Cecil Poems

Dig What I Say

Say, dig what I say
Talkin’ bout a new jazz vibe/
Man, move over/
the Jazz Cookers are hittin’ their stride in the groove to stay alive/
Eddie Henderson/
Cecil McBee/
George Cables,Billy Hart
and Billy Harper/
swingin’ harder jazz be flying/
downbeat, upbeat, man, count It off/
their soul auras are in the jazz notes they play/
David Weiss and Donald Harrison are fryin’ their amps/
burnin’ the house down/
with the jazz club scene in decline/
and record labels cuttin’ back on jazz/
the jazz Cookers have to stay alive and relevant in a jazz-changing world/
so dig, be cool struttin’ as Sonny Clark would say/
you might not always get a payday but you love to play/
the Cookers boss horns are  on fire/
hip tones blowin' from the stage/bro, this is the jazz life you chose and after a gig, you might be all alone/
so be in the moment and improvise on your jazz note phrasing/
you’ll find the rhythm and meaning knowing you can play the same note gig after gig night after night/
but different every time/
are you hip to the Cookers?/
they will have you finger poppin’ and  blowin' your mind/
wahoo that’s a whole lotta jazz

hotel cecil

Is Hotel Cecil cursed?
A portal to hell?
How many have died there?
Accidentally or by murder and suicide?
It is the most notoriously haunted hotel in America.
Associated with macabre incidents, serial killers.
Downtown Los Angeles is host to these seven hundred rooms.
Shall I book you a room? There is always a vacancy.
Diabolical laughter.

Cecil For Treatment

Now he’s going for a treatment 
That might swallow much liniment
And lick up copious supplement ;
About this, no long argument …

Watching was I Sir Cecil hop,
Not once, not twice, in real pain stop,
His discharging sweat sadly mop
And his injured feet sometimes drop;
All these in the next street flop,
A watcher to pity The Fop
And arrange A Medic on Top…

And there was to be one stop
To curiously look at some crop
Before in the rain a dared bop,
As though briefly rung Jackson’s Pop…

Cecil to Patients The Cynic 
I saw just head for a clinic.

Epitaph For Cecil the Magician

Cecil the Magician knew a heap of tricks,
But, alas, couldn't get himself out of this fix!

Entry for Jesse Rowe's "An Epitaph To Make Us Laugh" Contest
(11 Apr 2019)

Island Beauty By Gideon Cecil

The sea sings her love songs again
elegant coconut trees smile in the
Caribbean sun,
Verdant trees laugh on this pristine Island.
A paradise to fall in love again.
Sea birds flutters on green coconut trees
I swim below and felt the sea breeze
the magnificent beauty of this alluring island
things of nature dream of a new gorgeous
day.
The touch of the waves kiss my gentle
face
I long for her touch like my lovers touch
I dream of this island that's a paradise to
my soul,
A shimmering rain dances on the waves
of the galloping sea
My heart falls in love again with nature's beauty,
I think of my lover's beauty that is beyond nature's
elegance
She walks in the beauty of my heart 
like this magnificent island our love
shall never part,
No wind storm on this gorgeous sea,
Will ever separate her love from me.
Life is like this island that will fade away,
But only our eternal love will remain forever today.
Life is just a game we play on this stage,
Enjoy this moment we will soon fly away like
the elegant egrets on the coconut trees.

Fickle Love By:Gideon Cecil

The macaws are singing for you in the rain,
Your lover is kissing you again.
What's all his kisses worth
If he breaks your heart and flirt?
Love is like a lost memory on the pages of the sea,
If he loves you sincerely only God in heaven knows.
Love is like the wind that comes and goes
He loves you today
Tomorrow he walks away.
His heart like a branch that sways
a false trust that's like the fading sun's rays.
Love not the elegant face you see
Nor the moon beam in his eyes.
Love the inner soul you cannot see
Then your love is trusted into eternity.
One heart his fictive love betray,
A next beauty leads his heart astray.
What fictive love you display,
By your elegant glass that's broken today?
She loves you today and calls you honey,
Flirts with another then steal your money.
Oh my this stage of love looks funny!
Then she left you for a next man's money.
Looks can deceive the anxious soul
The eyes of the flesh sees little to behold.
Love is a thing that tickles the heart
tumbles the brain but difficult to explain.
Let your love and heart be trusted first on God above
Then He will Guide your soul to be joined as
one to your immortal love.

Mark N Cecil

Mark n Cecil

Mark worked for old Cecil,
Outside old Dirranbandi town,
Mark was a 14 year old boy,
It was puzzling made him frown,
The Brown Snakes and the Rabbits,
Lived under the Bark Hut floor,
You could hear the babies squeaking,
When the snakes they asked for more,
Peanut shells were one foot deep,
Behind ole Cecil's door,
The thunder box exploded as the gas ignited sure,
(No smoking in the thunder box toilet)
Farm tractor had breathed its last,
Cecil dragged it to town once more,
Forgot Mark was steering it , 
At 50 miles or more,
Mark he was a yelling at Cecil, "bloody stop, "
The tractor it got flying,
Did the Grids and gullies hop,
Old 7 foot Cunningham waved to Cecil,
Not wanting him to stop,
But Cecil jammed the anchors on,
And the Tractor couldn't stop,
An almighty crash like thunder,
As the Tractor came ashore,
And Cecil frowned in wonder,
When Mark landed at his door,
Ole Cunningham just shook his head,
As off they went off again,
Those silly bloody Lousey Jacks ,
Just Wouldn't come outa the rain.
Don Johnson

Cecil

His looks were noted as being exceptional
He could pose for a camera like a professional
For a lion his life was one of peace and quiet
He had everything required including his diet
He spent many hours gazing fondly at his sons
Who would follow his footsteps to be the royal ones
A day arrived when he saw men before him standing 
They carried something and to him they were signaling
Being very curious is the nature of all cats
If it's a treat he must find just where it's at
What then happened was a most grievous pain
For many hours could not move from where he'd lain
His death was shameful and should remind one and all
A repulsive man wanted this lion's head for his wall

Poor Cecil

Hear the mighty lion roar
From the past and distant shore
Africa long ago lost it’s maim
Humanity has been lost in Africa’s shame

Kill one lion
Hear the western nations roar
Slaughter complete races
You will hear western nations snore

Children starved, women raped
Soldier kings justify their burning hate
We stand by and pay no heed
As millions are slaughtered like African weeds

We have tears for the old lion true
The symbol or pride we ourselves un-deserve
Let us shed our tears for bloated black babies
Whom would gladly smile for a little meat

Perverse is the tear shed over one lion head


Notes: Of course I do not condone in any way the shooting of animals for sport, and endangered species must be preserved not for their sakes but for our sakes, selfish indeed. However it struck me the irony that such a story held the headlines for so long, when genocide becomes but a side note in our daily news.

An Ode For Cecil

Cecil the king of the jungle
How are the mighty fallen
Tributes have come in from all around the world
From the animal and human kingdom
Oh cecil
See the way you were killed
Like a common criminal
 Humans forgot you are a king
Oh Cecil! Oh Cecil!
We weep and mourn for you
Vividly I remember when you strode this earth like a colossus 
Your fame cut across all continents of the world
As far as even the Sambisa forest of Nigeria, Africa
We have all roared, not in joy but in weeping 
I am confused now for it seems humans have become more
Callous than we of the animal kingdom
You will never be forgotten Cecil, 
Your death shall be a cause for justice
We shall continue to fight for animal rights just like humans fight for human rights
Rest in peace my friend and confidant Cecil until when we shall meet again
My name remains Zambo the great lioness of Africa
I end this sad song with a heavy heart.
Zambian jungle weep no more but don’t forget Cecil
Good bye Cecil the great King

Cecil Deposed

As
he lay
surveying
new surroundings,
a predator beyond imagination
bore down on him
from above
with a
grin.

Who Killed Cecil

Innocently lured off Hwange National Park
shot at with a bow and arrow 
injured and confused
then tracked down
and killed in cold
blood with a gun

Cecil was killed on July 1 of 2015
whether he was murdered by a
big game hunter  or a researcher--
the truth remains—such a friendly
lion did not deserve to die in a horrible way
conservationists and all good people are outraged
surely someone somewhere has to account for this
horrifying act of cruelty  and other poaching crimes

Traveler's Cecil and Debbie

We travel this hard road fast.
Our hearts love will always last.
We have learned well from the past.
Let’s just have a blast.


written for
Sponsor Linda-Marie The Sweetheart of P.S. 
Contest Name "MAGNET MARVEL"

Message In a Bottle-Rite-Cecil

Since you found my words, my seal was tight.
Please read, do not have any fright.
These words, be my last, tonight.
To my wife, heavens lights,
I have taken flight.
No longer fight,
Our twelfth night,
Ignites
Rite 


written for

Sponsor Linda-Marie The Sweetheart of P.S. 
Contest Name "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE"

Cecil B. De Martian

As two Martian brothers went out to play
They argued as to what it would be today
Flipping a coin the younger boy won
“I know just what would be a lot of fun.
Let’s play like we are spacemen from Earth
And we’ll make a movie to show we were here first                     
And let’s pretend that I win the Spaceman award”
“Hold on you droid, if I’m on board,
 You will never win the spaceman of the year award”
“I will so.  Honestly I get so bored.
I win the toss and you fuss”
“But, You haven’t the love of humanity for it, you woos”
Cranking up the old rusty government reject garbage can, 
The imaginary thrusters coughed, and man,
did they begin to rise.          .
“I don’t need to love no stinking humans to win no prize.
Get off of my Space Ship, alright”
“Well, slow it down dude, I can’t jump off at the speed of light”

Apr 28 2010 For Matt’s “Poems to Movies” contest

• Short Cecil Poems
• Famous Cecil Poems
• Best Cecil Poems
• Read Cecil Poems
• Long Cecil Poems
• Cecil Quotes