Janis Joplin Poems - Poems about Janis Joplin

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...

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...

'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...

1960's Swingers

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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...

It's Ugly When I Cry

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"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 ...

The 27 Club

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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
...

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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