Short Autograph Poems

Can you sign my lips,
Sign them in the handwriting
Of all your kisses...

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Her light, peach face
Is like a blossoming tulip
On an infant stem.
Those kind come expensive in Memphis
So they say....

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I would travel back in time
And see Shakespeare on the stage,
Hear him speak his greatest lines,
Get his autograph.

Jack Horne...

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I hate to say it, but it's true
You don't like me, I don't like you
It's good to graduate from this place
So I won't have to look at your face....

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Her caricature full of lampoonery
Drawn in the light of fine moonery
Some of us laugh
At her autograph
Til Grandma said “Brilliant Cartoon-ery!”...

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the spinneret autograph
not too kind to the insects -
the little people
the web of rich and famous
deceptive, friendly and fake...

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I’ve seen a rosy-cheeked nobody 
who was a star far more i
n her thrill at the chance met moment 
than the jaded celebrity 
who grimaced to give her autograph again....

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Sasquatch draws crowds with belly laughs.
A show of a giant calf.
     The ink caught a prize.
     His feet a great size.
Feast on the beast’s autograph.

6/25/2021...

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Swords belong
to those who wield them
Peace a dream
to those still sleeping
Wisdom lost
to visions promise
Blood the signature
—on heaven’s gate

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)...

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The mice cavort and squeak and laugh.
I offer them my autograph.
They dance and hide under the couch.
Their waltzing prowess I can vouch.
I hear giggles every day.
They are my friends in every way....

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You smiled when you broke my heart in half
You said, cheer up babe, here's my autograph
Now you're the one played for a fool
Oh, how sad, how cruel
You swear you love me?  Don't make me laugh!

2/13/23...

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Think I'll get back to sketching famous people
When they autograph my drawings it's a really big deal
My success rate's way up there
Much more than my share
Twelve hundred last time, that was totally surreal...

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Think I'll get back to sketching famous people
When they autograph my drawings it's a really big deal
My success rate's way up there
Much more than my share
Twelve hundred last time, that was totally surreal


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Life is lonely at top,
Achievers cannot be sighted at bus stops,
It is hard to meet them,
Or get them to autograph,
Is it a nature's law,
That keeps them thus,
That they had had enough,
And that they should leave space,
For common folks to live,
Without much rough....

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    The crush of reporters with mikes
       the security entourage 
    Autograph-seekers, well-wishers
       hand-shakers, selfie-fishers
  
    On stage 24/7... with luck, for years
       Careening 'career' ... jeers and cheers 
         ~ ‘midst the booze veneer
...

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"May I have your autograph please? You are Drew Barrymore*, aren't you?"

(*Or, any other resembling actress -
The response always is the same, with pouting lips:)

"Aw, you are cho chweet! Thank youuuuu!"


"Your best Pick Up line" contest by Judy Konos...

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Carrying a hatchet to town 
dressed up in a jester’s nightgown;
This victim of a painted frown;
The Devil’s clown, the Devil’s clown;

Slashing at pain with a wild laugh 
armed with an old booth photograph;
On your heart carved his autograph 
cut it in half, cut it in half....

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How much would you pay to be published?
I laugh.
But then people would ask for your autograph
I thought of all the germs on an autograph book
And the Delta varient, and I laughed til I shook
I'd pay nothig, not one Sioux.
I can be published on the internet for free, you Doo-Doo....

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Black tornadoes, destroy
Everything, in their path
Not bothering to stick around
for the aftermath
It's like Us, in their Misery, they
wish to give a bath
Just to break Us, and tear Our
hearts in half
As if this signature hit, is some
sort of autograph
Leaving behind this stillness and
Cold draft...

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In the back pocket
in a purse
hidden from view,
always on alert
capturing moments
smiles and fun;
a different kind of autograph
for your favorite star
and you can carry it 
everywhere you are!
years go by
with a click of your 'pix'
easy to carry
second to none
a modern day scrapbook
a modern day cell phone...

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I went to the zoo to feed a giraffe 
Brought some chocolates to the staff
Chatted and had a good laugh
Told them my dream was to meet Steffi Graf 
See if I could obtain her autograph
And beg her for a photograph
So I’d print a humongous lithograph
‘Top tennis pro’ as epigraph



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on March 3, 2018...

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My son got a gift from his buddy,
A book which is sure to get raves.
He was thrilled ‘cause he knew
That the lead of U2
Was the author and one of his faves.

But the best part was quite unexpected – 
An autograph written inside,
With no question in mind
Of the fact it was signed
By the writer – it was Bono-fide!

*thanks to my husband for the punchline...

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[Second go at ‘a poem in six lines’ contest]


When I get to heaven, if I should be so lucky
I’m gonna get some rubber boots and find a field that’s mucky
I’ll ask around to find out where the coolest folk hang out
Then I’d ask Elvis if he knows if Bowie is about
Once I’ve got his autograph, what’s next is best of all
I’m gonna organise an ‘All Time Greats’ pop festival...

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SIGN OF FAME



                  Well, I see
              You ask for a sign
        I assume you would want mine?
   Perhaps you'd want my photograph too
           Along with my autograph
           So here, I've signed this
                     Nandita
















Name: Nandita Das
Contest title: Give me a sign
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
16th May 2015...

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Each day is like a page of memories,
Guard them well,
Years of happiness,
Seldom sadness,
Each person signing your autograph book,
With their presence,
Adventures that you comprehend,
God keeps you safely in his arms,
My book of memories has many chapters,
Nature a revered companion,
Hobbies that enhance your life,
At home with those that care.

Author: Gwen Meyer-Erlach Schutz...

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