Long Paul simon Poems

*Image of Paul Simon SNL by Giphy.

Simple Simon

Simple Simon the blessed pieman,
Woke up fresh as the day began,
Busy cooking, his wife named Anne,
Made his breakfast in a saucepan,

Enjoyed eating his plate of flan,
Simple Simon the...

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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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The problem really isn’t our society 
The answer’s easy if you take responsibility 
Id like to have you fired if it were a possibility 
There must be fifty ways lose a teacher 

He said I...

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On 59th Street, there's a bridge I know
where people, feeling groovy, go to walk.
The sounds of silence: troubled waters flow -
A homeless man cries out, "I am a rock!"
Late in the evening, me and Julio
down...

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Saudade for friends I have lost

as I get older
I lose more people
every year

more people I knew
have died moving on 
and I mourn their lost friendship

wished I had been 
a better friend for them
and knew them...

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("Gravity's Rainbow", 2017, original encaustic)

The Endless River Flows

Everywhere sheep being led to slaughter
Everywhere the innocent seduced
Everywhere someone crying
While another looking up 
Into open skies
As unspoken questions arise unbidden

These are the times of change and revelation
As...

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Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town
In my little town
“My Little Town” by Paul Simon



My Town
I walk the streets of my...

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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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with the corona virus upon us
I am bracing to hear the news
that so and so has died

I reflect back
on all the people in my life
that I have already lost

part of being older
is that you lose...

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Skylarks Call Across Light of Morning 1-11-23  
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Skylarks Call Across Light of Morning

“Skylarks call across morning light”
After cold quiet stills laughter
In the deep shafts of ebony
Matins roll away stubborn stones.

Daylight spins on dawning’s spread...

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“Couple in the next room
Bound to win a prize
They’ve been going at it all night long”
While I’m sitting here alone
To no one’s surprise
That’s a common theme in my life’s song

“Well I’m running down the road...

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Dead Calm

Without friction
there is no motion
Without motion
— creation stops

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)


Abeyance

My pen is searching
for its guitar case
a place to sleep
when the writing’s done

To rest in the dark  
between flowing moments
of what might be coming...

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Scott Joplin, Paul Simon and the Beatles pop,
The Stones, Dire Straits and, Yes & ZZ Top.
Bob Dylan plays his heart out, Northern Soul,
Rod Stewart, The Traveling Wilburys do their stuff,
And as if that isn't enough,...

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You wiped away your tears
You looked so sad and all alone
I guessed it was bad news
When you cast aside your mobile phone

Come sit by my side
use my shoulder to cry on,
When life issues get us...

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We hardly remember the truth
Victims of the Great Forgetting
We hardly recognize that history is popular culture
A screenplay of the past written by the victor

We joke George Washington 
Is the Father of our country
Both Literally and...

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Springsteen has his Jersey girls,
But I don’t belong there.
When Bon Jovi takes the stage,
I would just feel wrong there.

Randy Newman’s songs are great
And I love Paul Simon.
Billy Joel does justice to
His lyrics’ perfect rhymin’.

Carole King...

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Well "Hello darkness, my old friend,"

Time for the sea and sky to blend.

Daytime work will come to an end,

And now homeward bound I will wend.



At night with tired workers, I blend.

Well "Hello darkness, my old...

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Jampa further  than Paris
        green enters the houses
        Otherwise Miami needs
        Jampa needs...

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Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer-Actor - American Historian – Photographer- Dedicated TO Jayde Sherriff

Tragic Disaster and "The Sound of Silence"

This tragic disaster brings to mind Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel's haunting...

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Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer-Actor - American Historian – Photographer- Dedicated TO Jayde Sherriff

Tragic Disaster and "The Sound of Silence"

This tragic disaster brings to mind Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel's haunting...

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Between the Pauls, there were some laughs
From some with valued autographs
And glimpses of the former staffs
Of Saturday Night Live.

Some old routines brought up to date,
Including some just second-rate,
Performed to help to celebrate
What’s managed to survive.

Paul...

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“Hello darkness, my old friend”
Your song fills my head again

I can’t escape Paul Simon
Words lift me like a sermon

I travel with him to Graceland
Years are “slip-sliding away”

Years pass, he says we’re crazy
Wasted youth; I was...

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Behind the walls I hear the sound
Of someone’s loud TV.
I’m rarely in this room, by day,
So it won’t bother me.

But it reminds me that we live
Connected, side by side,
With only hints of others’ lives
That snatches...

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"yesterday's song" 

yesterday's song continuously plays
it starts and ends in the same way

I'm still waiting for tomorrow's song
telling me hope is near and strong

somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow
I finally hear the music of today
a tune...

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