Long Elvin Poems

a force for good
(for john coltrane and ahmed obafemi
based on ‘trane’s treatment of ‘nature boy’)

“…I wanna be a force for good…”
		-John Coltrane
 
…there was a man…
a very brave, enchanted man…
and he spoke of many things…
peace...

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KRAMPUS CHRISTMAS
All hope is lost for children 
If their festive spirit dies,
The Christmas magic disappears 
As they look through older eyes.

No more milk and cookies
Or a sign for Santa`s sleigh,
Or carrots for the reindeer
To eat...

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December is our busy month, just like that charming Spring Break, you bet!
And Dragon’s in the thick of things, something that others sometimes regret.
But not our Fraternity buddies, it’s Dragon time, and mischief… all the...

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Hubby will NEVER let Dragon and me go to a pet store! Ever! Again!
It started when we needed Dog chow for all our really big dogs… then…
Dragon found the fish, with some being sold for...

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I am the greatest adventurer the world will ever know,
Just take my hand and off we'll go.
I have been to the mines of Moira,
To the very center of paranoia.
I have been to London and France,
I...

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I have to ask the question of old, how did the trolls move west?
How did they sneak across the ocean, and to the old Midwest?
How did the Trolls come our way, then into our basement...

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Dragon’s found his mountaintop; he is flying high, right now, so far…
As I made a wish, that he could fly straight… on an amazing, falling star.
Don’t know how long this will last, with his big...

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Elvin and Leroy were baseball players
From the time they were six years old
And best friends since the early days
A million baseball stories to be told

Their entire lives had been consumed
By the game of baseball which...

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Deep in the wood of Anilal
lived a young Elf named Calanal;
such a wee being was she
and she could talk to all the trees
of magic and elfin delights
and even stones, amethyst and pyrites
they sang to her...

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Deep inside the forest of the Elvin King.
There flows a magic river from an ancient spring.
They say its special waters hold the mystery of youth.
And should you take one little drink you’ll know that it’s...

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Belva Berry

1889 - 1905         


I truly never asked to be born.
I truly never wanted any of this.
But what choice did I have?
What choice does any one of...

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Penelopina Teena had a birthday today,
in faerie years she's a whopping 9008!
It's such a celebration as you have never seen
was held for this tiny white petite faerie queen.

A firefly has gifted her with the finest...

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Elvin Allen

1889 – 1905

They were like iron trees!
Hundreds of them!
Poking and piercing their way into the sun-lit sky,
Like moist fingers
Testing the wind direction to the east.
I was born into this Quaker town on Bright Street.
If...

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 I took a hike in Bramble Bog,
and reveled in the croaking frogs;
the singing crickets and river song,
were lovely, so I whistled along.

By the river, on a great cypress branch,
upon which, I chanced to glance,
sat...

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Begin with a groove, some delicious, soulful melodies interwoven with genres including jazz, neo-soul, lo-fi hip-hop, jazz sub-genres/
 with spoken word tricks in the mix with programmed drums, turntables, looping  in Sonny Rollins, Elvin Jones, Hubert Laws, Lonnie Liston Smith/
 add some house music...

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I hope that someone finds me soon... 
I'm lost, I'm Elvin.. Santa's missing elf 
Somehow, I lost the rest of the gang...
When I went off...all by myself 

With no bathroom in the baron forest 
I...

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,,Mia, you wanna stand towards michael for a short minute? Just in case so he doesn't fall"
A normal day like every other in school, today we needed to wash the windows.
,,Oh, sure!"
I ran towards him...

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I heard it from an anvil
the metal brookside churning
and fire brass inferno
that later took my silence inside a broken shadow
I heard it from an anvil
he spoke of words unweilding
like protozoa brooding
and elvin skin and tatoo...

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Hey let´s form a band
You can be red Rodney
I´ll be elvin jones
Let´s meet in soho
Let´s go steal books
From foyles
Like in the old days
Let´s run until we can´t
& laugh until we faint
It´s all we have now
Punch...

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I have a fond memory
Of a house back a lane
Oh how I wish 
I could visit again

The three who were there
Were so special to me
And each time I'd visit
My heart filled with glee

The setting was...

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Lithe, light and lovely, Luanna mourned her elf friend’s death
Wearing the flowers he had always loved, increased her grief.
The rest of the fey understood her predicament,
the meadow was empathetic, eager to help, enthusiastic about her.

Her...

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He's 'King of the Home'
in his high chair and gown,
takin' his feedin's with 
dreams of bein' downtown;

his jazz band was playin'
he'd swing and he'd sway;
he remembers those times
like it was yesterday.

Sneakin' drinks from old Joe,
playin'...

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Santa’s place, in preparation;
While he is on vacation;
Elvin hands, they’re all so busy;
So much so, it makes one dizzy.

Reindeer gorging on their chow;
Happy that they are not cows;
Prepare themselves, mentally;
For soon aloft, they will be.

On...

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