Jukebox Poems - Poems about Jukebox

ANGIE, that last slow dance in smoky haze— you slipped UNDER MY THUMB like twilight’s ache. The Rolling Stones crooned fate through tangled days; I tried to PAINT IT BLACK for mercy’s sake. But YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT—truth stings— just loaded TUMBLIN DICE in neon towns, chasing HONKY TONK WOMEN on borrowed wings while WILD HORSES dragged dreams to...

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I met ANGIE in a bar where grief drank quiet, where HONKY TONK WOMEN spilled perfume and regret. She moved like WILD HORSES with nowhere left to run— said, “I’m safer UNDER MY THUMB than out in the open.” She kissed like a dare and left like smoke. On RUBY TUESDAY, she vanished into rain, murmuring, “YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT...

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Breathe life into the jukebox repurpose an antique sound gentlemen whisper and woo serenade your lady slow throw a quarter in the slot hold her hand at the diner for a moment life is so good pause in the song shy stutter daydreams spin conversation. sharing a float with two straws pure bliss of the wine and...

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Just when I'm sure I'm all poem'd out ~ my pen...

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Jukebox plays your hit song ...

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just a dime per tune when jiving in the sixties jitterbug before that jamming still to the hits jazz, pop, rock, soul~~lyrics jaunty and sad burst forth jump up~~punch in your fave...

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Jeweled lights are blinking Jaunty tunes fill the room Johnny B. Goode with Chuck Jumpin' Jack Flash with Mick Jerry Lee Lewis wails John Lennon twists and shouts Jitterbug all night long...

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"Jailhouse Rock," pocket combs Jokes at the burger joint Jiving to "Jitterbug" Johnny Cash for a dime Jumbo milkshake, two straws Just one more song and dance Journey's hit, "Faithfully" 9-12-2023...

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Just pop a dime in the jukebox; select a song judge it well to impress; Jerry Lee, Jimmy H, Joan Jet, Jungkook!? Jay-Z, J. Cole? No, none of these. Joan Baez - Hope I guessed right....

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A swift half of cider in the Bodega bar sadly none of us could afford a car. Dropping a shilling in the snug juke box Haley and Elvis,then so unorthodox Trad jazz with Donegan,Bilk or Collier no ballroom bacchanalia Skip,hip-hop style jive 50's music had come alive...

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Jukebox- that era passed. Joyous time to be shared; Just records that made us Jump and swing to music! Jailhouse Rock by Presley; Jingle Bell Rock by Helms. Jamming with happy feet! ...

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Freda and Freddie Foster were the first To follow their festive mood at the Jukebox Jam Owned by Sam Willy Wendy James Jonesy and Jesse arrived With Jolie Julia and Justine Hey man Jesse said to Jonesy look alive Socialize pump up the jukebox Let's get this project started I been waiting all week for this ...

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If I were a jukebox, long-forgotten, Languishing amidst some rusting antiques In a cold, cramped barn mostly filled with junk I would summon all the strength I could muster, Light up those bubbly circuits around my face Throw on a few 45-rpms from the fifties, And throw one hell-u-va party. I would shout, “Let’s clear a...

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If Hell makes u relive ur Greatest pain repeatedly The pain of Lost Love is what mine would be The Devil keeping only sad love songs on the jukebox Watermelon Sugar is the beginning of his playlist The Devil is a cheeky bastard The silence of the record switching draws her memory Her voice sounding like echoes in a cave Bringing her...

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If I were a jukebox, long-forgotten, Languishing amidst some rusting antiques In a cold, cramped barn mostly filled with junk I would summon all the strength I could muster, Light up those bubbly circuits around my face Throw on a few 45-rpms from the fifties, And throw one hell-u-va party. I would shout, “Let’s clear a...

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