Hyman Poems

Silk, Satin and Cashmere: A Tribute To Phenomenal Singers

...#A GIFT...AN UPLIFT! A GLORIOUS SHIFT  OCCURS WHEN HAVING BEEN PRIVY TO AN OUTSTANDING SINGER! THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOUR HEART FEELS A GLOW...
BECAUSE A SINGER HAS MOVED YOU SO...

"A SINGER H...

Categories: hyman, appreciation, celebration, dedication, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

Selective Blindness

...

Blinded to all of the desirable flaws
within pillow reach
Shallow beauty of uneven temperament
rises and falls
with the tide of X-ray attraction

Ultraviolet thoughts in visible rang...

Categories: hyman, allusion, desire, longing, sensual,
Form: Free verse

Tied To the Tracks

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My Satin Doll happiness was a fading view
of your elegant Ella Good-N-Plenty camisole caboose
Having Memory Lane sultry thoughts,
bed-craving crypt feelings from the past
Adventurous p...

Categories: hyman, desire, feelings, hurt, sad
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Hyman

...Hyman

When speaking in hymns
Our thoughts Aline 
To the events of time
Forming it's own, in ryhme

Like a serenade upon boats
Around a pond of souls
Fishing in the moonlite midnight
Apon a...

Categories: hyman, fishing, nature, night,
Form: Lyric

Why the Feelingless Generation

...Why ? The Feelingless generation 

This generation has a feeling so temporary. A man can love a women only to penetrate her Hyman. A women can love a man only until she finds a guy better. There ca...

Categories: hyman, age, betrayal, boyfriend, change,
Form: ABC

Breaking the Hyman of a Lonely Heart

...no other movement feels like this
no other soothing stroke equals this bliss

there is only one comparison agreeable to me
that is the unconditional loyalty of thee

heal my sanity and lubricat...

Categories: hyman, dedication, for her,
Form: Couplet

A Lil Tidbit About Phyllis Hyman

...How her VOICE, in Our ears like
a bell would be chiming
As she belted out the lyrics like
KANYE be rhyming
To the top of the charts, was she
as a result, climbing
Until, she came to a catastrophic
en...

Categories: hyman, dedication,
Form: Epic

Practical Uses For the Eraser

...What in heaven's name would we ever do, oft' I wonder,
If not for the humble pencil eraser to correct our every blunder!
Plaudits to Mr. Hyman Lipman for his inventive intellect,
For patenting thi...

Categories: hyman, funny
Form: Rhyme

Angel On the Moon

...(In memory of the late Phyllis Hyman)

Dear Angel,
On the Moon
Come back to
see Us, real soon
For We miss your
harmonious tune
Long to fall for you
like a drifting balloon
Hang onto your Me...

Categories: hyman, song-lyric
Form: Elegy