Home » Poems » Nilsson

Nilsson Poems

Chicken -- after Harry Nilsson

...Me and my chicken 
Won't take a lickin'
Whenever he crows
Everyone knows it's
Me and my chicken.

Me and my chicken
Our hearts are tickin'
Cluckin' and pickin'
Here in the thicken 
We keep ...

Categories: nilsson, animal, farm, friendship, funny,
Form: Lyric

The Tragic Cost

...The genius of Robin Williams,
the prescience of Harry Nilsson
The magic of Brian Wilson,
the artistry of Nina Simone
Celebrity robbed them of their greatest gift,
the most treasured one of all
...

Categories: nilsson, art,
Form: Rhyme

Without You One Liner Contest

...You broke my heart left it in tatters, now you’re gone nothing else matters.

One of my favourite songs – Without You By Harry Nilsson
Contest:
Sponsor: Silent One

12~13~15

Categories: nilsson, absence, heartbroken, lost love,
Form: Monoku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Music To My Ears

...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 musi...

Categories: nilsson, me, music, nostalgia,
Form: Abecedarian

Without You

...Loosely based on the words of one of my all time favourite songs ‘Without you’ by Harry Nilsson


Well I can’t forget this evening 
Or my face as you were leaving
Well I held you there but then I let...

Categories: nilsson, humorous, loss,
Form: Rhyme

If I Remember You

...If I feel your heavenly touch in the flutter of a swan
You will know that my passion for you has never been withdrawn

If I see your sweet face in the blue sea we traveled upon
Such magic wil...

Categories: nilsson, husband, memory,
Form: Couplet

Without You

...that first breath after hearing Beethoven
inhaling life from him
John’s many gifts to me

feeling his tears at La Boheme
hearing him laugh at Carmen
sharing the shock of a trembling...

Categories: nilsson, husband,
Form: Free verse

Do You Remember Dancing Along To Harry

...Do you remember?
When first we met
When we were set up
By our so called friends
Tony and Gwen,
Who quickly abandoned us?
A quick introduction
Then they were gone
Leaving us with each other
H...

Categories: nilsson, lovedance, music, dance, music,
Form: I do not know?

Without John

...lost in the twilight hours
             the twilight years
longing for the past

a closet door opens,
             I reach inside
wrap myself in his old sweater

his Aramis scent 
             still ...

Categories: nilsson, husband
Form: Free verse