Papas Poems - Poems about Papas

Give me back the seventies

...the seventies is my go-to decade
for it is when I was my cutest
and my three daughters were born
I looked terrific in my bell bottom jeans

the edge of them had rickrack and lace
I embroidered ...

A fanta see overrides reality

...A fanta see overrides reality!

Hello?
I like to get positioned for sixty nine. 

Are you looking for a scheming, 
schlepping, and schvitzing writer? 
natural body and laid-back vibe??
I'm al...

Happy Birthday Abel Belin

...
Momma loves you
Aunty loves you
Uncle loves you
Grandma's at work or Bingo
Papas with Grandma
EVERYONE LOVES YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHI YAZHII...

Day At the Beach

...Sand and surf of Oahu.
Boogie boards and kids.
Feeling breathlessly safe.
Surrounded by friends -
strangers-in-arms safe.

Elsewhere in time and space
the beaches of Normandy
tell a different...

Pun Fun

...I went to see the "Rolling Stones"- they rocked! 
I had two tickets to see "Cher" in concert, I kept them both 
A "Moody Blues" concert got cancelled, I heard they couldn't tolerate each other 
Ne...

My Ebbing Physical Prowess and Strength

...My ebbing physical prowess and strength

noticeably decreases in one direction.

I take lock, stock and barrel 
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevail...

Laughing Into 2023

...Laughter is the shortest distance between the joker and the listener:

My friend got robbed today, they took away his girlfriend Valentine's gift. Now, he rehearsing how he will explain to his girl...

Zorba the Greek

...Zorba was a friend of mine
momentum of lunacy shine
insane shrieking lunacy
to venture to an exotic island.
Let's be free; snip the strap.

sardonic heart phratry man
Shamans are r...

The 27 Club Rocked Me

...Jimi Hendrix-Played electric guitar with his teeth and left hand
Ripped through scales, held notes, used flames on stage on command

Janis Joplin- Rolling Stone—Her cover enthral...

My Ebbing Physical Prowess and Strength Flows Away Ii

...At long last... Beatle browed 
Beastie Boys attained Nirvana
routing hellish existential crisis
courtesy Earth, Wind And Fire
rendered null and void celibate Journey
knight in shining armor
for...

Blue Sky, Why

...
"Blue Sky, Why?"

stories speak to us.
inside our heart 
is crying.

Blue Sky, Why?

why do children
holding sunflowers
watch their parents die

why do sweet childre...

Hazards

...Hazards.

Like the morning dew,
In the summer time,
I hadn't the sun but life to sue,
For its forthcoming crime.

So much time without a smile,
And when comes the time to,
Another hazard, an...

In the Heart of Appalachia

...In the heart of Appalachia 
are a people
Stigmatized and down trodden 
honestly forgotten
they will invite you over for Sunday dinner
Their hospitality unrivaled
they will tell you this history...

1960

...blue granny glasses 
bubbly lava lamp
yellow happy face
Mamas and The Papas 
Karen Carpenter
Embroidered blue jeans 
Flowered shirt for men 
Janice Joplin 
decorated Volkswagen bus 
Hip hugg...

Parental Ills

...PARENTAL ILLS

Fresh fallacy fall flat
Betwixt blenched beaux
Oldies goldies, modern crime
Lacerated denims, newish culture
Conventional crews, forgotten taws
Dearie draws near, dressed chambe...

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