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Janis Joplins Porsche
...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 pictur......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
janis joplin,
car,
Form:
Couplet
That Was Then - This Is Now
...“Freedom is just another word for nothin left to lose. Feeling good was easy Lord, when he sang the blues” ~ Janis Joplin ~ Life was filled with laughter. A feeling of happy ever after......
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Speaks Volumes
Categories:
janis joplin,
freedom, prison,
Form:
Rhyme
'Down On Me'
...In West Port Arthur the winds blew hard to carry her away The times were ripe Big Brother raw that crossroads by the bay Her dive was deep through Kozmic Blues a legend to unfurl But not esc......
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Kurt Philip Behm
Categories:
janis joplin,
music, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
1960's Swingers
... The great Elvis Presley stole the show When it came to music, fast and slow Patsy Cline could sing so sweet and fine Without a doubt, her voice would shine Hank Williams had a......
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
janis joplin,
appreciation, feelings, music, song,
Form:
Couplet
It's Ugly When I Cry
... "When I was a kid my dad left me in a bad way .... he was in the lives of my sisters and brothers but he wasn't in mine." Quote ......
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Constance La France
Categories:
janis joplin,
blue, music,
Form:
Bio
The 27 Club
... It is with sadness and long remorse That we entertain this curse of course It’s most absurd, and that’s the rub Introducing the twenty seven club Each decade we see the number gr......
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Andy Chunn
Categories:
janis joplin,
bereavement, death, drug, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
The Number 27
...In the pages of history there's a baffling mystery about the passing of the crew since eighteen ninety two. Bright stars turned to dim whether fat or slim, no one's young, no one's old, t......
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Roger Roger
Categories:
janis joplin,
death, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
The 27 Club Rocked Me
...Jimi Hendrix-Played electric guitar with his teeth and left hand Ripped through scales, held notes, used flames on stage on command Janis Joplin- Rolling Stone—Her cover enthral......
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I Am Anaya
Categories:
janis joplin,
celebrity, culture,
Form:
Couplet
27 Forever
...This little girl blue life did take a toll Oh Janis, first lady of rock’n’roll Your ol’ kozmic blues are good for the soul A piece of our hearts you did sever Jim opened the door to the other s......
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Hat Bueckert
Categories:
janis joplin,
tribute,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Melophile
...I've always been a mellow type of fellow Laidback like dem seats in that Cadillac Yeah! Real chill like that sleek '73 Deville Even as a little boy the jukebox was my toy Sweet rhythms of lif......
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Stewart Watkins
Categories:
janis joplin,
appreciation, art, beautiful, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
27
...Celestial sphere by sums explained, numbers in melodic scale referred. Trines in building block of expression, energies and its obsessions. The 27 club of famous death, and the rock n roll lov......
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Robert Rittel
Categories:
janis joplin,
memory,
Form:
Ballade
Ode To Janis Joplin
...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 sopran......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
janis joplin,
music,
Form:
Free verse
New Babylon
...It’s coming can’t you feel it Something, absolutely wrong They’re preaching greed and hatred In the lyrics to their song The precipice we’re perched upon Hums! like a ticking bomb As they heral......
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Peter Walsh
Categories:
janis joplin,
bible, corruption, evil, holocaust,
Form:
Rhyme
Riders On the Storm
...Riders on the storm Left us too soon Where have they gone Oh just one more song Jim Morrison Jimi Hendrix Amy Winehouse Riders in the storm Changed our lives Showed us a different light ......
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Timothy Mcguire
Categories:
janis joplin,
death, memory, music,
Form:
Free verse
Sixteen Days
...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 ......
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Ricky Muse
Categories:
janis joplin,
appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
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