Somewhere within the midnight darkness hides,
within the shadows of a moody moon,
the notions love will be appearing soon;
bleak thoughts that only lonely hearts confide.
For it is true a lonely heart will yearn
with longings for a tender love that’s real
in hopes that they will somehow, someday feel
that sweet caress that make the passions burn.
As Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
once sang their songs of life and love and woe,
a yearning heart, enslaved by life’s command,
is destined to forever feel the blow,
an emptiness of loveless life unplanned
that only lonely hearts will ever know.
June 25, 2025
Cherished Heart
My paper heart, trimmed in fragile lace,
Longs for love notes scribed on its face -
In sonnet words “Won’t you be mine-
My cherished child - my valentine?”
Devotion true, for all time,
No broken vows and no false rhymes
Faithful promise between the lines -
Covenant from my valentine.
I feel your heart beating with mine
Heart to heart in endless time
You choose me in timeless rhyme
Tenderly be your valentine.
When I feel my heart cold as stone
Lonely hearts club, beating alone,
No one night stand – one life renewed -
My valentine you see me through.
Flawless and abiding love letter
Perpetual life together
Cherished heart, a pure love divine,
This my eternal Valentine.
2-14-21
Pour Constant Comments in this poet's mug
~ He treasures every single hug
If love is the answer,what is the question
My mind so eagerly wants to know
A lonely hearts club is a suggestion
From which fond relationships can grow.
Neither beauty of body nor gender inclined
Between which there is little to choose
What stirs my heart is refinement of mind
Physicality we will always lose
Close companionship rests not on the corporeal
The human body being but a shallow distraction
We are all at our best in matters ethereal
Our hearts drawn by mutual mental attraction
In life's sore troubles amor vincit omnia
True love provides its own cornucopia.
By ourselves..........????
Born that way and die that way
We.....all begin and end that way - I guess
Yet we walk through our lives
AVOIDING####### Being that way
Needing::::::::someone to be with
Geeze - You know - The Ideal Mate
The "One and Only"
HAH! I'll never be lonely!
Just to try and live with......
Our Love Match?
Inevitably***************
Ending in Quarrels
Fights and disagreements
KAPOW%^&!!! Like a Boxing Match
To separation - Then..........
Back by ourselves again
Pledging ourselves (Ummmmmm) to - A New Revision to
The Last Call for Lonely Hearts (Club)
I belong to
November 8, 2019
Las Call For Lonely Hearts Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
WHERE OPPORTUNITY ABOUNDS
She sat all alone in the dimly lit, smoky barroom
Nursing a gin and tonic that the ice had melted in
Her countenance was that of someone jilted
With a look that showed disdain for men
Two stools down there sat a stranger
Whose face had the same look as hers
It had a veritable blank stare look
That takes place when jilting occurs
Suddenly the bartender said rather loudly
Last call for the lonely hearts club
And at that moment their eyes met
The dim glow from the dimly lit bulb
Seemed brighter than ever before
He approached her ever so slowly
And offered to take her home
Her thoughts were he is so lowly
But the opportunity seemed quite harmless
So she accepted his generous offer
After all, they both were so lonely
And such a chance may have much to proffer
1 November 2019
Last Call For The Lonely Hearts contest - collaboration sponsored by Line Gauthier
She’s the woman in the white uniform,
walking with an authoritative gait
on the top deck of the boat
As you pass by, she asks,
without looking your way —
do you have what it take
to make her dinghy float
She says, it’s obvious one and one is two
She says, it’s obvious she’s attracted to you
Though you’re not normally shy,
you are taken aback
She’s like a rear admiral
making a frontal attack
She says, it’s obvious,
you’re both not getting any younger
... that time is getting short
She says, it’s obvious,
you both should try to get together
when the boat reaches port
And the longer you wait,
the further her boat is drifting from the shore
Captain Obvious couldn’t be more direct,
but you’re just too nervous to react
She’s a woman used to getting what she want,
she don’t respond well to a polite “no” or “don’t”
So now it’s fairly obvious to you,
she gonna keep working her feminine seduce
It’s so obvious what she desires,
anybody with one eye open can see obviously
But you don’t, because you think so naively
What’s not that obvious though,
she’s the most recent widow
on that Lonely Hearts Club yacht boat
A silver line of hope unheard
Droplets of tears poured into the oceans
The line between right and wrong blurred
Rebels taking over locations
Liquor doused around our bodies
Light a fire to ignite our blindness
Bloody crimes in all alleys
All smiles filled with sadness
All lines all filled up
For the lonely hearts club
Bodies being aggressively groped
With no consent being shown
Countries becoming war-torn zones
Souls leaving this earth one by one
Blood spilt by different skin tones
I guess the only option is to run.
Earth being left decayed
Everyone left alone and afraid
Take a look at the disaster that's made
What an unnecessary serenade
And after all that’s happened
Where are our saviours?
Our hearts deeply blackened
Why must we seek help at alters?
Aren’t they supposed to come when we’re in distress?
Not even when we scream out an SOS?
Does it cost to walk the stairway to heaven?
Or do we have to fight in the armageddon?
Let the light find a way
The world’s destiny will be weighed
Did everyone’s faith lead to mistrust?
Or have all our gods abandoned us?
My beat heart beats
Like a ticking time bomb
Ready to deplete
Ready to compete
With all the other
lonely hearts club bands
To try to withstand
All the pressurized unintelligent formal
Untrue truths that measure my informal being among this simplicit surface I stand upon
The pitter patter of my irregular heart
Sounds like taps when death finally does us part
When Sgt. Pepper hit the air
The world sure paid attention -
Forty-nine long years ago,
A fact that’s worth a mention.
For Beatles fans it was a shock
To see how they’d evolved
And people looked for clues like they were
Puzzles to be solved.
We learned the songs and listened for
Some evidence of drugs
Reflected in the lyrics;
Those more hip replied with shrugs.
The music ushered in a time
When all the status quo
Was shaken to the core by those
Just going with the flow.
To me, this album represents
The 60’s crystallized;
Horizons were expanding,
Both exalted and despised.
But those of us who rode the wave,
Excited by the new,
Realized Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Came right on cue.
Gimme money, im angry honey
And don't say to my dad. Gimme more money
It's so dark and cold outside
I don't even care
The queen is dead
Listening to The Smiths
Let's take a night flight
'Cause my papi sucks
A golden taste of the life
We wanted to be the sky
Please take me where the gangsters band together
'Cause deep in my heart im a gangsta too
I'm a persian princess
And you are one of those handsome and crazy french boys
My mind is so messy
'Cause you mean the world to me
A golden taste of the life
We wanted to be the sky
Please take me where the gangsters band together
'Cause deep in my heart im a gangsta too
Sad girls
Lonely hearts club
I don't want to feel lonely, sweetheart
Oh your golden hair and ocean eyes
A golden taste of the life
We wanted to be the sky
Please take me where the gangsters band together
'Cause deep in my heart im a gangsta too
(to the tune of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
It was 50 years ago today
That the Beatles had the chance to play
On Ed Sullivan’s iconic show –
Can it really be so long ago?
So now it’s time to reminisce
About that night of teenage bliss –
John, Paul, George & Ringo’s U.S. stand.
‘Twas John, Paul, George & Ringo’s Beatles band
Who crossed the pond to say hello.
John, Paul, George & Ringo’s Beatles band –
The audience did overflow.
John, Paul, George & Ringo
With their British lingo;
Would we love them? Bingo!
Oh, how so!
Felt wonderful to watch them.
Oh man, it was a thrill
To be a teenage girl back then.
It was the highlight of my life
And it’s remembered still.
I can’t really get it down in rhyme
But if you experienced that time
Then you’ll know exactly what I feel,
What the clippings simply can’t reveal.
So let us pause to celebrate
Ed Sullivan, ‘cause on this date
On his stage we watched that Beatles band…
How I wish it was Yesterday
When I would dance the night away
To music that was really cool
From the guys from Liverpool
Ringo, Paul, George and John
Who fascinated everyone
From Europe to the U.S.A.
They had a captivating sway
They played a rocking beat
That made me move my feet
From I Wanna Hold Your Hand
To Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
From Hey Jude with Na Na Na Na
To Desmond and Molly Ob La Di Ob La Da
Yes how I wish it was Yesterday
When I would dance the night away
They Come Together, and Get Back, and then just Let it Be.
The Yellow Submarine needs Help; and will you Please Please Me?
Sargent Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club had A Hard Days Night.
Rubber Soul shot the Revolver at the Album White.
Imagine it was Yesterday, when we got No Reply!
You Can`t Do That?, Think for Yourself, and then please Tell Me Why.
Don`t Let Me Down, cause If I Fell, we couldn`t Twist and Shout.
Or take the Magic Mystery Tour, without Michelle, no doubt.
Across the Universe there`ll be The Long and Winding Road—
And just past the Strawberry Fields—the famous Abbey Road.
Well, Do You Want to Know a Secret? P.S. I Love You.
Run for Your Life, Eight Days a Week, if you don`t Love Me Do.
But You Won`t See Me, so I guess I`ll just Follow the Sun.
You`ve Got to Hide Your Love Away— If I Needed Someone.
I think You`re Gonna Lose That Girl, and no, It Won`t Be Long—
But Anytime at All, Another Girl would be just wrong.
Cause You Like Me Too Much, but I won`t let you Drive My Car.
I`m not aware of What Goes On, I Need You where you are.
I keep the Beatles In My Life, their music makes me smile.
And When I`m 64, I`ll still enjoy it for awhile.
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