Short Billie Poems

Countless times the mist does rise; tell me about Billie Holiday her
Judy Garland ?¿?____,,
                          *:*!!!...

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Billie Boy was a lad from Down Under
Who with explosives rarely did blunder.
But he became diverted
By a blonde short-skirted.
Blam! Off to Wagga Wagga asunder....

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I am feeling a bit of remorse
I guess I should have checked my source
The name Billie was on the note
I just assumed it was a goat
Turned out, a filly, a horse of course
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Take me to the deep south
Show me the blues
Muddy Waters, BB King, Billie Holliday

Let me hear spirituals
Lena Horne, Elvis Presley, Bessie Smith
Ray Charles, please sing!...

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There's something in Billie Holiday's voice

 and sad searching eyes, it cuts...

 through the core my soul!




Date written: 01/22/2021...

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Since Billie Joe jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge
Nothing has been the same up on the Choctaw ridge
Since Bobbie Gentry, it appears
Up and completely disappears
The Mississippi delta has a new drawbridge.

May 20, 2021...

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T-wilight is over, 
E-arly as the morning breaks, 
D-awn replaces dusk, 
D-ark shadows have disappeared, 
Y-our day of birth is lovely.

Topic: Birthday of Gertrudes "Teddy" Reyes (March 21) 
Form: Acrostic Tanka
Photo: Billie McKay...

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Her pink house boat is the talk of the folks of Minnesota Bay
Some of the delighted women of Minneapolis said, “hey! hey!”
I think it might be too girly, said her brother Billie Bee Boy.
But it gives lots of us a feeling of happiness, bringing us joy...

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Ocean eyes and 
billowing, bulging
covering: the most 
vulnerable parts of you
unspoken
so somberly sad
in the most 
curious places
your style is wild
and your flare overstated
your smile may lie
all she wants
but your eyes tell
the truth
to mine....

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Baby, it’s heart and soul.
Black love loss story told.
Bleeds with feelings so bold.
Billie Holiday’s gold.
Bessie Smith’s records sold.
Became fast Rock and Roll.
Birthed by life’s loveless toll.

10/17/2020


Pleiades 2 Poetry Contest
Joseph May, Sponsor...

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COUNTRY - PLAIEDES

Country music standard
Comes back again to me
Courtesy Billie-Jo.
Chevrolet parking up,
Courting in the drive-in
Classic car remembered
Can’t get them any more

14th October 2020
Plaiedes 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Joseph May...

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torn between singing Billie Elish
and listening to Lana Del Rey

"the world is a little blurry
or maybe it's my eyes"

between reciting Rumi
and reading Rupi Kaur

"rivers fall from my mouth
tears my eyes can't carry" 

I wonder what if 
I already lived my happiest day?...

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Crooner Bruner loved his schooner 'Billie'
                                  He took a short holiday in Chile
                                    He went to Torres del Paine
                                      Crooned across the terrain
                               And Came back home with a robust chilli...

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Lady Day -
In love with you I fell!
After devouring Strange Fruit
Your personal interminable hell -
On stage, ending of every performance,
You cried,
Because it assaulted you
Profoundly inside.
Beautiful Lady -
You should be crowned
For your illustrious voice,
Treasure unbound.


Inspired by Billie Holiday.
A. Green...

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Willy, Billie, Betty, and Bob
Climbed a tree up to the top

They sat down on the highest bough
And looked around for a while.

Betty, Willy, Billie, and Bob
One by one, began to sob

For when they finally looked down
They found no way to reach the ground.

Billie, Betty, Bob, and Willy
Are still up there, and look so silly....

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Deep ends on my mood
Awe hunts me back into the black
isn't anybody The Chaka clan
Siaing the chandeliers
playing good feelings
to a simple simone
lost causes wllly billie
Tender loving care
where the water f
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Spinning hops
bella caio
depends...

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The musk of damp earth after a coating of autumnal rain permeates,

Smoke upon distant chimneys, spiralled clumsily, enveloped by the evening sky,

Leaves underfoot make a crunching chorus, harmonious in their decay,

Mulled wine, offers a welcoming warmth on this crisp night,

Eyes feast as the setting sun bids, a blazing farewell to the day.

 

 

Billie J ©?...

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I played Mother's favorite song, now it is mine, I played it till she took her last breath.



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December 12, 2015


I'll Be Seeing You by Rosemary Clooney
(can be found on Utube)

Also recorded by Billie Holiday, Rod Stewart,
Vera Lyn and many other artists over the years.


For the contest, One Liner 7, sponsor, Silent One

Third Place...

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pink witches of the sixties
take offs from the good witch
the one in the Wizard of Oz
their hair a distinct weird color like hers

pink witches of the sixties
with perfect make up
and red ruby lips
reminding us of Dorothy’s shoes

your peach and pink chiffon dresses
reminding me of Billie Burke’s
your originator must have been watching
the Wizard of Oz while designing you three...

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me and Otis Redding
we have a thang
usually meet up 
about nine
sometimes he invites
Billie Holiday
we all sing
as I sink 
into my bath
bubbles overflow
to that rhythm 
and blues
and I sip my wine
and discuss that
crazy love thang
that has me
eat up inside
you see they 
been there
been where I am
twisted up in love
they sing those songs
and we get it 
all straightened out...

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It's like you know when I'm down
Always laying by my head
Whenever I feel alone
You cuddly with me in bed.
You never expect anything
Just a simple pet
Yet you can be stubborn
When your mind is set.
Since you were a baby
Always in my arms
With your big eyes staring
Suckering me with your charms.
You follow me everywhere
I'll always know where you're at
You're like a precious baby
Billie, you're a wonderful cat....

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Someday, someone will bring back de Blues
Crying songs of yesterday
When we were young
When no better than de hurting songs were sung
Heartbreak caused us all to bruise

Someday, another Billie Holliday will rise up
A Bessie, Howlin’ Wolf, and Bobby Bland
Ella belting from de heart
Their deep-down message from de start
Blip, blub-a-do, wop, bip-bop a ‘bup.

written September 9, 2021...

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The Jackson Five
Brother lost
Michael's gone
His life lost
 
This Thriller star
Through troubled times
Sang live 
Never mimed
 
The guitar solo on Beat It,Wow!
Like Billie Jean
I'm playing it now
 
Such a brilliant artist
With stress so deep
Heavens clouds
On which you sleep
 
Your music will live
For all eternity
Bless you Michael
And your family
 
" For Michael, who passed away this evening 25/06/09 "...

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Pyroette like burning smoke
from molten faces spring
but lost on beatings thought
My gapes and gaits
are for your critical
I care to touch a base
and soul is disgraced
where dogs snooped
and the Doctor was not grey
where billie lost
causes all would here
Lost in a second you weren't
there there
take a second
Get your breathhtaerb
as awe beckons me back into the black
where rhytmh is out of sorts
and rhyme
don't...

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Born in Africa
Lovely and rare
Few others can compare
To the depths of beauty and of light
To the colors of her moods
Sometimes blue like Billie Holiday
Sometimes the color purple like Celie or even queen Nefertiti
She constantly amazes and changes
Never the same
Like an African woman
In Africa or in the diaspora
No one can destroy her
She grows, survives and thrives
She is a jewel infinitely bright
Her name is tanzanite...

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