Otis Poems - Poems about Otis

This article is about the underground lyricist and outlaw musician. For other uses, see Zoltan Goliath, Brent Scorn, Lydia Fox, C. Günter Marrow, Elzbieta Bienga (disambiguation). Otis (Trench Mouth) Trench was born with pneumonia in a black-rain steel town in Third World, Pennsylvania. He was not expected to survive and received Last Rites. His unction was...

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One of my favourite songs is Miss Otis Regrets As songwriting goes it's as good as it gets So many versions of this most wonderful song Some singers do it right others do it wrong Van the Man did a version and that was okay A jazz version by Nat is better some would say Lady singers sing and sang...

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i worked on a bay dock hotter than sin but in the winter warmth was remembrance but i never forgot what confused consumed me that i thought that which would be me and please beam me up Scotty only to hear i've no control Captain you are going to be a molecular jigsaw puzzle of one thousand pieces to be put back together again Humpty Dumpty but was this puzzle before or after the fall...

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There are milestones I’ll never remember, and one of them may have been the first time the notes kissed my ears. Or were they her lips? She taught me which songs were worth it, and I know the words to almost all of them. Learning anything when you are young is a great blessing. Although the body doesn’t, I...

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Mary Morse demanded a horse "Give me a horse I say! I want a damned horse You'll get it of course Tomorrow is my birthday!" Mary was scary and very specific "The horse that you get me must be terrific And only ten inches tall So I can take her to school in my bag She won't have to live in a stall." "A ten...

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Dear sweet Otis, Days regrettably went by when I didn't see you, You passed away too soon. Playing fetch in heaven now, But still with me somehow. My sweet puppy, The mornings are empty, They feel more lonely, Cause you don't wake up beside me. A boy and his dog once chased the sunset. We were together and unified. Our last month happy in July. Until Angels...

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Oh hail the common man! He’s something of a novelty. Never has he asked for much. Some people call him Hillbilly. Watch, remember, celebrate His coveralls are washed in lye Then pinned upon a line to dry. From rural soil his children sprout. They’re raised on beans and sauerkraut. Warp, weft, seam and weave All for peace and love proclaim, Have mercy on a peaceful man! Of...

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NO ONE KNEW OTIS (New story about Otis) There's a window over there And a man sits in an easy chair Warmth radiates from the comfortable scene But outside there's s snow storm quite mean Ice hangs in patches from branches and fences Against such weather there are no defenses But on close inspection one would notice Under the man's...

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Here's to Elisha Graves Otis that stupendous innovator, Who gave us all a lift in life by inventing the elevator. Due to Elisha's creative skill and general know-how, The ups and downs of life we can truly experience now! Robert L....

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“Miss Otis Regrets she’s unable To Lunch Today” He tried to dance a tango; but she preferred a waltz; He served a new fandango; but she cures her meats in salts. When the lady got her stockings; in some kind of bunch; The fellow took them off for her; and served them up for lunch. So he rolled it in...

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