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Premium Member My Town
...Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town In my little town “My Little Town” by Paul Simon My Town I walk the streets of m......

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Categories: paul simon, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Between the Pauls
...Between the Pauls, there were some laughs From some with valued autographs And glimpses of the former staffs Of Saturday Night Live. Some old routines brought up to date, Including some just s......

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Categories: paul simon, appreciation, humor, music,
Form: Rhyme



The Kennedy Center
...The Kennedy Center is known to the world For honoring those in the arts – From Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Astaire, Whose talents top all of the charts. Sinatra, Gene Kelly, L. Bernstein, Ka......

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Categories: paul simon, art,
Form: Rhyme
Robert Sherriff - The Sound of Silence
...Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer-Actor - American Historian – Photographer- Dedicated TO Jayde Sherriff Tragic Disaster and "The Sound of Silence" This tragic disaster bring......

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Categories: paul simon, birth, childhood, children, christian,
Form: Spoken Word
Robert Sherriff The Sound of Silence
...Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer-Actor - American Historian – Photographer- Dedicated TO Jayde Sherriff Tragic Disaster and "The Sound of Silence" This tragic disaster bring......

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Categories: paul simon, abuse, addiction, america, anger,
Form: I do not know?



Sound Bites: May 28, 2024
...Dead Calm Without friction there is no motion Without motion — creation stops (Dreamsleep: May, 2024) Abeyance My pen is searching for its guitar case a place to sleep when the wr......

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Categories: paul simon, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member ANY SONG - Joseph May Contest
...Well "Hello darkness, my old friend," Time for the sea and sky to blend. Daytime work will come to an end, And now homeward bound I will wend. At night with tired workers, I b......

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Categories: paul simon, silence,
Form: Quatern
Premium Member Skylarks Call Across Light of Morning
...Skylarks Call Across Light of Morning 1-11-23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skylarks Call Across Light of Morning “Skylarks call across morning light” ......

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Categories: paul simon, bird, care, love, morning,
Form: Quatern
Premium Member The Endless River Flows
...("Gravity's Rainbow", 2017, original encaustic) The Endless River Flows Everywhere sheep being led to slaughter Everywhere the innocent seduced Everywhere someone crying While another......

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Categories: paul simon, imagination, inspiration, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Time Flies
...thick hair, no hair, wow young man, then older man now ... it snuck up on us 3/18/2023 Poetry form: Senryu Photo credits: Billion Photos via Canva Pro At times like this, I'm d......

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Categories: paul simon, age, change, hair, life,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member The Wind of War
...Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains ......

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Categories: paul simon, war,
Form: Kimo
A Cold Stormy Winter's Night
...It is a cold stormy winter’s night. And the power has gone out once again! I light my candles and throw a log on my fire, The bright embers burning a rich amber as they spark. I turn up the volu......

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Categories: paul simon, happy, humorous, joy, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Jampa My Town
...Jampa further than Paris green enters the houses Otherwise Miami needs Jampa needs not say love me, mi ami PS Miami is similar to me ame , mi ami (love me......

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Categories: paul simon, allusion, analogy, creation, funny,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member The 59th Street Bridge Over Troubled Waters
...On 59th Street, there's a bridge I know where people, feeling groovy, go to walk. The sounds of silence: troubled waters flow - A homeless man cries out, "I am a rock!" Late in the evening, me an......

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Categories: paul simon, lost love, water,
Form: Sonnet
Saudade For Friends I Have Lost
...Saudade for friends I have lost as I get older I lose more people every year more people I knew have died moving on and I mourn their lost friendship wished I had been a better friend......

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Categories: paul simon, anger, angst, anxiety, death,
Form: Elegy

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