Ritchie Poems

As little Richie rages

There's was a wager..' caused his raging.) Richie is jumping
On his stagings..Running round corridors of twitching
Curtains and talking walls.' He's madness knows no
Cageing..Wait..! till his kippers arn't poached?? Just rightly..! 
There'll be' an anger most unseemly..!! Just to put it
Keenly.' Emerging; emergency perspective of this little Ritchie; to me.!

Keep Boppin

He hopped and bopped across the charts to the top
Until a tragic crop landing put him to a stop 

Performed Chantilly lace for pretty faces
Chase young aces through melodical paces

Love notes in rock’n’roll quotes for youth emotes
Giddy nervous gulping throats in pink petticoats

Crooned bee bop tunes of teenage moon
As new love bloomed in first kiss swoon

It went so wrong, the piece that didn’t belong
Songs we sing along to keep a legacy strong

Feelin’ fine in fame prime until end of the line
The great music that defined, declined in 1959

Keep rockin’ with Ritchie and boppin’ with Buddy
To nifty fifty’s charisma, a music history to study

Celebrity Commonness

What sad fate does all of these celebrities likely have in common?

Aaliyah
Aaron Hernandez
Abraham Lincoln
Amy Winehouse
Anna Nicole Smith
Bob Marley
Brandon Lee
Brittany Murphy
Bruce Lee
Buddy Holly
Christopher Wallace - Notorious B.I.G.
Elvis Presley
Frank Zappa
George Washington
Gianni Versace
Grace Kelly
Heath Ledger
Jeffrey Epstein
Jim Morrison
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Rivers
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
John Lennon
John Todd
King Leopold II of Austria
Kobe Bryant
Kurt Cobain
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lou Reed
Malcolm X
Marilyn Monroe
Martin Luther King Jr
Michael Jackson
Otis Redding
Paul Walker
Pope John Paul I
Prince
Princess Diana
Ritchie Valens
Robert F. Kennedy
Robin Williams
Sam Cooke
Seth Rich
Stanley Kubrick
The Big Bopper
Tupac Shakur
Vince Foster
Whitney Houston
XXXTentacion

Lady In Nobility

R-egards
I-n
T-imely
C-omposition
H-appily
I-mplement
E-uphoric

M-essage
A-bout
E-ventful

B-irthday
A-s
L-ady
I-n
N-obility
Q-uietly
U-ndetstands
I-nspiring
T-heme

Topic: Birthday of Ritchie Mae Balinquit (March 25) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

In Collaboration With the Stars At the Oakland Airport Hilton Inn

The Isley Brothers, The Chi-Lites, Four Tops
The Emotions (Flowers)
Roberta Flack (The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)
Jane Fonda
Elvis
Stars...
Lulu (To Sir With Love)
Paul Le Mat (American Grafitti)
Suzanne Sommers
Mackenzie Phillips, Aretha Franklin
Manuel Padilla Jr. as Jai (Kid in Tarzan series)
Harrison Ford
Ron Howard
U2
Cher
Heat Wave
Commodores
The Jackson Five
The Pointer Sisters, The Righteous Brothers
Sidney Portier, Lionel Ritchie
Justin Trudeau (8 years old)
Marvin Gaye
Lou Rawls
More...
Pam Grier
Barry White
The Three Degrees (When Will I See You Again)
Al Green, Rose Royce, The Main Ingredients

***Hotel where I worked with Tom Hanks and countless celebrity interactions...

Date: 08/27/2019

Hello

'Hello ~ is it me you’re looking for'
To me these words my love would sing
when on my doorbell he would ring
Oh such a glorious greeting
after many years together 
With the endless love we had
There would never be another
He truly was my one and only 
My darling penny lover
Whilst running with the night
We were dancing on the ceiling
As iconic Lionel sang our songs
Together dancing all night long

What I would give to hear once more
my lover’s voice come through my door
Gently singing ~ 'Hello ~ is it me you’re looking for'....

Written 14th January 2019
Competition: Hello
Sponsor: Silent One
2nd Place

Such sweet memories I will cherish forever as we danced together to the romantic, evocative,
and unforgettable lyrics of Lionel Ritchie...

Contest Strand Pick A
Sponsor Brian Strand 
1st PLACE

Double Dutch

During the past weeks I’ve been having mental leaks,
Over situations
Can’t force anyone to eat,
I even had to question my manhood
It was too easy for me to weep,
Struggling with extreme discomfort
It’s like having sores under my feet.

Tried very hard but the willingness couldn’t meet,
And now I’m viewing it through the rear,
Where did I go wrong?
Did I actually go wrong?
Can’t seem to get an answer
Same old song
Being pushed to the curb
All night long
Lionel Ritchie,
I preferred if she danced on the ceiling
Rather than see me here
Then attempt to skip me.

Double Dutch
Jumping around the main issues,
Take a second
Can you put yourself in my shoes?
Am I over reacting?
Or simply too dumb to take cues?
It’s hard for me to sit idle while watching you lose
That ******** you claim it’s not an excuse
You are a project for abuse
Your aura is becoming loose
I hear you loud and clear
I should have known what to do.

A Walk In Winter

Twin, silver cathedral bells, sway and chime.
As every note peals out, clear and sublime.

No winds blow through the sky, this silent night.
The peaceful heavens, filled with a celestial light.

Arm in arm, down the icy lane we do walk.
Heart to heart, our souls they seem to talk.

A pair of happy cardinals, one red, one gold.
Go bobbing through the snow, so white, so cold.

Along the hillside, stands rows of frosted pine.
The fields, blanketed in diamonds, a vision divine.

Couples, young and old, seated in horse-drawn sleighs.
Making new memories, and reminiscing their by-gone days.

Nestled so close together, like two turtledoves.
All bundled up, with warm scarves and gloves.

Amongst white winter lands, we two do wander.
While our light hearts, are growing ever fonder.




Written for Isaiah Zerbst's contest - "Let It Snow-12 Paintings of Winter"
This poem was inspired by the painting-"Christmas Day" by John Ritchie

One Day

As I sip on aged Cognac
swirling in circular sadness,
contained within cup made
of broken stained glass memories,
I witness.

Witnessing Cloud 9’s silhouette
surround this glued enigma.

Lionel Ritchie was the rock for this moment’s bliss.

“Truly in love,
with
you.”

Emanating across cathedral uncertainty,
breaking its glass.

This was a celebration of priceless Silver.
A currency only earned by the Philanthropists of Love.

Creating justifiable fantasies
with attainable dreams.

It was amor, maintained.

While I sip on Cognac’s remnants,
mixed with retina’s loneliness,
dripping
downwards
with smile craving soul-pack solution,
I exhale.

In “Deep Sigh” Symphony: No. 9.

With my ventricle chambers
kissing subconscious on forehead,
in preparation for dream come true.

Because one day,
that will
be
me.

© Drake J. Eszes

Freedom #25 Angel Card

Freedom! always hear 
ritchie havens shout it out
always makes me smile


* #25 angel card

Car Ride

Ritchie Valens sings our way to the country,
Filling the aerostar with boogie woogie.
Ocassionally Pops eyes appear in
The rear view mirror,
Staring intently at us but,
Sidel never notices,
Eyes sunken into Stephen King Novels.
Annoyingly to my mother I fiddle 
With flimsy headphones,
Duct taping them at every
Fall from my ears.
“She yells “Carter! One more move and I’ll chuck this at you!”
The browning apple in her hand, 
Gripping it like a hammer.
Pops eyes in the rear view mirror again, so
Throwing on the old yellow blanket to hideout with myself
I beg for “Donna” to turn off, but
Mother is always ready to begin it again.
Donna where can you be, where can you be?
As the car shuffles, I notice,
Oh Donna isn’t a love song.

Nichole Ritchie

shimmer,go plastic
bombastic lover of choice
my voice quakes,we wait

Jennings

(Dedicated to Waylon Jennings who died February 13, 2002.)

You were the balladeer in the movie 'Moon runners' that was made in the 
seventies.
Several years later you became the balladeer in the Dukes of Hazzard on TV.
You guest starred in an episode of Married with children sometime in the 
nineties.
You were a fantastic singer and I'm sure that most everyone agrees.
When you died, the music industry suffered a great loss.
You would've died in 1959 if you had won that coin toss.
Ritchie Valens won and he died in that plane crash instead of you.
You cheated death in 1959 but you weren't so lucky in 2002.
People loved you and they knew that you were a credit to the human race.
You were famous for years and now you're in a better place.

A Heaven For Musicians

There has to be a heaven for musicians
A place for old singers to go
Their music still touches our lives
As they did years ago
Ray Charles transcended music type
From country to rock to blues
Ritchie Valens was only seventeen
When his death hit the morning news
Jim Croce sang about Leroy Brown
While Nillson would croon Without You
Janis Joplin would make you rock
And Stevie Ray would make you blue
I still watch old Ozzie and Harriet shows
Just to hear Ricky Nelson sing
Harry Chapin took his last Taxi ride
And Elvis is still the king
John sang of peace and love
While George's guitar would gently weep
Conway's music wasn't Make Believe
I hear their music in my sleep
John Denver's in the Rocky Mountains High
And Del Shannon seeks his Runaway
Rainy Days and Mondays made Karen sigh
While Otis sat On the Dock of the Bay
Jimi Hendrix played the meanest guitar
Roy's voice couldn't get any higher
Bobby Darin searched Beyond the Sea
And Jim Morrison said Light My Fire
There has to be a Heaven for musicians
For all those who have paid their dues
Where the music will live forever
From rock n' roll to rhythm and blues.

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