Rhyme Music Poems

Take your hands off my new strings

Your greasy finger's on my bow

I can play me by myself 

So now it's time to up and blow

I'm...

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Naivete' gets in the way of what can go wrong.
Youth have a way of dancing to every love song.
In early years I had no fears,...

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Look out on the music these days,
there ain’t a whole lot to say,
techno makes me feel dead inside,
dub-step, just get out of my way.
Hip-hop just...

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As good
as they got
Clapton
Allman and Page
Their music
still borrowed
the Delta
on stage

Technique
in the offing
devoid
of the pain
As juke joints
and crop shares
sing out
— in refrain

(The New Room: August, 2025)
...

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Sitting on a napkin or plate,
they cause my two eyes to dilate,
and there the silent ringing sound,
the sweetest not heard, the world round. 
Can you...

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Play that Saxophone for me, play a sweet Melody
Play the keys so smoothly , let the music sing for me.
As i close my eyes I...

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Some folks say Dylan writes a good song,
but it's ruined by an ugly voice. 
That's an opinion, so can't be wrong,  
but I wouldn't...

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The poem below mirrors the tribute featured in the video  (click the YouTube tab above to view). It was created by a dear friend...

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Send me a pillow that you dream on, standing on the corner in a tuxedo suit
Dean Martin is a hero, and a singer to boot
Memories...

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"As the greatest of all poets and musicians,
tho' you may call me 'liar',
Hermes may have invented it
but I perfected the lyre
and with my music and...

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A bell tolls — with a single chime.
Igniting the spell of dawn’s regret.
It halts the breath, suspends all time,
Foreboding with threats you can't forget.

You flinch—one...

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Classical is from the Middle Ages
in the mid-1940's we had Bebop
a fast-tempo 19th / 20th century Jazz
then along came Doo-wop
with group harmonies
the 50's brought us...

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It's raining outside, but l don't mind
lets put on the music, and a glass of wine
lets shut the door, lets shut off the world
yes ,...

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In California, in the year nineteen thirty-nine,
at Culver City, a movie studio was fine.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer was the largest company.
They produced the best motion pictures...

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what sounds good isn’t always good 
the tunes,the beat, the rhythm 
all could be the work of the enemy 

guard your heart by what you...

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