Short Jimi Poems

Discovered so young
waiting for nothing, but found
love the little things...

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A purple plateau awaits a young dream

perched upon the watch tower

a time of freedom , love...

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Musical soldier 
Jimi was experienced
Exploring his art



By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX...

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Peggy Sue
have you seen
Mary Lou
I'm looking for
Buddy and Ricky
Elvis and Jimi
and all the stars
taken too soon....

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I stare at my new turquoise guitar
too fancy for me, but you have to know my grandma
remembering when Jimi Hendrix set his Stratocaster on fire
how could he?...

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There once was a lad named Cy Milgram
A regular cool and hip pilgrim --
   He saw Plymouth 'Rock'
   Said, "Fast forward the clock!" --
Played Jimi Hendrix ~ nearly killed 'em...

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The Rolling Stones were the bad boys
   Amped-up volume, lyrics semi-obscene
Jimi Hendrix -- hypnotic, Frank Zappa -- psychotic
   The Monkees? ~ Even their fingernails were clean...

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Made my name in Monterey
BB,Muddy ,the key to how I play;
Bell bottom fashion was my thing,
Little Richard was my king
like his voice,my guitar sings.


Inspired by Raul's latest photo...

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Tonight,
I had a date with the mountain

Tonight,
I made those promises impend

Tonight,
behind the shadow of my fear

Tonight
—the devil smiled at me again

(Seattle Washington: March, 2017)...

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Tonight, 
 I had a date with the mountain

Tonight,
 I made those promises impend

Tonight, 
 behind the shadow of my fear

Tonight, 
 —the devil smiled at me again

(Seattle Washington: ‘Something For Jimi’
  March, 2017)...

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Strumming guitar necks
In a dyslexic manner
While on lsd

Mind turning pages 
Psychedelic music sheets
Colorful notes dance
 
Life wind cries Jimi
Living in a purple haze
Rainbow rhythm sleeps



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Jimi Hendrix
Drug filled days
Lived his life
In a purple haze

His music 
Is a monument 
To what it's like
When life is spent

Picking guitars 
With your teeth
Never touching 
floors beneath

He flew so high
He could touch the sky

Stratocaster in his hand
Hendrix was an awsome man...

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J	imi, a talented guitarist
I	n the world of Rock
M	ade young girls cry 
I	n his world, how he shined!

H	ard wired to play
E	arly love for guitars
N	ever found Nirvana 
D	ying each day, endless pain
R	iding strings of his music	
I	n his mind, demons taunted	
X	iting  too soon, young legend!...

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I Am From sleeping in late playing with Fred and Figurines
I Am From No Go to bed and Go Outside
I Am From Reading in the sun lying in the grass and walks in the woods
I Am From cookies cake and Marconi and cheese
I Am From Jim Julie Jimi Hami Lami Goldi Blondi
Jesse Scrappy Fred Patches and Sparkie...

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drive the car
I'll roll the joint
on the 8 track
jimi
we'll smoke and drive around
pick up your friends
go to the woods
when its full dark maybe we'll park somewhere
that dark road
and kiss
mostly we hung out
smoked
traded 8 tracks
soon I could roll a perfect one
anywhere
even on your back...

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From the Festival at Monterey 
Through Woodstock and his anthem play
His Experience and Band of Gypsys days
To his icon hit, Purple Haze 

We remember Jimi even today
His wah-wah pedal and feedback ways
It’s so sad that he ended his days
Far too young to hear the praise.




Entry in the Jimi Hendrix contest...

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Why did adele want to set fire to lorraine
when the monkees saw her face why were the gonna leave her
why did R.e.m pee in the corner and in the spotlight
and bob dylan ants are his friends and are blowing in the wind
who was the guy jimi hendrix was kissing in a purple haze
and bon jovi doesnt care if were naked or not...

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A life, so amplified
in screaming rock and roll

From troubled home,...trebles honed
Legend grew as bold as love

He played plugged in, beneath the night
Of midnight lamp, ...yet still alone
And we will see a future of a thousand years
still screaming glory that he'll never know



for Raul's contest: "Jimi Hendrix"...

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Excuse me while I kiss the sky
Seeking answers – why’d Jimi die?

Perhaps it was the Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Hey Joe!  Don’t know? Revisit his amp

Purple Haze shrouded by mystery
Woodstock legend resounds in history

Vietnam veteran’s soulful, haunting cry
Excuse me while I kiss this guy



* Written for Raul's Jimi Hendrix challenge...

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Why are you here?
said Jimi
In the Room Full of Mirrors.
You don't know what I saw!
said Izabella
In the Room Full of Mirrors.
Have you heard about the wall?
said Pink
In the Room Full of Mirrors.
Why did you kill them all?
said Jimi
In the Room Full of Mirrors.







Dedicated To Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd

Jimi Hendrix
1942-1970
R.I.P....

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Hate is Love

You did everything
And I only let you know 
When it was wrong
Anger builds
Fights happen
Hate is everything
I hate you
And you left

You did everything
And I never let you know it
When you were right
Happiness is around us
Life is good
Love is everything
I love you
Please come back

Inspired by Jimi Hendrix’s  “The Wind Cries Mary”...

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At home?  But feeling homely, not homely

Why?  How?  or maybe Where?

Home is where the heart is, right?

Feeling a little restless 

Energy is abundant, so, I must go

In search of a homely place

So away, far away, I go

To a beautiful place of refuge and belonging 

Like Jimi, on to London to get put on

Yonder, I must go, for what I thought is not at home...

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Fender strung upside down
 big hands pressing strings to frets.
 Woodstocks’ last scheduled act, Jimi 
 exercized his “Right to Free Speech.”
The world heard an eclectic electric version
of  “Star Spangled Banner.” Those notes still
reverberate “All Along the Watchtower.”

“Hey Joe,” “Are You Experienced?”

 “WELL, I AM !”



*To honor Jimi Hendrix in Raul Moreno's contest....

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Is it first the
Music
And then the 
Words
Or do the 
Words 
Come first?
Elton John says it 
Works
Either way
Bob Dylan’s 
Words create
The meaning
That Ray Charles 
And
Jimi Hendrix 
Explode
Is all timing 
Real
Or just
Imagined?
Is the structure 
True or 
False?
Do your words 
Beget the 
Melody
Or is your 
Aria
 —born alone?

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)...

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Author’s note: (This poem is true.  Nothing in it is falsified or purposely omitted, even to 
protect the guilty.  Written one day that I had to take a z pak and some crazy cough 
medicine (prescribed).)


Here I sit, sick in bed,
With Jimi Hendrix swirling in my head.

Such anarchistic style, 
Topped off with a fetching smile.
Talent beyond the norm,
But his life turned into the Perfect Storm....

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