Country Music Poems

Guarded by towering hills on the East 
And flanked by the Arabian Sea on the West
With its easterly shore of stretching sandy swell 
That lulls...

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Joe Bonamassa is famous for more than just guitar skills.
but as for the lovely array of ancient antiques,
His "Nerdville" house is filled with tools and...

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Gordon Lightfoot was born on Nov. 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ca.
His first concert at Massey Hall in Toronto, encouraged by his parents,
He won a contest...

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Footle of Country Bands

S**t Kickers/slide guitar
cowboys 
Stetson 

John Denver/folk music
“Thank God”
fiddler


Footle Of Rock Bands

Guitar strings/stockings
steely 
nylons

Big hair/bands
hairspray
glamour 

Roadies/Hotel
seconds
trashed rooms

Thrash/Punk Rock
Bangers
Façade



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Dear Mother, 

Happy Birthday, Mom. 
All your children are here today..
and we are celebrating your exemplary life! 
What a turbulent but amazing journey it was, Mommy! 

You grew up in...

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Seventy years since he died
An artist with so much to give
A talented, troubled man
But his music still lives.
He used simple words
So easy to understand
Presented to...

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As a baby we first hear music as a lovely lullaby,
in loving arms as we are rocked to sleep.
As a toddler we learn to dance...

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From the Pearl of the Orient
A name was born without dent
A laureate in reticence
A paradigm beyond silence

Composer, poet and lyricist
Over four thousand songs on his...

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Have these people thought that someone from this country is dying today and the dying and the killing will continue tomorrow and the day after...

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Above the old ruined country pub on Fiddlers Lane,
Hangs the sign 'Fiddler and Frog' below the Weathervane,
Where Freddie the famous Fiddler once performed, I quote,
Until...

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When I open your book of life,                  ...

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I grew up with Country music
Loved its simple themes
It’s been my constant joy
For ever or so it seems.
Bobby Bare’s on the Bose
Singing a tear jerking...

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In my mournful country ballad I wrote
My heart's achin' like a giraffe with a sore throat
But when folks hear giraffe
They just throw things and laugh
Somehow...

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  From pirouettes to guitar frets
    ballet to country crooners

  Enchanted elegance poached
    by bluegrass sand-duners...

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Country not so much. 
But I appreciate it still.
Rock & Roll will never die.
It has big shoes to fill.

Hip hop comes with energy.
Makes me want...

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