Boogaloo Poems - Poems about Boogaloo

NINE MILES OF BLU

...NINE MILES OF BLUE
By
Tony Adamo (Nov.25,’05) Hip
spoken’ Word
 
I walked into a little jazz dive off 125th and Lex
a cold wind blew me through the swingin’ doors/
 
Beer, peanuts, dark smoke...

totem and taboo

...Was it last year, or yesterday?
Old Totem asks Taboo
Who ordered orchestra to play
Was it myself or you?
We never ever ordered that
Replied to this Taboo
But they performed a finest set
Played...

5th Avenue Sunrise

...jampacked city streets
that jangled and banged
in the raucous jarring day
shifted
from business to boogaloo
squeezing into moonlight
party lights
gin and lime-kissed
gimlet sequined dress
st...

Bag of Spiders

...Inside this cell no sell, just a bag of spiders big and fat 
with gnarly hands she tucks away fifty crawlies in her hat
Her name is Katz and she loves cats but not old stinky rats 
she thr...

Safe Yank

...Safe Yank
The American was a typical man of his breed
Loving guns and weapons and ammunitions
He had a huge collection of firearms at home
Well over 300 rifles and hand guns of all kinds
From Re...

The Unexpected Moments

...The Unexpected Moments


1. Spider floats down a web, you grab at the web, then you toss it out the door,                                              
you feel a tug in your hair, eig...

Golden Oldies

...Dimes drop, records begin to drop
Rhythm to stroll,  jivin’ to hip hop
Slow to jitterbug,  boogaloo  to rock
Twistin’ Chubby and rock around the clock

The Platters sing, you hold her close
Eye...

Look Who Showed Up

...As I set out 
To jot down this poem 
I had no earthly idea 
Of what would transpose 

And who all would be 
Joining along 
I'm as surprised as you 
To these goings on 

I don't recollect
A...

Brahms and Liszt

...Happy.  Genial.  Merry.  Jolly
Blottoed, blasted, etched and blitzed
Mellow, foggy, hazy, squiffy
Tipsy.  Tiddly.  Brahms and Liszt

Dazed, zombied, tanked-up, trollied
Ganted, gubbed, guttered...

Eternity Is a Very Long Time

...So many things in life I'd like to know
So little time for me to gather answers
The tango, jerk, the bop, the boogaloo
Were any of them favorites of Dancer?

Mid-afternoon, an outside noise dist...

Electric Boogaloo

...That’s it you see lights twisting turning

Yearning

Heat on skin

Sweat popping

Beats dropping

DJ hit me again

I need it

 I got it

It is about to go down...

Latin Boogaloo Feeling Haiku

...latin boogaloo
moves me to euphoric states
of funktified bliss!...

Wet My Entire Pants

...Wet My Entire Pants



If into your back I sank my claws

Do you think you could give to the cause

After both of my claws were released

Would your dead body be properly policed.



If some body mus...

Phase Line Whatever

...here I go again
on a belt fed groove,

suck it up
ruck it up,

legion on the move,

all the things we used to have
all too soon are gone,

wave goodbye
eyes gone dry,

another trek thro...

Veterans of Vietnam

...Do you still carry it with you, 
the rifle of the fight?

Are you absolved in your bravery
even though you did not die?

Do you see worth
for what you risked?

I could not smell your perspiration
as ...

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