Long Chuck berry Poems

How many grave sites should be prepared for me?
Just one. For Robert Johnson, there were three,
all in the Mississippi Delta: Morgan City, Quito,
and (near) Greenwood. Which is right? Do we KNOW?
  			
Those who have...

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I can still remember
back when I was a kid
I had a friend called Millie
and we were made for each other
just like peanut butter and jelly
on a piece of crusty bread

on a Sunday afternoon
I'd go round...

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Laid down on the sofa today, memory

taking me back to teen years of so long ago.

When friend Danny and I would go down 

town on Saturday afternoon to see a movie

at the Paramount, a movie...

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If only Eve hadn’t met Adam
And angry Hitler had met Freuid
If Stanley never met Ollie
And David Gilmore had never been in Pink Floyd
Shakespeare had run out of ink and quill for a pen
Mother Hubbard's cupboard...

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The Fifties were really and truly not all that square
Though that dullard Dwight D. sat in the Executive Chair
And his frumpy wife Mamie had really bad hair
Matching those dowdy, plain dresses she'd wear ...

While husbands...

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1955 Was a Very Good Year

By Elton Camp

A better year in my life I have never seen
Because, back then, I was only age fifteen
Nobody I knew had, at that time, ever died
Any problems of the...

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The jukebox glowed, the records spun..
A brand-new age had just begun.
From ‘55 to ‘75,
Music soared, it came alive.

The blues and jazz still held their ground..
But rock and roll had found its sound.
Elvis shook and stole...

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It was back in St. Louis that
He learned the guitar,
And he told everyone he was 
Going to go far,
Back in ’56 his music came of age
He was dancing and driving
Right across the stage.

Go, go, go...

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The Kennedy Center is known to the world
For honoring those in the arts – 
From Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Astaire,
Whose talents top all of the charts.

Sinatra, Gene Kelly, L. Bernstein, Kazan
And Benny and Lena and...

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Bill Haley gave us 'Rock Around The Clock'
showed us music in a different way,
Chuck Berry sang 'Johnny B. Goode'
and Buddy Holly said 'That'll Be The Day'.

Elvis went to 'Heartbreak Hotel'
and came back as the king...

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Moshe, Larry, Curly,
Howls, cries, nyuks;
Three silly comic stars:
Smile, clown -- Cluck!

Chico, Harpo, Benny, Berle,
Moron grins, happy chins;
Crazy nutty comic kooks:
Funny jokes -- egads zooks!  

Alvin Ailey, dance gaily,
False teeth: Brush daily; 
Silly Sally, Dilly-dally,
Ollie,...

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On my computer 
I
play 
   songs of the late 1970's 
 My seed time 
as it were
  ELP, Yes, and King Crimson 
Perhaps I will pick up a recording by 
 ...

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I am Eisenhower builds the 
Interstate highway. 
   I am polio vaccine that 
Saves the day. 

   I am the energy of civil 
Rights. 
   I am the first...

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Back in the fifties
America seemed much calmer
McCarthy's commie blacklists
Sputnik's shocking launch
Ike's wife Mamie so sedate
That pre-historic hairdo

World War Two over
We needed some time to heal
Alan Ginsburg penned his 'Howl'
Chuck Berry goosed his walk
The West Wing...

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When I was a but little tiny girl,
my Mama bought me a fine ring to twirl.
One gold ring for my small finger
reminding me of man’s up coming zinger!

My Ring-A-Ling, My Ring- A- Ling, WAIT for...

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FAVORITE LYRICS

You’re lying to all your friends and hanging in bad places,
you don’t remember our good times and loving embraces.
I can’t believe that after all we’ve been through,
“you’ve started back doing the things you used...

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First time I remember attending a dance at school
White bucks and a sport coat, feeling like a fool
All week I’d played 45’s and practiced how to dance
I was nearly thirteen now so it was time...

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tonight i light the fire
nothing to do but embrace life
i have a cup of hot chocolate
i have a plate of ten chocolate chocolate chip cookies
i just may make about ten to fifteen more
time is even...

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Dad, I pray for you now, in your time of passing
My memories, heartfelt and everlasting
Every night, you tucked us into bed with loving care
Now, you're just laying there, while we stroke your hair

Could you feel...

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 East of Eden and
The Tingler.
   The lady killer and 
Julius Caesar.

   A star is born and
Vertigo.
   The Killing and
Ace in the hole.

   Godzilla and
The night and...

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fireball friday,
hello
you know i did not
miss you at all
the cool air freezes
my eyes favorably
foggy
i relax inside the
zonule of aftermath
paradise
with green tea
ginger ale in hand
and carelessness
concrete in stature,
i start the hose and
retire that fireball
that is merciless...

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here i am yearning
for mashed potatoes and gravy
honeybaked ham and honey butter biscuits
all of the above inspires me to make hot oatmeal raisin cookies
and buttercream cake squares
i wash down with more overeating and set up...

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Day-glo dewy
chuck berry faded daffodils

woodlark fluid warble
emerald chorus

& abash earth
drowsy petrichor 
on 
parched earth

fall mist lyrics 
of 
glyphs thrum 

in sepia tones 
of 
whimpers
& heart hums 
of 
lengthy 
boyhood 
&
haunting echoes
shattered bell's 
agonizing chimes

In shadowy 
kaleidoscope

dystopian...

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Wild Scrumptious Berries
Scarlet, True Blue & Plump,
Juicy Lucy In The Sky Blackberries Trump, 
Politics Aside, Chuck Berry Doesn't Stump.

Sure to Turn Round Any Blues,
Tongue Taste Belongs to No Fake News,
Tart Smart Sensory Chews.

Hued Color Bright,...

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Beethoven was awakened by the sound of a guitar
   Played by Chuck Berry, a rock 'n roll star
 'When Beethoven heard those rhythm and blues
    He ran to Tchaikovsky to...

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