Henderson Poems | Examples


Premium Member 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

Daniel Henderson My Newest Lion-Tamer

I
Today, three years too late - almost - I read a short, insightful article by Daniel Henderson ("Holy Spirit ... Come? Or Control?" 2019(c) Daniel Henderson). I am so thrilled. I have good help in explaining New Testament theology.

II
Thank you Daniel come again
Yes. For me: Daniel has come again
To tame the lions of charismatic over-reach
Such because weak or new believers
Feel less, unless -
They join a bandwagon: "More, Spirit, more!"
Bandwagon Balderdash?
I said it, as a Poet, I wrote it
Last month already: "Jesus's best deposit" -
Holy spirit comes to indwell all as an escrow
Guarantee that Jesus claims us, 
He will only leave if we leave LORD JESUS
No need to run all over, looking for more of the Most 
Gentle, the Most
Holy Spirit
Of God
Also known as, GODS SPIRIT OF HOLINESS

III (Daniel HENDERSON explained):
" ...like other common elements of  Christian vernacular, it [asking Spirit to come] is nit in the Bible. Nir is it a prayer consistent with the new covenant secured for us by the precious blood of Christ."

Premium Member Rickey Henderson Nolan Ryan's 5000th K

RICKEY HENDERSON 
IS ELITE 
HE DID IT ALL 
ON HIS OWN TWO FEET
 
RICKEY'S WELL KNOWN 
FOR STOLEN BASES 
LEAD OFF HOMERS 
AGAINST THE ACES 

SILVER SLUGGER 
GOLDEN GLOVE 
A TALENTED ATHLETE 
AND CUT ABOVE  

HE HOLDS THE RECORD 
FOR STOLEN BASES 
ACCOMPLISHED THIS FEAT 
BY VISITING PLACES 

3,000 HITS 
AMONG NINE DIFFERENT TEAMS 
TIME RUNS PAST 
OR SO IT SEEMS 

RICKEY'S THE BEST 
THAT'S WHAT RICKEY WOULD SAY 
AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T 
HAVE TO FACE RYAN TODAY 

ON SECOND THOUGHT 
RICKEY LOVES THE THRILL 
IF HE STRIKES RICKEY OUT 
RICKEY LIVES UP TO THE BILL  

AUGUST, 89 
ON THE 22ND DAY 
RICKEY BECAME RYAN'S 
5,000TH K 

TO QUOTE THE ALL STAR 
AND SERIES MVP 
"HE GAVE ME NO CHANCE" 
"HE JUST BLEW IT BY ME"


Little Billy Henderson

Little Billy Henderson got himself a notion,
He thought that it sounded like a lark to swim across the ocean.

He was never much of a swimmer but he thought it should be easy,
Unless the waves grew way too big or the wind became too breezy.

So he went and got himself a suit that was appropriate for swimming,
The color would show up well on TV and the cut was very slimming.

Then he packed himself a sandwich that was made of tuna fish,
He also took along a garlic pickle because it was delish.

With a confident wave to the media Billy waded into the sea,
Entering into the grand adventure with an abundance of childish glee.

No one ever saw poor Billy again and there’s no need to pretend,
When a couple of hours later they learned how he'd met his end.

After a fisherman caught a shark he learned that fate could be fickle,
Because the shark’s breath smelled like tuna fish and a garlic pickle.

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