Janis
I can still hear that raspy, smoky voice
that could belt out a bluesy rock song.
Every time I see a Mercedes I can’t help
thinking of you imploring the Lord for one.
A young woman from Texas who dressed
more like a hippie from San Fran.
I will always wonder if she and Bobby McGee
rode that semi the whole way to New Orleans.
She stole a piece of my heart when she left
Big Brother and went out on her own.
Sadly, she flamed out like a young sun
that goes supernova.
She joined the twenty-seven club and
passed into music history.
Categories:
janis, music,
Form: Free verse
Janis Joplin brought is a lot of musical love in but a few years
When she retired from this earth, there were so many fears.
Her car was unique, painted like a colorful, artistic cartoon.
I picture her sweet owner, on the moon, giving a croon.
Categories:
janis, car,
Form: Couplet
All is Loneliness
Song title that tells the truth
About your life, Janis
Born in Texas,
You seemed more at home in San Francisco
Or Portland with your rock and your blues
Your mezzo soprano vocals
Lit up the stage
You were electric!
Full Tilt Boogie Band
Kozmic Blues and Big Brother
Would have failed without you
Cheap thrills
Pieces of My Heart
And Ball and Chain would have never made it
You were here a mere twenty-seven years
But what a legacy!
You brought us the blues in a big way!
Cheap thrills
Song title that reflects your
Heroin overdose death, Janis
Categories:
janis, music,
Form: Free verse
days that brought me to worship
sounds of deity echoing through my room
music that deftly captured my ears and dreams
all we needed to release the discomfort
of war and plastic cages
was the experience of his Fender Strat
the feedback from that Marshall amp
her Big Momma Thornton howls
Ball and Chain, Ball and Chain
long may we love the real s--- left behind
abstractions melodically rhythmic to rock
these tracks take me to that door
where I pray someone will answer
let me enter the blues of their world and see
why such beauty had to end
Categories:
janis, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
janis joplin
hanging out with me
and bobby mcgee
posted on July 4, 2018
Categories:
janis, celebrity, fun, music, nostalgia,
Form: Senryu
HUMMINGBIRD - A COLLABORATION
Drink little bird of the nectar of life.
Drink and be stirred, far away from all strife,
Choose every flower with care as you sip.
Choose honey power, sweetly let it drip.
How softly we hear your hum of music
And with fragile ears we listen to it --
The lulling song of your euphonic voice,
A calming charm amid natural noise.
Hummingbird, hummingbird lovely to see,
Ever lightly coming close to the bee.
You share the flowers with a likely foe.
To the air with quickness away, you go.
You fly up, you fly down. You don't stay still.
In sweetness you drown your hovering skill.
You fly front, you fly back, though you are small.
There is nothing you lack. God hears your call.
01-09-18
Picture # 4
Categories:
janis, beautiful, bird,
Form: Couplet
Virginia produced a rockabilly pioneer named Janis.
This talented artist was called the “Female Elvis”.
In her youth, she displayed fine musical prowess.
What a flamboyant act she displayed on stage
when rockabilly music was the fifties’ rage!
With her initial hit record “Will You Willyum”,
Janis achieved popularity, and then some.
She drew a plethora of applauses and cheers
whenever personal appearances were made over the years.
The spirit of Janis is now performing in heaven
after she passed away in 2007.
I thank wikipedia.org online encyclopedia for information I obtained to write this poem.
Categories:
janis, dedication, music, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
"Time keeps moving on,
Friends they turn away, Lordy
Lord
Well, I keep moving on
But I never found out why
I keep pushing so hard a
dream,
I keep trying to make it right
Through another lonely day."
—“Kozmic Blues” by Janis
Joplin
Keep moving,
you kept it moving your way
Janis
Had a dream
that your words
could become an anthem, Janis
Picked up that microphone
An extension of your body
power house
The electric cord your vocals
Cry baby
Bobby McGee
Sing to him
Cry, McGee for what you lost
What he gave up so we’d
mourn
You
made
us
feel your
ache
for the world
and your soul
Acid queen
captured
trapped in
between right and wrong
The golden squawking
of your strained voice
Haunting
pleading
lyrics
that made
you shed real
tears
and push
past your fears
breaking building
staying going
places they wouldn’t
as you grew
your
words to those on a downward
journey
yet the ones above secretly
listened
for
them
your pleads for
humanity
to love
accept
and be tolerant
when remembering a beautiful
traveling, lost, crying acid
Queen
You were a goddess,
Janis
Categories:
janis, memory
Form: Free verse
They called her ugly, fat and stupid
Hair tussled and unkempt
She was laughed out of her home
Chased across desert and mountain
She fought back
Found a world where she fit in
Hippies, drugs and sex filled her life
She sang words of her torture
Traveled the world telling of her life
Everyone listened but no one cared
She died all alone
Everyone mourned the world’s loss
Her words and music live on
Sung by millions who do not understand
The pain that went into each word
Feelings that only she knew
A life that ended way too soon
And gave us the Janis we all love
Years after she left this world.
Categories:
janis, loss, music, nostalgia, sadwords,
Form: I do not know?
Changed my life in so many ways,
Found the way to touch my heart.
Not just my teacher but a wonderful friend.
There to listen and give advice.
She believed in me when I had no hope,
Never let me give up and always told me to try.
When things went wrong she was always there to help me cope.
Never left me wondering when I felt I was at the end of the rope.
helped me find that missing piece when nothing seemed to fit,
Cared so much and not just a little bit.
Always jumped through hoops and went that extra mile.
Was always there to route for me weather it was at school or to inspire me to write
my poetry!
These are the memories that I'll never forget.
As I write about a special person that I have met.
She deserves all the credit and should know she is amazing.
Categories:
janis, inspirational, people, thank you,
Form: Rhyme