Bop Poems - Poems about Bop

Music

Classical is from the Middle Ages
in the mid-1940's we had Bebop
a fast-tempo 19th / 20th century Jazz
then along came Doo-wop
with group harmonies
the 50's brought us rock and roll
which developed the 1960's
(sad to say) Disco and its glitter ball
then psychedelic pop rock
blues and folk rock
and in the 1970's it was Hip-hop
and also Rap
which was misspelt
it should read

Quickie

In the next life
if reincarnated
as a mayfly
I am designated
it's good enough for me
with nothing but fun
for twenty-four hours
(under the sun)
until the race is run
bonking here bonking there
I'll be bonking everywhere
non-stop until I drop

Poetic Podcast Episode 38 Bop

Hegemonic, flippy-floppy, swip-swoppy, 
filled to the brim with utter hypocrisy.
It’s okay for your team but not the other,
loaded dice cheating your way to the top. 
Should have known at 17 what happens 
when you choose to think for yourself.

I was once more engaged, until I saw 
things for the game of dodgeball they are.

Keyboarders will

Poetic Podcast Episode 36 Bop

Set the standard don’t follow the leader. 
That’s what I was taught as a little girl,
work hard and you can do anything. 
This is the land of opportunity,
there is no limit chase a skyscraper!!! 
Everyone can obtain the American dream. 

No wonder the ‘It’ word is now ‘Mediocre’,
we’re dogging those who have made it. 

Those

Poetic Podcast Episode 35 Bop

Ruined by puddles of porch rain 
before you had a chance to bring it,
much less break it in; 
The robotic reply of ‘Order canceled.
Your item is out of stock. Refunded.’
throws you into a total panic;

As far away as it seems, 
there was a world before Amazon;

A girls day of enraptured perusing,
labels brand boxes and Big

Poetic Podcast Episode 34 Bop

When you need to yell?
Nothing else will really calm you.
Your flash flood can’t be held.
Those words that are tar on your throat
linger on a self inflicted ball gag;
You just won’t walk out of silence;

Man, I absolutely love an uncivilized 
scream in my car;

Wandering through the house with keys 
you’ve become frozen in place;
Tearing up a

Poetic Podcast Episode 30 Bop

You walk in hoping for solace or a smile,
instead you’re ostracized by iconoclasts.
Oh what irony!
Becoming what you profess to be against,
don’t you see what a joke that is? 
Now we’re overrun with hypocrites.

Safe spaces aren’t so free,
they’re not open to all who enter;

Copying a cadence shouting their beliefs,
rhetoric gets you in the ‘In’ crowd.
Somewhere art’s

Poetic Podcast Episode 29 Bop

Seeds can grow to fill a pot
even if it seems to take an eternity;
A step up that staircase is still forward,
do you dare discount something small? 
Tossing a coin back to the ground,
it was a gift you threw out like trash.

Buried in cushions or the back seat of the 
car? They add up. Pennies matter.

I Miss Your LighT -BOOGIE-WOOGIE BOP-Dedicated verse for Shasta Simms-

I Miss Your LighT -BOOGIE-WOOGIE BOP-


                                Verse 1
Boogie-woogie bop there's still time
Just enough to breathe, to git it right
I miss your dark grace, your

Poetic Podcast Episode 27 Bop

The crowd shouted it was unmentionable, 
he was on their side; 
Their actions said it was okay from jump,
he wasn’t one of their people. 
Mix red to blue then go in reverse,
either way it always gives you purple;

Stop throwing the pot and hurling a kettle;

People with jobs can’t afford groceries,
you want support for a trending

Poetic Podcast Episode 26 Bop

The difference between you and I?
I know numbers are a universal language;
I’ll work 3 jobs to keep what’s mine;
Budgets, lists,  hard work, and discipline;
Add them up, stop skipping steps.
Reminder: the world owes you NOTHING.

Logic will always speak for itself. 
No need for financesplaining;

Don’t come at me with animosity 
you have opportunities to do the

Poetic Podcast Episode 25 Bop

‘Nothing to do, they don’t need us.
Hell of a lot of busy work,
what are we doing sitting here ?‘
These are the twisted thoughts 
that plague so many people
every day as they sit idle and fiddle;

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again;
We have a shortage of soul;

Restlessness is mischief in lazy hands;
No real motivation except

Poetic Podcast Episode 24 Bop

Pictures of babies and license plates,
are you asking a criminal to find you? 
The internet is NOT benevolent.
It’s phony as hell, you better believe it;
Keep your life out of reach and private.
A cheer or criticism, neither are needed;

Less is so much more decent,
let’s practice social media modesty;

With each detail you make public 
you put your

Poetic Podcast Episode 21 Bop

Avoiding taboo and chasing followers
has taken art in a bromidic direction;
Everyone’s so worried about blowback! 
Creativity is now clouded imagery;
Softened up playing to the masses,
no longer willing to be a little offensive;

If the musicians won’t sing about it,
if the Industry won’t make films about it?
The poets WILL speak up;

Left without fiery creators or leaders,
now we

Poetic Podcast Episode 20 Bop

We speak on the phone you’re all in,
wild horses couldn’t even stop you;
Days goes by and words are meaningless,
I guess you forgot what you agreed to;
Life happens show a bit of grace right? 
Really, how much can I let slide? 

You make plans and break plans. 
Nothing is left, but I want to believe you.

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