Before my first kiss or chivalrous embrace
A throbbing pulse in my heart started to race
Sweetly, my love for you began to grow
Knickerbockers I love to watch and I never miss The Lake
Show
Every time I see you, inhale you and hold you in my hands
This sweet sensation I feel most will never understand
Baseball is cool and I like the 'old pig skin'
An all-American pastime that warms my heart and makes
me grin
Love Jones I got for this beautiful brown round thing
Love Jones I got it, and it's not just some fly-by fling
Kevin Solomon 9/9/2015
The Lion and the Crown
Cobalt blue goblet and the spangled gown
Black tie and high browns
Puttin on the Ritz
Flappers dancing the Charleston
Jazz by Count Basie and Duke Ellington
Crazy dance moves like the Black Bottom, the Shimmy and the Turkey Trot
And the Cake Walk
The Tango and the Bunny Hop
The Fox Trot and the Lindy Hop
Roaring cars filling the crowded streets
Zoot suits and reap pleats
Wide leg Oxford Bags and cuffed trousers
Waistcoats, suspenders, bow-ties and knickerbockers
Ladies wearing make-up, bobbed hair, short fringed skirts and drinking
Bright colored sweaters, patent-leather hair, feather head bands and smoking
The glitz of New York
Not the grime of Detroit
Superstars
Forgetting who their real friends are
Blinded by the glitter and gleam
Forgetting you are only a human being
Going where Harlem flits
No guts no grits
The fancy rich and famous showing their glitz
Forget about the misfits
And come on down to the Ritz
This is a recording titled “Lies”.
It is off and running, and aiming for the skies.
It has a sound many consider cool.
However, it’s not from those boys from Liverpool.
This song is as American as apple pie.
These boys have a hit with their first try.
This group is known as the “Knickerbockers” by name.
With this hit, they will achieve fame.
Under the Waterfalls
She talks about waterfalls
it’s her secret wish
She likes Knickerbockers Glory
... it’s her favorite ice cream dish
She is a romantic
So Very sensitive
Doesn’t like to receive
She just likes to give
She is in control
Of her own destiny
Knows what she is
And what she wants to be
I’m a man writes poems
It’s all I got left
I likes to cook
Some say I’m a chef
She tells of a time
She made a mistake on her work
And her co-workers made fun
Up till today it’s still a joke
And she dreams of a water fall
And knows what she wants to do
It’s just a wish of hers
Wish I’m the one to make it come true
Her smile is timeless
It’s a mystery to behold
Her friendship is like magic
That captivated me in her world
And she loves the water falls
A secret she shares with me
So I clear my agenda
Make that my destiny
One day will open my life
In front her like a book
hope she still choose me
After she had a look
And how I secretly love her so
she must never find out at all
cause I hope one day to tell her
Under the water fall
Under the Waterfalls
She talks about waterfalls
it’s her secret wish
She likes Knickerbockers Glory
... it’s her favorite ice cream dish
She is a romantic
So Very sensitive
Doesn’t like to receive
She just likes to give
She is in control
Of her own destiny
Knows what she is
And what she wants to be
I’m a man writes poems
It’s all I got left
I likes to cook
Some say I’m a chef
She tells of a time
She made a mistake on her work
And her co-workers made fun
Up till today it’s still a joke
And she dreams of a water fall
And knows what she wants to do
It’s just a wish of hers
Wish I’m the one to make it come true
Her smile is timeless
It’s a mystery to behold
Her friendship is like magic
That captivated me in her world
And she loves the water falls
A secret she shares with me
So I clear my agenda
Make that my destiny
One day will open my life
In front her like a book
hope she still choose me
After she had a look
And how I secretly love her so
she must never find out at all
cause I hope one day to tell her
Under the water fall
Permanent resident
I think of ways
To tell her how I feel
It’s been some days
Still got nothing real
Can’t find the words
It’s all in my heart
Try to say it loud
But my lips don’t part
How do I tell her?
How I love her so
What do I say it to her?
So she would know
She lives in my heart
A permanent resident
And she in my world
She is a president
She is the wind
The blows thru my hair
She is the air I breathe
That has me standing here
Oh Sorry I got
So carried away
Let’s get back to
The subject of today
That is how do I say?
How much I love you
Keep trying to find the words
But so hard to do
She’s like the sun
Shines where ever she are
She’s like the stars
That light on me from so far
She’s like the rain
That cools me when it’s hot
She’s like a knickerbockers glory
The hits the right spot
She lives in my heart
A permanent resident
She gives me hope
With her distinctive accent
Oh Sorry I forget again
And got carried away
Let’s get back to
The subject of today
How do I say I love her?
One wish
If we had one wish
What would it be?
A Friend couple day ago
Ask this question to me
And I know my answer right away
But kept it subdue
It was pure and simple
Want to spend my life with you
Then it had me thinking
As I walk out my door
Will look around
And see what others wish for
Some wish for a voice
Some for eyesight
Some just to walk again
And stand upright
And some wish for fame
Some wish to be on a winning team
I know Ronald and rianna wish for
My knickerbockers glory ice-cream
Some wishes for simple things
Some wish is so small
Some wish for everything
Some don’t deserve a wish at all
People will always ask for wishes
I’m sure long as the skies are blue
But every one seems to forget
That god has a wish too
And we can make it come true
Because All he ask of us
Is to make this a world
With peace, understanding and trust
But we all are so busy
Thinking bout our self’s
The holy books collecting
Dust on our shelves
And before this poem end
Wish a girl sweet dreams
Hope she enjoys her
Banana float ice cream
Under the Waterfalls
She talks about waterfalls
it’s her secret wish
She likes Knickerbockers Glory
... it’s her favorite ice cream dish
She is a romantic
So Very sensitive
Doesn’t like to receive
She just likes to give
She is in control
Of her own destiny
Knows what she is
And what she wants to be
I’m a man writes poems
It’s all I got left
I likes to cook
Some say I’m a chef
She tells of a time
She made a mistake on her work
And her co-workers made fun
Up till today it’s still a joke
And she dreams of a water fall
And knows what she wants to do
It’s just a wish of hers
Wish I’m the one to make it come true
Her smile is timeless
It’s a mystery to behold
Her friendship is like magic
That captivated me in her world
And she loves the water falls
A secret she shares with me
So I clear my agenda
Make that my destiny
One day will open my life
In front her like a book
hope she still choose me
After she had a look
And how I secretly love her so
she must never find out at all
cause I hope one day to tell her
Under the water fall
The playing starts each October in the fall.
But alas, this year there is no basketball.
Another season should have started for the NBA.
However, fans will not see their teams play.
From the Knickerbockers in New York, to the Lakers in LA,
will this competition start? Nobody can say.
As we approach winter, there is increasing doubt.
The owners have gotten together and locked the players out.
We will not see free throws or slam dunks today.
It appears there will be no playoffs in May.
With no basketball to see, where shall we go?
Perhaps a blizzard will come, and we will shovel snow.
For Francine's Winter Couplet contest (a winter sport (watching or participating) category chosen).