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Marion Robert Morrison
...Marion Robert Morrison his voice couldn’t be confused with Roy Orbison but he really gained his fame when he became known as John Wayne ......
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Oliver Mckeithan
Categories:
roy orbison,
film,
Form:
Clerihew
Summer Concert
...Tonight, A pretty older mother, At my retirement community's July 4th summer concert, Speaks to her daughter with a thick Korean accent. The Traveling Wilburys tribute band plays songs by The ......
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David Crandall
Categories:
roy orbison,
age, community, happiness, music,
Form:
Free verse
Satisfaction
...You’ve come out this evening For a wee, delicious bite Drink fine wine, meet new friends Your expectation? A fabulous night Our farm is Vergenoegd Löw It’s an interesting, unusual designatio......
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Barrie Bramley
Categories:
roy orbison,
drink, fun, wine,
Form:
Rhyme
Wanna Walk With Roy
...In dreams, I always wanna walk with Roy, I think that my scary feelings ain't right. I'm just running scared like a silly boy - alone, so lonely, this feeling tonight. Tell me, are you as lonel......
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Greg Gaul
Categories:
roy orbison,
feelings, loneliness, love, music,
Form:
Sonnet
I Want To Meditate With Roy Orbison
...I was in the middle of a PowerPoint About Pastafarianism Then I noticed someone in the corner Not paying attention Lost, looking tired I heckled to him "Paul, quick, candy-coloured clown..." ......
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Christopher Allen
Categories:
roy orbison,
america, assonance, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Mind Bendingly Real
...I wake from a bad dream Hey there new man That’s what they said to me Hey there how’s it been lately? I stand, look and see Elvis, Martin Luther King and John Lennon walk on by so casually. ......
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A Yorkshire Poet
Categories:
roy orbison,
appreciation, cool, crazy, dream,
Form:
Free verse
I Must Be Dreaming
...Venus de Milo gave up the banjo She left the band with the Invisible Man Never had a leg to stand on, stand on Saw Galileo hanging with J-Lo Singing "Life On Mars" out under the stars Lead guita......
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Charles David Sharp
Categories:
roy orbison,
dream,
Form:
Lyric
This Thingamabob Poem
...dang, grandma was a real hubba bubba- killer-diller khaki wacky boycrazygirl a spiffy hot damn hoofer during the dark hours of WWII and the devastation followed with unrestrain......
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Constance La France
Categories:
roy orbison,
grandparents, history, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Only Baloney
...Sung to the tune "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison Yum-Yum-Yum-Yumdy-doo-wah Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah Only the Bologna Only the Bologna Only Bologna (Yum-Yum-Yum-Yumdy-doo......
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Jerry T Curtis
Categories:
roy orbison,
silly,
Form:
Lyric
Unrequited Love
...Returning from a one-sided love affair on a full tank of unleaded love. It didn’t help matters much with Roy Orbison singing “It’s over” on the radio; I made an attempt to turn it off ......
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Albert Ahearn
Categories:
roy orbison,
love hurts,
Form:
Free verse
Phuket
...And suddenly understand you're underwater Flapping, snap-coral beneath someone's paradise Bung-lusting rope towards parallax sunslick then smacking the sole of your swollen left foot with an empt......
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Pv Harrington
Categories:
roy orbison,
holiday, paradise, rain, sea,
Form:
Free verse
When Roy Sang
...A song came on the jukebox and we listened with intent He sang "Only The Lonely" with a voice that was heaven sent I was only in eighth grade, a few years from being a man There was "Blue Angel" a......
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Vince Suzadail Jr.
Categories:
roy orbison,
music, tribute,
Form:
Couplet
Only In Dreams
...“Heavenly shades of night are falling,” yet I’m feeling so blue. for I have found only one way that I can be with you. “I’ve just closed my eyes again” and my mind is taking flight. It’s willing you......
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Andrea Dietrich
Categories:
roy orbison,
romance, night, night,
Form:
Rhyme
A Moment of the Past
...I sit before my monitor Humming an old Roy Orbison Tune I memorized so long ago. Hum…Hum um! That Hum! Again “They’re playing that song again. I guess it will never end. They’re Playing it agai......
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Albert Ahearn
Categories:
roy orbison,
introspectiontime,
Form:
Free verse
That Was Rock and Roll
...Bill Haley gave us 'Rock Around The Clock' showed us music in a different way, Chuck Berry sang 'Johnny B. Goode' and Buddy Holly said 'That'll Be The Day'. Elvis went to 'Heartbreak Hotel' an......
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Norman Littleford
Categories:
roy orbison,
musicmusic, music,
Form:
Rhyme
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