Music Memorial Day Poems

Christopher Plummer, an icon of silver screen,
most elegant of actors there has ever been,
be it the Sound of music or King Lear on stage,
Your exceptional...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Ego forms into a spoke
person's vocation
As eco-political wisdom
flowers in a wheel.

Ego
is to left brain dominance
as eco-habitat
is to interdependent
elder
right hemisphere prominence.

Ego
is to internal wealth
as cooperative Eco-nomics
is...

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Noor* of Taj Mahal, jeweled in red stone 
 death or love, tranquil oasis alone
 rich jasper and jade hanging on its walls
 in cold...

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Lili Marlene

In times of war, love can subdue cynical adversaries
(Men separated from their vocation, now filled with hatred)
And quell the beast inside their misdirected hearts,
And...

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Respect was Aretha’s request
Every good soul deserves the best
She lived her life
Pure and right
Ever honest and true
Creating music for me and you
To celebrate her life...

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I hear the sound of gun shot
and music.
Patriotic music
Doom and gloom music
It's Memorial Day
My husband is glued
to the TV watching 
because his father was
blown off...

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The Upper Valley Community Band gathered in Norwich, VT to play,
For the annual Memorial Day Parade to commemorate the day.
Band members piled on the truck...

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A bent knee ...

Cloaked in black nylon, a briny drop from
The smooth cheek, contingent baptism
For a closed hand, it's precious cargo,

Now consecrated by circumstance and
Fate,...

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Away from the sun to the horizon
flaming road
Lamps with different colors and sizes
Different group of people
Came out of the house
In the thick midnight
Anyway, male or...

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"Somewhere over the rainbow we'll play", is baby Ella's clarion call,
 Doting Aunt agrees and starts with La Ti Do Re Mi Fa Sol,
 Tiny...

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It was the summer - August 4
When England joined the First World War
1914 the very year
Before wives and children shed their bitter tears

‘The war to...

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Auntie

In her lofty ways, she was always
the best example of
the stars out-shining the moon.

Her ways of doing things always
correct and proper
she was a student of...

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MEMORIAL DAY – 1935 (a child’s view)

The City
Giant buildings against a clear, blue, morning sky
And the black-tar street flying by beneath his feet

Cars
Old cars ...

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