Folk Lore Poems

The Perfect Gang

...Were they the perfect gang?
Since off the same song sheet they sang
Looking out for each other the norm
Weathering each and every storm

Idea generation when they met
Nothing in stone was set
...

THE RUMOR

...RUMORS USUALLY BEGAN BY SOMEONE SO FIXATED ON ANOTHER PERSONS LIFE IT COULD BEGAN ON THE SCHOOL YARD SOMETHING AS SMALL AS BEING JEALOUS THAT YOUR CLASSMATE HAS A SHINING NEW INK PEN WITH A BIG PINK ...

Lilith

...“The actual guise of her has become apparent” ~~ The Poet

Engaged in rapturous slander.
Forced by reputation to meander.
Through the annals of time,
Deemed worse than a witch sublime
Indicted ...

The Last Organ Grinder

...The Last Organ Grinder


                     The last Organ Grinder gave his barrel organ
                      to his grandson, now working in JP Morgan 
                      He preserved tha...

Living With a Visiting Ghost

...Most local folk lore is intended to unnerve but
I think there's validity to the Haunted horse shoe curve.
The building of our nations rails took a terrible toll
on the Irish, the Chinese, and many...

You

...It’s you who I adore,
I want you more and more. 
I’d even be your whore, 
Your own Pussy Galore; 

Ignore your wretched snores,
Believe your life’s folk lore, 
Let lie our settled scores.

I...

Clerihew Bilk

...Jazz clarinatist Acker Bilk
vibrato-rich soft as silk
Famed for 'Stranger on the Shore'
now in musical folk lore...

1974 Green Gremlins

...Green Gremlins were all the rage in nineteen seventy-four.
I am not talking about creepy fat-headed full bellied tiny beings.
I am talking about cheap cars with a V-8 and four on the floor.
Everyo...

Journey To a Crematorium

...Let me tell you a story on a midnight journey,
To a crematorium, through an undergrowth ferny; 
At my age between sixteen to seventeen,
In nineteen seventy eight; with a dusky scene; 
A time, whe...

Each Pore a Door

...
Each pore a door, so spake folk lore
God’s abode is within
Pure of heart feel blessings in-pour
Bliss bubbling on our skin

There’s nothing to apprise 
Each breath offers surprise...

Trolls

...Tales in Norse folk lore of
these mythical creatures,
though sadly nowadays 
they are better known for
trawling the internet
targeting people on
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The Cliffs of Sand and Sea

...The music 
is her breath, 
or…wind…

into the open
bottle. The songs
of folk-lore.

***

Around her bon-fire, 
embers sear the sleeve,
of her Hoodie;

The sparks 
are as red
as the bl...

Johnny Cash: Indestructible

...Indestructible, for Johnny Cash
by Michael R. Burch
 
What is a mountain, but stone?
Or a spire, but a trinket of steel?
Johnny Cash is gone,
black from his hair to his bootheels.
 
Can a man...

Silver Lining Sought Amidst Coronavirus Covid 19 Onslaught

...Silver lining sought amidst coronavirus COVID-19 onslaught

Two hundred and forty six plus months
into twenty first century celeb
and anonymous folks alike
gripped courtesy pestilence re: deb
b...

Legandary - For: Your Favourite Legend Contest

...A chronological anthology
Of legends, folk lore and mythology
There’s no one called Eric
Or Ethel or Derek
For which I shall make no apology

Samson just got himself sheared
Delilah had cut of...

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