Long Garfunkel Poems

 La Fête foraine de Scarborough (La Version complète)
 
      For the medieval English poet and Simon and Garfunkel 
-	In admiration -

Allez-vous à Scarborough fête foraine ?
(Sur la côte d'une...

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"I am a rock                               ...

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I must admit that the subject of 'favorite artist' causes me to pause.                      ...

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Carlo Santana's Black Magic Woman,
in the 60's and 70's gave magic to his 
band.. 

Drugs were part of this movement it's
fair to say. Getting high for many, 
while listening to their music, was the
common way

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You have a living song in you that no one else can sing like you.                    ...

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It’s funny how each generation thinks their music is the best
that the songs of their youth are the best songs…
and how each generation knows that they are right…
and every other generations out there must be...

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We were filled with hope for peace and love in the 60’s
but how quickly that hope would decline
as our dreams and wishes turned to ashes by the end of 1969.

But 51 years ago today our...

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This scribble has nothing to do with the famous song of Simon and Garfunkel.  It's just a story I invented. 

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I bought a cottage in the middle of nowhere,
Right at the edge of the...

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We all had homemade dresses for prom; well, nearly all of us.
This was back in 1970 while black and white Viet Nam War photos were on TV
Every night, we saw such sadness.
Prom was a reminder...

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La Fête foraine de Scarborough

    For the anonymous medieval poet

and Simon & Garfunkel - in admiration

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Are You Dreaming of Winning a Race?
(After "Scarborough Fair" by Simon and Garfunkle)

Are you dreaming of winning a race,
Harley, Sym, Suzuki, Triumph!
Find sweet success when you win the great chase.
You once flew like the wind...

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thick hair, no hair, wow
young man, then older man now ...
it snuck up on us





3/18/2023

Poetry form: Senryu

Photo credits:  Billion Photos via Canva Pro

At times like this, I'm drawn to the lyrics of "A Hazy...

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I watch a golden sun slowly rise above the eastern sea and my thoughts naturally drift to
her.
I wonder what she is doing, and if she ever dreams of
me.
A southern breeze gently caresses my skin and...

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All types of music appeals to me
Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the first records I brought
Can’t specify one style over another, I will listen to anything
Depends on my mood as to what type of music...

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I read the news today oh boy(  beatles a day in the life))
about America from across the sea
bridge  over troubles waters (Simon & Garfunkel)
but  it never use to be
was always ‘a wonderful...

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In the ocean of my sleep stars glow like fragile seeds
and I sail across the celestial tranquil black sky
where silence is hanging sublime
and I fall through this dark warm dream
my hair a flowing river
and I...

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In a loose constrict
In what I am doing here
It occurs to me
A commonality
Between a Cat Lassie
And a Potter sometimes in a Frock.
 
It must be understood
The different characteristics
Of admire, aspire and inspire.
 
The inventor of...

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If I've failed to make it clear before, perhaps you've never known
you'll share my shoulder in your storm, I'll lean against yours, too
I should have told you long ago, or did you always know?
A harbor's...

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He’s ambling toward me and his lips move
I pick up my pace, the distance to remove

Moving ever closer, still can’t hear his voice
So much seems distorted in a world of white noise

Bikers trek loudly o’er...

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Song, Copter Over My Roof, to be sung to the tune
of 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters', Simon And Garfunkel


I see eeriness               ...

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Read to the tune ("The Sounds of Silence") by Simon & Garfunkel

Hello nighttime my old friend, the sun is setting once again
Because the darkness is slowly creeping
I start to snore and the wife is steaming
I...

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My little town is surrounded with green.
The sound of silence shines through the trees' windows.
Our grass grows higher than a trampoline.
Moss patterns bring laughter between streets' shadows.

The sound of silence shines through the trees' windows.
A...

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Hello darkness, my old friend
Just when my heart is on the mend
I realize I’ve built walls
And no one listens to my calls

When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found
Walls close in, I’ve had enough
I...

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“Close your eyes and think of me” the end is almost near
We’ve stood together righta along through for oh so many years
The kid has gone, I lost your hand, yet, I see us, oh so...

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In the darkness of silence, words are formed but no one speaks
In my dream, I am told, of the dangers of silence, accepted 
I can’t shake the feeling of trepidation
That no one cares and I...

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