Ed Sullivan Poems

Clap Your Hands

...

When he was 13 and I was 12,
he sang “Clap your hands
just a little bit louder,”
and I followed his playful commands.

We out there in TV land thrilled to the sound
of his superb, inimitabl...

Today, I Mourn slain Beatle John Lennon

...Today, I Mourn slain Beatle John Lennon
assassinated at 10:50 PM,
on December 8, 1980
forty four years later to date
outside The Dakota Apartment,
(also known as the Dakota Apartments),
located...

Record Collections

...In a closet, stuffed in bags,
My records gather dust.
The player’s gone and speakers, too,
But keeping them’s a must.

My friend is giving hers away,
But on the other side,
My sister got my co...

remembering in black and white

...tv in the fifties altering weekend rituals
one set in the neighbourhood

streetboys sitting around the famous indian head
for their fill of saturday morning cartoons
sci-fi flash gordon and i lo...

Who Remember the Good Ole Days

...Only the Real OG's will remember. 
All of these old movies are from back in the day.
Some of you will remember and some of you won't have a clue of what I am talking about.
Let's go down memory la...

DAYS OF OLD 40's

...We had;
  The face behind 
the mask and
Chattanooga
 choo, choo.
   A boy and his dog and
Bill and Coo.

   We three and
Gaslight.
   The black cat and 
Dead of the night.

   A ...

Feels Like a Saturday

...My childhood of the 1960's,
all those years ago,
feels like a Saturday in my
journey nostalgic.
The Cowsill's song "Flower Girl,"
their purity of song, of smiles.
A daydream streams,
of runnin...

Teen Magazine 1965

...teen magazine was popular in 1965 when I was thirteen
mom had Better Homes and Garden, Redbook and Women’s Day.
it was only right that my identical twin and I would have Teen.
mom’s magazines were...

Beware the Ides of March 2023

...Beware The Ides of March 2023
 
Ides simply referred to first new moon, 
which usually fell between 
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.

The following events all occurred
fift...

Vapor

...VAPOR! By Paul David Powers! 
Life is but a vapor, flowers bloom and die! 
But we have a destiny, a purpose, reason rhyme! 
In the beginning is the searching to find the person you 
The Beatles a...

Beware the Ides of March 2022 Part I

...Ides simply referred to first new moon, 
which usually fell between 
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.

Smithsonian Magazine history buff
Tom A. Frail
posted March 4, 2010 iss...

Dazed

...Charlie’s Angels, 
 Starsky and Hutch,
 Welcome Back Cotter,
 The Brady Bunch.
 I think I watched TV too much!

 Columbo,
 The Partridge Family,
 Lucille Ball,
 I must confess I viewed them ...

Too Much Tv

...Too Much TV
David J Walker

I imagined 
a grand theme song
And the applause  
of a capitative audience 

A clever line or two and then 
	The laugh track 
Of an amused 
though admittedly
p...

Marilyn and Elvis

...Marilyn and Elvis, iconic, and well-loved, cherished, beloved.
Loved and beloved in the same sentence? Only for these two.
They both have a vulnerability and a tragic back story
Elvis had to live ...

Rabbit Ears

...Black and white television set
First one in the neighborhood

Rabbit ears adjusting the reception
Rotating dial to change channels

Kiddie cartoons and Roy Rogers
Weekly ritual of Saturday mor...

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