Music Ode Poems

Fearless is the busker
Who sings and plays guitar
Relaxing and melodic
En route to be a star.
An effortless performance
Such quality on display
The ambience uplifting
To brighten up this...

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A couple are wed
At a tiny chapel
On a country road
The guest are waiting 
Outside to congratulate

The guest gather outside
only the wedding party
Are allowed inside
For the...

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I.

Eros walked slowly through the forestland,
   Near Mount Olympus, in the soft twilight.
By his side, he held his bow in his hand,
 ...

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Oh MSU-IIT, a campus so grand
A university that's known throughout the land
A place of learning, where knowledge abounds
A community of scholars, that truly astounds

From the...

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The writer in me says I must be,                 ...

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hello Bob
Ten grammys!
And you are a Christian!
The Times They are a Chang'n
You have an Academy award too?
Blow'n in the Wind
Your parents must be proud!...

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Falling Leaves

Falling leaves, touching the ground softly;
Why can’t love be more like falling leaves?
But when they fell on me,
They knock me off my feet,
And all...

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Drunk with the ecstasy of Divine Love
Dears emerge in union to sing praises
For victories as burdens lift and fall
Lift and fall
Drums rolling, trumpets toppling
Showing the...

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Music, Oh mysterious sprite!
Lift me to the seamless realms of delight
Your ubiquitous presence I feel; 
In the hum of crickets, in the silence of the...

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     The two greatest Jews I ever knew
       Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, a singing troubador
 ...

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Glorious lover, heartbeat of my hope
Pour out your joy on me,
Color me in hues of praise and worship
Remind me why I yearn for you
The One...

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Ode to Berkeley TBC
I grew up in Berkeley, my spiritual home. 
I grew up in the 60’s crazy time. 
No matter where in the world...

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I  cannot recall my very first place 
as a baby I did not know my home; 
a new baby's room dressed with pretty lace...

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A tale told by an idiot? Methinks
thou dost protest too much. In brevity,
the soul of wit, yet I shall be a fool,
for there are scarce...

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Joan Chandos Baez is an American singer
Eighteen years old, first of the later date 
protest folk singers
Famous before Bob Dylan!

Songwriter, musician, and activist. 
Folk music...

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