Nostalgia Roll Up Poems

dropping a shilling 
         .. in  the snug juke box
   playing   Haley...

Read More

A tune warbles from worn out speakers 
Awakening a long lost and lively spirit, 
A girl in saddle shoes, a boy in sneakers 
On a...

Read More

Missy, Suave Donnie,
and sweet Suzi Q.
Saw a rock concert,
in Seventy-Two,
No need to bother.
it was the Guess-Who.
You heard of those Dude's
They Jammed Saskatoon.

Well, they had No...

Read More

Having come of age in the late 50s and early 60s, this piece was a natural for an old fart like me - 



Until you’ve...

Read More

I've reached beyond the age of RPM records
        youthful addiction
My forty-fives tilt in a corner of the basement,
...

Read More

Went to a party
And savored the chance
To groove to some oldies
And dance, dance, dance, dance!

The theme was the 50’s;
We all dressed the part
And soon as...

Read More

I Grew Up on Country Music
When Rock and Roll was king
My friends all liked the Beatles
But, that was not my thing
I liked to hear the...

Read More

ROLL UP
I can’t go down
In time replenish
Seek refill the void
A vacuum in existence
Bungling energies crumble
Like a young seedling break
I can’t pay
That in introspects adventure relish
Of...

Read More

Six hours of viewing
(Not counting the shop)
And listening, too.
(Never wanting to stop!)

All the bands from my youth
(And their young and old selves)
Brought to life (from...

Read More

Hello Mr. Berry.
With you, I agree.
Jazz may have pizzazz.
Big bands razzmatazz.
Classical can be found.
For a long time, it’s been around.
They all sound clever.
However,
I find one...

Read More

This desk of mine is solid oak
And it’s forty-two inches wide
The sliding top has many slats
So that up and down, it slides

For certain is a...

Read More

Crazy infidel
A mad obscene man
Beat echo
Never again
Please never again
Lips like honey suckle
Safety no more
Electronic madness
Bushy long hair
Walking in Chicago
A mad headache
Drowned
Tipsy
Out of your brain
Bang Bang...

Read More

My favorite 
time span,
the sixties’s of course.
When blues and soul, 
and rock 
and roll
combined to 
give us
Isaac Hayes and Nat King Cole,
and Elvis sings across...

Read More