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Roy Orbison Poems - Poems about Roy Orbison

Premium Member 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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Categories: roy orbison, film,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member 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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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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Categories: roy orbison, drink, fun, wine,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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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Categories: roy orbison, feelings, loneliness, love, music,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member 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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Categories: roy orbison, america, assonance, humorous,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member 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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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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Categories: roy orbison, dream,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member 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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Categories: roy orbison, grandparents, history, word play,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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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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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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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Categories: roy orbison, holiday, paradise, rain, sea,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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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Categories: roy orbison, music, tribute,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member 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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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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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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Categories: roy orbison, musicmusic, music,
Form: Rhyme

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