Cat Musicians

The accordion is my instrument of choice.
This was stated by striped blue cat Joyce.
My brother Adley is on the cymbals, nice and loud.
Cousin Zaney plays the violin, he has a classical crowd.

I asked, What kind of music do you like the best? 
Bluegrass, rock and roll, classical and all the rest.
We are bongo playing cats too, said my friend Joyce.
Come on down to the Cat Shack Alley and we’ll give you your choice.

So I went to the Cat Shack Alley where they were grooving.
My hips and my feet never could stop moving.
I was dancing up a storm, landing on a table top.
The diners there finally had to beg me to stop.

Family Joy

In pure elation joy is near and dear
With two granddaughters and a grandson here.

Their sounds of laughter fills me with delight,
Playing games with them far into the night.

At years of twelve and ten, two are in school.
With baby, we swim in my daughter’s pool.

They love to share thoughts and dreams with me.
When they ask my advise I'm filled with glee.

I’ve taught them the Lord’s Prayer to say each night.
My worries flee when they’re within my sight.

When they’re away dark clouds just form a haze,
My sweethearts bless me in so many ways.

On piano, bongo, and flute they play,
A cacophony of sounds, their way.

There’s many countless songs that we have sung.
I’m joyful grandchildren keep this old heart young.

7-21-22

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Banjo Bongo Bingo

I knew a Luke Banjo,
Who loved to see D’Jango
And often wore bongo…

A Nigerian Banjo
With craving for Tango;
A Tallying Bongo
And Packs of Sweet Ringo:
Guess his dog’s name: Bingo!

So, it’s A Luke Banjo,
In his life lots of - go
And a single lone – jo!

I Love Lucy

Ricky Ricardo,
handsome talent of the Tropicana show.
serious, he cracks the whip, practices -
his bongos distract us.

Lucy,
his fiery red-headed wife - we
follow her madcap schemes,
her showbiz dreams.

Fred,
dumpy, grumpy, nearly dead
except he comes alive with dance -
far-fetched romance.

Ethel,
the love of his life? Well…
a partner in dance. Lucy’s sometimes friend.
They always make up in the end.

Little Ricky,
bongo player — itty bitty
show stealer. Not a natural son,
Keith’s not credited but the golden ticket, he won!

I Love Lucy
gets along famously,
handles the trite matters
of life. Laughter on a silver platter.

9/5/2021

His Muse Is a Mirage

Bongo taut resonance
Cornerless bellydance 
Schedule of edges set adrift
Lured by translucent twirled wrists

Shimmer and shadow juxtaposition 
Ripple wavered rhythm without repetition 
Syrup never cool, pool dissolves all granules
Sip of boiled candy stories make tongues tangle

Sequel came spilled ink
Jellyfish stroke olympic 
Pink stripe whimsy lifts his spirit
Saccharine capsule snaps weak inhibit 

Swallowed by opaque pond, - agile diver 
Gulps willing her glitter silver victimising saliva
Clamped cognition, gluey strawberry chew seduce
Bobbed acidic body embalmed calm in numbing fluid




22nd June

Matt Mcconaughey

Hickory Dickory
Matt McConaughey
Player of bongo drums
But only nude

Masterly achieving
Verisimilitude
Blue-eyed, Irish actor
Very cool dude

01/21/2021
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Hometown Pleasures

Whip-cream dollop atop
Granny Smith apple pie
fresh from the oven.

Poetry readings
in coffee houses
performed to a bongo beat.

Saturday afternoon
park baseball 
coach buys the burgers.

Crash’in, Smash’in
theme park bumper cars
rac’in Indy cars.

Cold beer
hammock swing in summer
shared with the dog.

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