Short Lyricist Poems

Stephen Joshua Sondheim
      a lyricist of my time
Gypsy, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods…
   He was that good

11/27/2021...

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Simon Le Bon English singer who rocked the eighties
Three Ivor Novello Awards British Academy, maties
Duran Duran's lead singer and lyricist
Flair for poetry my favorite empiricist...

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Dreadful Drawer,
Careless Carver,
Unskilled Sketcher,
Poor Painter,
Second-rate Sculptor,
Apathetic Artist.

But

Almost Author,
Sanguine Scribe,
Willing Wordsmith,
Loving Lyricist,
Relentless Writer,
Permanent Poet....

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Now is the time,
For a poet like me to bust a rhyme

I speak, recite and dedicate all things in love
My metaphors fit tight like a glove

I am the brutal lyricist you know as insane
Yes indeed, through my words, all things will viewchange...

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A missionary,with medical skill
With a gospel,fulfilling God's will,
Biographer,extraordinaire-
An historian,writer of song
Out of scripture his lyrics came from !

More @ Luke 1:29 Ave Maria ;1:46-55 Magnificat;1:68-79 Benedictus;2:29-32 Nunc Dimittis...

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Thoughts
Oceanic overwhelming
Invigorating captivating imploring
Vibgyoric expression in vibrant and vivid words
Fascinating pleasing illuminating
Poet lyricist
Victor
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14/10/2016...

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Caught within a dying art form
a lyricist passed by 
(saying) 
“Music is my lord and master
it makes the phrases fly”

Writing lines of words unwedded
the ink once dry is set
Time and memory freed in song 
—the poet to forget

(Villanova University: June, 2023)...

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PRINCE OF SWEET SONGS


"Prince of sweet songs made out of tears and fire......" ( A Ballad of  François Villon:Envoi-A.C. SWINBURNE)





The prince showed up in the terrace

Looked skyward a bird falling down a shooting star

The prince called his lyricist and a hangman...

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The romantic man was mysterious, inventive and restless: 

and the Universe's vastness influenced his intellect,

in the arts' world he was known as a crafted lyricist and poet;

by the creativity of his mind, he kept that flame lit...

in the human soul, he drew real images of his fate.


Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci...

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The thing he calls heart 
Man’s for long lost beyond trace 
For lifelong to part. 
What heaves in his hollow case 
Keeps him alive, runs dead cart.
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Gulzaar | 02.04.2023 | Tanka
Poet’s note: Translation, from my collection of lyricist Gulzar’s short shires.

Woh cheez jise Dil kahate hain¸
Ham bhul gaye hain Rakh kar kahin...

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Naught has changed since ye left, 
World moves with all its heft,
Night is as ere, 
Moon light too there, 
Only, sleep’s gone bereft. 
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Gulzaar | 15.03.2023 | rhyme
Poet’s note: Translation, from my collection of lyricist Gulzar’s short shyries.

Tere jane se to kuchh badala nahi,
raat bhi aayi chand bhi tha, magar neend nahi....

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Breeze bestirred, died down,
Not even a stray leaf stirred,
He came to my town
And left like migrating bird,
Leaving me parched, my eyes blurred.
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Gulzaar | 16.03.2023 | Tanka
Poet’s note: This is translation of lyricist Gulzar’s short shyries.

Hawa guzar gayi patte the kuchh hile bhi nahi,
wo mere shahar me aaye bhi aur mile bhi nahi....

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My spare time I don't spare
Then I flaunt my flair
My pen bleed my thought
Casting it in black and white.

My thoughts are of a poet
Like a lyricist I write
Both world I traverse seemingly
Though I'm not a travesty.

My thoughts are of a poet
My pen bleed my thought
Like a lyricist I write
Casting it in black and white.

Though I'm not a travesty
Both world I traverse seemingly
My spare time I don't spare
Then I flaunt my flair....

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Yeh Samah ( This Season )





Romance is in the air, I fear my heart will be stolen-since school days it intoxicates me

        



                                   Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
                                     Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
                                       December12, 2015
                                      Contest: One Liners 7
                                      Sponsor: Silent One...

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Running away, 
It feels like I have no where to stay.
Remembering the times when my heart use to beat out lyrics,
From this undefined lyricist.
Poetic creature,
Emotion use to be, now emotion I cant see.
Is this why I run?
No feeling, No comfort, No warmth, No reality.
Is this why I hide?
Distant from life, 
I use to live but now I breathe.
Seeking to find what I once owned,
Life, I seek therefore I will find.
And when I do my feet will no longer be able to run...

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If I was lyricist
I'd write a song
About how my hands
Are afraid of writing
Love poems about you
Because of the pain
They can sense
From your love
Your capability cracks them
Every time I think of you
And try to walk on these stanzas 
I burst into tears 
It's like I'm a chef
Who likes the flavor of onions 
Cause every time he slices one
It gets straight into his eyes
And have him express his love for it
In the form endurance 
And his feelings for it
In tears...

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