Gershwin Poems

Wrote You A Song

...Wrote you a song today

to say I love you with music -- 

a lot of hits were written that way
about a special person in a composer's
life -- 

Wrote you a song today
hoping you will sing alo...

I Lovingly Remember Summer

...




I Lovingly Remember Summer






I remember the golden as tea, warmth from the
tangerine sun, on my young, tanned back.

I remember swimming in the cool lake and the 
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A Measure Of Time

...Found a feather today -- 
a pen of the great, soaring
past, of creative thoughts yielding
dips immortal...indelible on time
were the hands
of a Poe and Mozart

for me, the world stopped

aft...

I Love You, Daddy

...I Love You, Daddy
                        ( Previous title has been changed!)


Golly! I do miss Daddy and the luxury of the Cadillac Fleetwod Car Series! 
My Dad would only buy these till he di...

Rhapsody On a Theme By Gershwin

...The train to Boston goes clonkity dong, clonkity ding,
and ever the handy hack Gershwin takes up
the rhythm and makes it sing.
Rhapsodic rhapsodies in jazz mode
stomp among the carriage silverwar...

Anne-Sophie Mutter - the Club Album

...As a great lover of classical music
over many years the violin became ace
one particular lovely lady enchanted me
Anne-Sophie Mutter classically first place

This lady appeared in the Yellow Lou...

If It Bleeds After Scratching It

...If It Bleeds After Scratching It

If it bleeds after scratching it, then you went too far.
I see a parade of dead people walking by me in this old dream.
They are eating bananas and I recognize t...

Dear Budding Poet:

...Dear Budding Poet:
Modern poetry is a sandbox for all who would build, smash, trash, shake up, and take up the art. Poetry is not writ, nor wrote, or written, but is hummed through the nose, and pla...

Love's Lament

...She lovingly smiles at him each evening
dressed in palest silk, a gossamer gown,
brushed with hints of silverdust shadows.
Her shapely fullness casts a womanly glow
across his surface in ripp...

Elegy For Lady Day

...ELEGY FOR LADY DAY

'For all we know, this may be only be a dream
We come and go like the ripples on a stream'
Thus it was you sang with body wracked and failing
Yet with that unmistakable voice...

An Old Tune

...an old tune
floats through my mind
hoping for a space
between Gershwin and Bach
but the valet parks it in pop...

Being At Choice - An Echo Poem

...I Woke Up

I woke up this morning to nothing, 
Emptiness crowded my lonely room, 
The sound of silence was deafening, 
I was blinded by the rays of gloom, 
(Just a dress rehearsal for th...

Gershwin

...Exciting visions
  of the urban scene
captured in music
    Joyous notes
that is Gershwin
   My father passed away 4 years ago
He used to thrill us with his piano 
   he played the jazz master's work...

George Gershwin Terzanelle

...When you’re longing for someone to watch over you
think about building a stairway to paradise
even if it means you must dance alone with you.

It may feel hard for your heart to sing, soul to rise
It...

Serenade Me, Julius La Rosa

...Serenade Me, Julius La Rosa

His striped tie has a green tint color 
And his hands are dark and bulging with blood. 
I can see them gripping the steering wheel like parrot talons. 
I can see from all...

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