Quincy Poems

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, Kazan
And Benny and Lena and Merce,
Ray Charles, Lucille Ball, Isaac Stern and George Burns,
The list both profound and diverse.

Belafonte and Ailey and Hepburn and Peck,
Gillespie and Sondheim, the Who;
Aretha and Dylan and Kander and Ebb,
Judith Jamison, Chuck Berry, too.

Baryshnikov, Quincy, Paul Simon and Cash,
Warren Beatty, James Taylor and Cher;
Tina Turner and Spielberg and Barbra and Tharp,
Yo Yo Ma, Dustin Hoffman – all there.

Al Pacino and Elton, De Niro and Streep,
Lily Tomlin, Santana and Sting;
LL Cool J and Reba and Joni, Mel Brooks,
Lionel, Dick Van Dyke, Carole King.

There are more I’ve not mentioned, but going ahead,
It is going to be quite a shock
When the Kennedy Center will honor, perhaps,
Village People or maybe Kid Rock.

Oh, I fear for this country in so many ways
And it feels we’ve been stabbed in our hearts
With the Kennedy Center now being run
By a man with no stake in the arts.

Calling Us Home

With only twelve keys
the music commands
Some white and some black
their harmony grand 

Scoring the melody
eternal and free
Whether Quincy or Frank,
Prince, Peggy, or me

Heaven the audience
Angels out front
Truth for a drummer
Sandalphon conducts

All time in abeyance
the chorus in song
Both gates swinging open
—the silence is gone  

(The New Room: April, 2023)

DAYS OF OLD 70's

  Do you recall?
Felix the cat,
Or Taxi and Kojak.

Fantasy Island and 
Starsky and Hutch.
Monty Python and
The Brady bunch.

   Saturday cartoons and
Mission impossible.
 Batman and The Streets 
of San Francisco.

   Cling and Clang on H R
Puff n stuff.
   All in the family and 
Eight is enough.

   The Osmonds and 
Sonny and Cher.
   Quickdraw Mc Draw and
Yogi Bear.

   Josie and the Pussycats
And the jetsons.
   Green acres and 
Petticoat junction.

   Mel's Diner and
Dick van dyke.
   Columbo and
 McMillan and wife.

   Police woman and
Hawaii 5.0.
   Soul Train and
 the Cosby show.

   Underdog and
Scooby doo.
   Dragnet and 
Kung fu.

   Dr Marcus Welby 
M.D.
   A radio station named
WKRP.

   Chips and
 Quincy M.E.
   Flip Wilson and
The Partridge family.

   Sweat hogs on welcome
Back Kotter.
   The Hulk, and the 
Courtship of Eddie's father.

   The facts of life and
Bob Newhart.
   Chico and the man and
Get smart.

   Nova and the Rockford
Files.
   Dallas and love American
Style. 

     Turbo1904?

Calling Us Home

With only twelve keys
the music commands
Some white and some black
their harmony grand 

Scoring the melody
eternal and free
Whether Quincy or Frank,
Prince, Peggy, or me

Heaven the audience
 Angels out front
Truth for a drummer
Sandalphon conducts

All time in abeyance
the chorus in song
Both gates swinging open
—the silence is gone  

(The New Room: April, 2023)

Chintzy In Quincy

A staid old art collector in Quincy
dotes on cats but with people is chintzy
He willed old shoes to his wife
and to his son a jackknife
His tabby got a Monet and Da Vinci

Written 2/13/22

Easy To Teach

We once had a miniature poodle
Quincy Adams his registered name
We were quite proud of our small pet
As part of the family he became

While walking Quincy one spring day
We met a man who worked with us
Obviously taken with Quincy
He couldn't raise enough of a fuss

He said he'd love to have a dog
But when teaching them was the goal
They would hike their leg every time
He couldn't teach them proper control

I told him, "Poodles are really smart,"
"Teaching them is not hard to do!"
He said, "Maybe, but I have to wonder,"
"Because he is peeing on your shoe!"

One Hundred Ways

cheer your sweetheart's days
being cool won’t keep love warm
find one hundred ways

9/8/19

Quincy Jones / James Ingram - One Hundred Ways (1981)

Sing Me A Senryu Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Maureen McGreavy

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, our Sixth President,

     to meet with Mole People, planned a descent

down to the center of Earth where they stayed.

     Left office too soon...expedition not made.


January 23, 2019


For: Educate Me With Humor - Leader Clerihew Poetry Contest
       Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich


"John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) American diplomat and 
Sixth President of the United States of America 1825-1829.  
No doubt U.S. presidents use their position of power to do
some strange things, but John Quincy Adams just may win
the award for the weirdest appropriation of tax dollars. 
Believe it or not, John Quincy Adams, our Sixth President, 
authorized an expedition to the center of the Earth to search 
for the mole people who he believed inhabited the bowels 
of the planet."

Link: https://historydaily.org/the-president-and-the-mole-people

Is Parcae Crimsom, Thy Newly Found Treasure

Is Parcae Crimsom, Thy Newly Found Treasure
( In Tribute to Thomas De Quincy, Suspiria de Profundis)


Why hast thee sojourned in Kingdom of Sorrows
rejected hope and promises of tomorrows?
Eyes happily closed, to life's future offers
instead choosing bitter gems from dark coffers.

Does thy joy reside in deep grief and despair
love became bad and ill winds suddenly fair?
Why seek Levana and her tribulations
over that of beauty and love relations?

Is Parcae crimsom, thy newly found treasure
soul blinded, heart so cut it can not measure?
Dare not cry, the Graces have abandoned thee
when mortal life yet breathes and thy will still free!

Hope and Love existed, when Muses where but three
both were sailing as one, as are ships to sea.
Each one gaily playing trumpet, harp or lute
sure of man's learning and Neptune's salute.

Bow not, to kingdoms from unworldly caverns
nor embrace darkness, its chaotic patterns.
Return intact, with faith in mortal living
walk away from epic pain and misgivings.

Robert J. Lindley, 6-14-2017

NOTES: ( In Tribute to Thomas De Quincy, "Suspiria de Profundis")

Versification of Psalm 62

In the manner of President John Quincy Adams


My inmost soul will serve my God.
He is my sure defense.
He's my salvation and my rock.
I'll not be greatly moved.

Those men who plot for my demise
Are like a leaning wall.
They tumble as a tott'ring fence.
My God will slay them all.

Some men conspire to overthrow;
No words they say are true.
They bless me, speaking to my face, 
But in their hearts, they curse.

My inmost soul will serve my God,
My future is with Him.
My savior, rock and sure defense,
I'll not be greatly moved.

(Can be sung to the tune AMAZING GRACE or AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.)

Presidents' Day

Schools are closed, there is no mail
And stores hold special sales.
To honor our first president,
That’s what this day entails.

Though technically, our 16th prez
Is celebrated, too.
To make a Monday holiday,
That’s what they chose to do.

The 40-something other men
Who served the USA
As presidents were not awarded
Their own special day.

So sorry Adams, Jefferson,
James Madison, Monroe,
John Quincy Adams, Jackson
And Van Buren – all are no.

Poor Harrison and Tyler,
Polk and Taylor, Pierce and Grant,
Fillmore, Johnson and Buchanan,
Hayes and Garfield – no, you can’t.

Arthur, Cleveland and McKinley,
Harrison and Teddy R.,
Taft and Wilson, Harding, Coolidge,
Hoover, also FDR…

Truman, Eisenhower, JFK,
LBJ and Nixon, Ford,
Carter, Reagan, both the Bushes
And Bill Clinton – not on board.

Last, no day off for Obama.
As to he who’s right now serving,
I can’t think of anyone who might
Be any less deserving.

Mysterious

Mysterious,
he was
with much
to give, 
The proof
change
is possible 
while torment
and tradgidies 
show their 
negative face, 
That's our reality 
as we spin 
through space 
experiencing 
a common plain,
All these words
giving perception
to our experience
spiraling 
and colliding 
inside our head,
Spirit, the soul and our intellect, 
Detecting Ancient Wise Knowledge,
Consciousness communicating
through thought
having much to say,
Discovering Art, 
Hand gesture, 
Symbols 
and numerical digits,
Information legit?
A generation 
with knowledge 
at our finger tips 
but most 
don't choose 
this path, 
Wasted time by design 
manufactured from concepts
concieved from 
cause 
and effect,
Study this 
and have it become 
part of your being,
Also used by evil 
bringing negative 
interactions 
so be aware,
Come up 
with new ideas,
Positive with
productive growth
the imagination
is a funny thing...

Quincy Mac
Date Written: 20.1.2017

When Clarity Visits

When clarity visits 
go with it,
Write quick
and don't twist it, 
As you already know,
Our minds
are like the wind, 
Conditioned knowing failure,
Easily blown away,
In many ways... 
Modern distractions 
distracting almost everyone, 
So many settle, 
Stagnant 
like raw metal, 
Till that day 
you stand up tall, 
Focusing on 
cause 
and effects,
The path 
of crafting
ya craft,
Let's try this...
Why not?

Quincy Mac
Date Written: 15.1.2017

Auto Pilot

Everybody giving energy to their phones, 
Devices like drones 
accessing areas unknown, 
Technology advances, 
so do concepts that are grown, 
No matter the intentions,
Shall it be good or bad,
You are your master 
and destination, so choose wisely,
Positive production 
with a meaningful purpose,
Those pasture fields with
seeds sown and well nurtured, 
Very thirsty in nature,
Wise knowledge 
bringing real growth,
But most the time 
we are in a routine 
on auto pilot, 
So let this be seen...

Quincy Mac
@Story_Rhymes

Date Written: 15.1.2017

Throwing the Dice Nicely

Throwing the dice nicely 
where I want it, 
Plummeting to the surface hitting 
earth with lightning, 
Creating fire, 
Igniting higher desires 
sparking light within a chosen few,
Multi dimensional beings
who 
aim for a target you can not see,
Ya focused on strategically placed distractions unseen,
Living within dreams 
originating from occultist schemes,
So choose ya team wisely 
in this world of lies,
Legit allies of a special kind...

Quincy Mac
Instagram: Story Rhymes
Date Written: 18.12.2016

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