Short John Lennon Poems
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John Winston Ono Lennon
From Britain to Brooklyn, decked in denim
Controversial through his peace and political activism
Felled by Mark David Chapman's act of barbarism
Categories:
john lennon, anger, celebrity, december, imagination, murder, music, sad,
Form:
Clerihew
in a perfect world
imagine all the people
living life as one
John Lennon "Imagine"
Sing Me A Senryu Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Maureen McGreavy
8-312-2019
Categories:
john lennon, peace,
Form:
Senryu
Imagine there's no cupcake
Someone in the house ate yours
No Krispy Kremes or KitKats
No pudding pops or s'mores
Imagine there's no halva
Behind cupboard doors, oo hoo oo.
Categories:
john lennon, food, humor, imagination, inspiration, parody, silly, song,
Form:
Lyric
I would IMAGINE that such wisdom will always be remembered with emotion
~
12/12/15
Contest: One Liners #7
Sponsor Silent One
Favorite Song: "Imagine" (John Lennon)
Categories:
john lennon, peace, song,
Form:
Verse
"All you need is love" Songwriters: Paul McCartney / John Lennon
I don’t need what you call love.
All I need is:
Honesty,
Thoughtfulness,
Kindness,
And Respect.
Categories:
john lennon, love,
Form:
Free verse
Jeweled lights are blinking
Jaunty tunes fill the room
Johnny B. Goode with Chuck
Jumpin' Jack Flash with Mick
Jerry Lee Lewis wails
John Lennon twists and shouts
Jitterbug all night long
Categories:
john lennon, dance, music, nostalgia,
Form:
Pleiades
Was John Lennon
crossing the line,
mucking about,
burning his bridges,
or bucking the palace,
a fine sign of the times
then, in 1969,
not often seen,
when returning his MBE
to The Queen?
Categories:
john lennon, character, fun, humorous, moving on, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
A hot summer afternoon
A news flash around noon
John Lennon shot dead
For infamy instead
Mark Chapman for the kill
For him just the thrill
And we lost a treasure
Gone from the world forever.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Categories:
john lennon, music,
Form:
Ballad
In another time and place
Music continues to play
As John Lennon caresses his keys
Giving sweet tunes away
If one day I meet him there I will have a smile
Ninety minutes a day would be my slice of heaven
Enjoying listening to him play
Categories:
john lennon, music,
Form:
Acrostic
(From Skiffle to Fame)
Quarrymen were a group
Quite good oldies do say
Quirky to the youth now
Quaint compared to these days.
Quoth Sir Paul McCartney
Quips John Lennon as well
Question’s metamorphosis.
© Harry J Horsman 2021
Categories:
john lennon, music,
Form:
Verse
Alice In Chains
Blind Melon
Cold
Danzig
Escape The Fate
Foo Fighters
Garbage
Hole
If
John Lennon
KMFDM
Led Zeppelin
Metallic
Nirvana
Oasis
Pearl Jam
Qual
Radiohead
Smashing Pumpkins
Tom Petty
Used
Violent Soho
Weezer
Xunn
Yellowcard
Zeek
Categories:
john lennon, dedication, music,
Form:
Free verse
Listening through the words in a Beatles song
written by John Lennon
I thought of music but it's hard to construe
without thinking of the blues
If everything was art
you would be in a better place
to start
but your not
you go through time
like an echo
Categories:
john lennon, analogy,
Form:
Chant Royal
What great impact the Beatles had on popular music
Their influence on the pop scene reflected our moral fabric
The killing of John Lennon in 1980
Caused such grief, this horrific tragedy
Here's my salute to the Fab Four for providing such unparalleled acoustics
Categories:
john lennon, celebration,
Form:
Limerick
The timid
find courage
in the well
— of another’s fear
(Valley Forge Park: February, 2024)
Call Me Ishmael
Mediocre writing
spawns editing
The Great Works
— born unchanged
‘Thoughts of: Bob Dylan, Laura Nyro, John Lennon, Steve Winwood, Kris Kristofferson’
(February: 2024)
Categories:
john lennon, courage, fear, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Jim Morrison,
How sore the drugs made him,
Kurt Cobain,
Passed at the hands of the vain,
John Lennon,
Met insanity’s venom,
Heath Ledger,
His daughter, he left her,
Brandon Lee,
Met his father’s fate,
I haven’t realized to this date,
Why awe-inspiring people,
Seem to pass when-
We least expect it.
Categories:
john lennon, art, death, loss, music, people
Form:
Free verse
The
Beatles
Ringo Starr
George Harrison
With Paul McCartney
And John Lennon
Also, Pete
Best, played
Drums
Girl
Get Back
In My Life
Can't Buy Me Love
I'll Follow The Sun
Don't Let Me Down
Let It Be
Something
Help!
Ninette Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
7/2/2021
Categories:
john lennon, music,
Form:
Ninette
John Lennon died on this day
Chapman shot and blew him away
So sad a man of peace is killed so violently
You see killing can be done so easily
When someone wants to be known by all
Get a gun and kill fame is at your call
Now the 8th December is the day
John Lennon is remembered shot down that way.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Categories:
john lennon, music, myth,
Form:
Ballad
love is all you need
somewhere over the rainbow
Given the wings to fly
Song: Love Is All You Need/John Lennon - Beatles
Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Arlen & Harburg - Izzy
September 2, 2019
Sing Me A Senryu Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy
Categories:
john lennon, emotions, feelings, freedom, love,
Form:
Senryu
Forty years ago today
Was when John Lennon died.
The world was shocked and saddened
Watching peace and death collide.
My dad was in the hospital –
His triple bypass failed –
So while all John’s fans were mourning,
My entire life derailed.
Two deaths forever intertwined
With tragic disbelief
Will always bring me, on this date,
Back to that searing grief.
Categories:
john lennon, death, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Remember our daughters
Remember our sons
Reserve this world
for the future ones.
The tearing of nature
and our beautiful land
The polluting of air
that I cannot stand.
Let's live in harmony
Let's live with feeling
Not with astrology
or the fortune tellers dealing.
Remember John Lennon
the love he would send
to the young and the old
till his life it did end.
Robert Dale Taylor
Categories:
john lennon, death, happiness, inspirational, love, passion, peace, people,
Form:
I do not know?
he's a sweet harmonica home Joe
soft steel raven, bending blues
dripping honey from her spoon
nothing quite says melancholy
like a harp in cupping wah-wah glow
for endless grooves, a winding show
playing Take Me Home Country Road
and Lennon's riff in Love Me Do
with gracious silk, a satin throw
a trip to the moon in a single note
around the cosmos, her kiss, I know
our love, warm lips, harmonica Joe
Categories:
john lennon, fun, home, introspection, life, love, mental health,
Form:
Rhyme
DB COOPER-IAN MUNYWE
Ka DB cooper sina pupa,
nitaondokea pia muda ukifika.
Daily kukachora kuzuia swara,
bila rwaara bado ninang`ara.
kaka dada mama baba,
nawatakia mengi mafanikio.
nahisi kama Jimi Hendrix,
back in 69 huko woodstock,
ama king Bob Marley in 79 santa barbara.
vibe ilikuwa safi pia,
John Lennon akiwa madison square in 72.
basi tunazidi kwa bidii,
maombi tele ili majaaliwa tufike kilele.
Categories:
john lennon, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Oh my love, I imagine how the world would be
if everyone decided to give peace a chance
if you stand by me we'll break out in dance
every woman man and child would be set free
from the tyranny of injustices and greed
we'd remember it's up to each of us to take the lead
Oh my love, imagine how the world would be
if we'd all realize that in our hand we hold the key
AP: 2nd place 2025, 3rd place 2025
Categories:
john lennon, freedom, hope, imagination, peace, tribute, world,
Form:
Rhyme
The band John Lennon
formed, called The Quarrymen
played half skiffle and
half rock and roll.
Four years later in
nineteen sixty, the band
evolved into The Beatles
with five men lineup.
John, Paul, George, Stuart,
who died and Peter,
replaced by Ringo were
nicknamed The Fab Four.
Their arrival here sixty
years ago, this month
triggered cultural and musical
movement, the British Invasion.
Categories:
john lennon, culture, music,
Form:
Verse
Inspired by the Beatles song from Abbey Road, written by John Lennon, and featuring three-part vocal harmony with Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
Aah
Because the sun is bright
it makes me shine
because the sun is bright
Aah
Because a tree is tall
it makes me grow
Because a tree is tall
Aah
I say thanks, I say wow
I am here, I am now
Because a bird is free
it makes me fly
because a bird is free
Aah
Categories:
john lennon, appreciation, blessing, freedom, growth, joy,
Form:
Lyric