Short Marley Poems

through
music
gave us hope...

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Dickens' Jacob Marley
favored drink made from barley,
died before Ebenezer,
that stingy old geezer....

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Given board and room.
 A face, teeth, soccer ball feet and an almost perfect face. Funny when he shaves, He craves, begs, checks and says.... "Ndakamuka."...

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Just climb onto the back of my Harley
And we shall ride to the songs of Bob Marley,
   In no time at all
   We'll be in Senegal,
Though I might stop for lunch in Kigali....

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Whose dog is it? Someone queried.
The rest of the neighbors laughed.
Look at his colorful tam
Look at his dreads
It is Marley’s dog
Or an impersonator, someone suggested...

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Charlie and Marley maculate giraffe
Looking immaculate with a soft laugh
Dinner at Bread and Butter
Had their stomach a flutter
Through the window they ate shocking the staff

4/6/2024...

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Mamma said the Sphinx head was made from barley
Which Papa stole from the Mars harvest with Charlie
And if you look real close 
Especially at the nose
It resembles a picture of Bob Marley...

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   Here comes the annual Christmas party
   I think I'll show up late -- three hours tardy
     The punch will be gone, how sad
     I'll miss all the fun, too bad
   Some think I'm Scrooge, others call me Marley...

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My heart melted when I first met you
I felt the connection -
one abused soul
to another
and a friendship was forged of fun and of good times
and then you were gone
when your medication
made you psycho
and now i will never be the same....

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Blues good if in that mood,
but music is so free
better to pick country,
because sadder stories
bring hope to the hopeless.
Buck right up with jazz then
boogie with Bob Marley.  



12/10/2020
for Pleiades 2 Poetry Contest 
sponsored by Joseph May....

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Separated by space and time,
but you are forever mine.
Sepia sun faded memories shine.
These desperate remnants haunt,
like Marley; and they taunt, 
warn, and tease with ease.
I hunt in these tattered impulses.
They fire wild, free and wreckless.
I am a wreck without you,
because of you,
I am....

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Scrooge encountered the ghost of Jake Marley,

    While slurping his bowl of blah barley.

       From thence, as we know the plot thickens,

         As from past sins Scrooge fled like the 'dickens'!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSGT, USAF, Retired
(c) 2014 All Rights Reserved

Not for the contest - just for fun....

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this pain and anguish
anger and despair
make me loose my sleep
not until i smoke some of Bob Marley
it makes me sleep like baby
rests my mind from worrying about the next trap
they are going to set
i spend my days and nights writing poetry
that will soon turn into music
and from music to dough
just the words man
JUST THE WORDS!!...

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Charlie
Likes listening to music by Bob Marley.
He has scheduled time that mustn't delay
His passionate phase with Reggae!

Lola
Is fascinated with panels - Solar.
Science is full of projects that (for her) are fun.
And she has a smile that beams like the sun!


Written 16th September 2021
For the Cleritoons contest - Sponsor Joseph May...

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Marley, Marley, Marley
I miss you more every day
I miss your snuggles
I miss your cuddles
I miss your unconditional love

Marley, Marley, Marley,
I had no idea I would fall in love with you the way I did.
You wormed your way into my heart and into my life.
My soul will never be the same.
I miss everything about you being here.
I am sad that you are gone....

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I free my mind 
and let the music
take control of my
ears take my mind 
to mystical heights 
bumpin my head to
the funky sounds 
twist another one 
let marley show 
you all the love 
let the music hit you
for it won't ever hurt
this mellow mood 
has got me so burn
one down and feel 
the sensi relieve all 
the pain now close
your eyes let the 
song play...

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--------We're not Terrorists----------
------S.O.P.A. wash your own mouth out-----
----------not our Big Brother---------






*if you are not familiar with 
"S.O.P.A." 
and you are ONLINE...Read up...
The lovely U.S. Government plan
 to police our every Internet move...
It is a SICKENING infringement of our rights!!! 
"Get Up, Stand up, Stand Up for your rights!"~Bob Marley...

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Last night
You were my Ray Charles song
My Maya Angelou Poem...
Didn't we experience forever
during that moment
you brought my soul home?

Bob Marley plays on  Pandora
in that long episode
to be continued
my mind was blowed...

I liked it best when we danced slow.
There are some things that will last forever
Like that memory
       
         I will never let it go....

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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....

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If all the worlds a stage, that would explain all the posers an clowns. Where intelligence is dead and ignorance abounds. Peace an love can't be in a world of violence and hate. Humanity must pull together before it's to late. Marley said the power of love must overcome the love of power. Until that day our world becomes darker by the hour. So do your part to end hatred an greed. The tree of love grows only if you plant the seed....

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My dog is as laid back as Bob Marley.
I smiled at the thought.
He dresses like him too, the old hippie said.
I had to meet him now!

He is a giver, the old timer admitted.
And a singer – a howler, but on key.
I had no comment.
Not understanding this but wanting to.

His wife ushered me in.
He’s crazy about that dog, she told me.
The dog was dressed in his Bob Marley costume.
I got a photo with him, for I could not resist....

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You were  the heart of us,
Throat of musicians,
King of reggae,
A mad singer,
Created hearts on guitar,
Breathed love on each   note,

Cannabis on your lips,
Fragrance's to music,
Weed stain on your lips,
Symbol of ecstasy,
Long curly hairs,
Frills your notes.

you were the 'one love',
Notes were flesh and, meat for us,
To chew and swallow.

you never died,
Dipped yourself ,cell by cell,
In celestial music,
 For angels to dance ....

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Premiered at The Empatheater, Kenosha, WI – 11/4/1991

ACT 1

A Will of Its Own
Autumn’s Blessing
Lejna Tasha Belle
All the Way Home
Nativity Window
Marley Plays the Bottom Line
Sideman’s Serenade
Someday Train
Existential Nostalgia

ACT 2

Traveling People
Cross the River
Cantina Dream
Keepsake
Once Upon a Future
Gospel Plough

ACT 3

The Harbor at Lorient
Portrait of Sonia
Le Chemin de Fer
Bather Arranging Her Hair
Octavia...

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Lively interludes of myself, 
this I  ask of you--
synthesize the main pieces of my own music
those beats of rhythm, 
the low and high notes
that resound in my heart 
and hum the symphony of my 
spirit--
fly, my reggae tunes and primal melodies
release the Marley tempo
invite me once again and again
to welcome the environ;
to harvest life's juicy choral pulp!


Favorite Music Type Contest 
For Nayda Ivette Negron
9 Oct 2015...

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callous crest grows
into crumbling crescendoes
lost bounty balance
to moaning coda
wielding wanky melody -
smoldering mystic symmetry

punctured contractions pianissimo
bleeding concerto grosso
drowning dainty diapason

sour lyrics smirks
squashing salient thirst
jumpy jazz jerks


music met madness
turbulent twain wedded.
'20:01:22:05:25

Note: Dedicated to artiste like Nigerian Naira Marley, who fixes s into beats in the name of music....

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