Short Sinatra Poems

doing it his way
like Frank Sinatra
his a-frame house



posted on June 13, 2018...

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nancy sinatra
and her custom boots
made for walking



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on June 13, 2018...

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OLE  BLUE EYES

Many like Frank Sinatra
Even native Malays  in Sumatra
Whether his  words are sung or spoken
Everyone  knows  that voice from Hoboken...

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I don’t limit who reads my verse,
only who I answer

Each word thick-skinned and armor-clad
all questions zero-sum 

(To Nelson Riddle & Frank Sinatra: March, 2021)...

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Sinatra, Crosby, Bennett and Como
Crooners from the past a long time ago
Today's hullabaloo
Don't know who's who
Guess I'm just an old over-the-hill crow...

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Elvis, a phenomenon back in the fifties
Shakin' his hips after Sinatra and Der Bingle
First of his kind
Girlies went blind
A trance-like fever grabbed 'em, made 'em tingle...

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Frances Albert Sinatra
Was said to have ties to the mafia
Backstage bullets flew as old blue eyes crooned
Gangsters fell as their gun molls swooned



Entry for Catie Lindsay's Clerihew Contest...

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Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Perry Como
Crooners from way back when, quite a long time ago
Today's hullabaloo
Don't know who's who
Guess you could say I'm an old over the hill crow...

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You’ve really done it this time Frank.
You’ve made the worst mess ever seen -
A monster, hideous and rank,
A disaster, vile and obscene.
For yourself, what d’ya have to say? 
Well, says Frank, “I did it my way”....

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feet wear
        shoes

        Sing Frankly
        Sinatra

        swollen River
        flood

        heavy rain
        inundation

        last Kiss
        First death

        Run stare
        beast catches...

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i don't need
a shrink 
i don't want
a shrunken
head but
quite the
opposite

to expand
my mind
take in
information
download
the weight
on my 

shoulders
assimilate
the asylum
while simult
aneously
singing
Sinatra...

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How ambrosial is her beauty silencing  then pulsing my night completely!



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12/14/2015
One Liners Seven:Contest of Silent One
'The Way You Look Tonight'
Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, and various artists...

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Sinatra smooths the Polish song along


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"Ever Homeward"

12/12/2015

Contest - One Liners

4th place win

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Contest - Your Choice Tribute Verse

Sponsor - Brian Strand

3rd place win...

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A New Jersey-ite, his name Hobo Ken
For singing ballads, he had quite a yen
  He would sing like Sinatra
  From Vegas to Sumatra
On rails he rode with fellow jobless men




            September 03, 2020
 Completely Your Choice (3) Poetry Contest
            Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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This was a showcase for Kim Novak and Rita Hayworth.
If you saw this in the theater, you got your money’s worth.
What a fine example of fifties cinema.
This film seemed tailor made for Frank Sinatra.
With a fine story, and chock full of music galore,
"Pal Joey" is a movie just about anyone will adore.
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I gave my heart away to you
On the night that new year drew
The Sinatra chimes and yellow vines
Sleeplessly anew

City of dreams, built on piano keys
And indie structures melodies
I left my heart in San Francisco**
But i stole it back for you


**this is a reference to Tony Bennett i hold no rights to this line...

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Go go boots
Made for walking
Nancy Sinatra
60’s fodder
Rock’N Roll
Jazz
The Blues
Diana Ross and the Supremes
Elvis and Ann Margaret
Ed Sullivan
The Beatles
Twiggy
Mini-skirts
Johnny Cash
The Grand Ole’ Opry
Underdog
Polly Pure Bred
I Love Lucy
Leave it to Beaver
Bonanza
This may have been when all of this video stuff started....

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Those red suede boots came splashing in
With the pride of elephants, dangling fringe
I got out of the way, my mouth to my chin
Others were terrified, some did a cringe.

Nancy Sinatra could not have done any better.
Those boots were prancing up like an Irish setter.
I backed up toward the wall, and let them pass by.
Too terrified to squeak out the teensiest “hi”....

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The late, great legendary American crooner, Frank Sinatra
  did things "My Way." His signature song was also his mantra

  Such a fine actor he was, too; even won an Academy Award!
Lovingly nicknamed "Ol' Blue Eyes" and "Chairman of The Board"


QUAT-RO your four line contest (Winner: 1st Place)
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Date written: 06/15/2020...

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Amber leaves drifting seaward,
floating home downstream to you
where yellow moonbeams dance
upon your windswept shores of blue.

And how I long to gaze
into the depths of your Atlantic eyes,
cool and icy blue,
wouldn't Newman and Sinatra be surprised?

But I'm a million miles away,
drowning in Lelystad rain,
dropping amber leaves into the sea,
wondering when I'll be home again....

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I have lived a life that is full;
I've loved,
I've laughed,
I've learned,
I've danced,
I've grown......

A life like no one else's I've created for myself;
my own dressing style,
my own creative writing,
my own amazing family,
my own identity signature....

As I take my last breath, I'll say I did it my way.....




(The Poem is themed by the song "My way" by Frank Sinatra)...

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NOT    SINATRA



No, Frank, he sure didn’t do it your way,
Everything was doubtful - nothing in a sure way.
Wasn’t rich, lived in a poor way,
Drove fast on steep hill roads, not the flat shore way:
And never slowed, even at the four-way.
Big fat guy  -  like, how much can a  floor weigh?
Was  too shy at parties - just  stood in the doorway,
But finally fell for a short brunette In Norway....

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From somewhere the beat of drums
Steady rhythms piercing my senses
Persistently thump, thumping a bass
Thump, thump, thump, thumping
Behind unimaginably monotonous lyrics
And I longed for a crooner like Sinatra
Center stage with a single spotlight
No flashing strobes or crystal disco balls
Or pounding migraine made to order

written November 22, 2021
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...

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THE   BOHEMIAN   LIFE


Mess of  last night’s dishes not washed up
Saucer  with a   mis-matched cup
Caged  kitchen hamster gnaws    
Cornflake-box  on his roof over paws
Window sill  crowded with green plants
Radiator drying washed pants
Toaster doesn’t work well
Teabag   jar with curious smell

Delicious dinner, nicest tea
Bread  and jam  the  most tasty
Soft music of  Sinatra
Conversation  about Sumatra...

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Just the touch of your fingertips
  sent a thrill right up my arm
It started my heart a-pounding
  you wrapped me in your charms

Holding hands as we window-shopped
  sent my feet a-skipping along
As the music played, only for us
  Sinatra crooning our favorite song

The years melt into yesterday
  emotions so strong even now...  
Although we've gone our separate ways
  ~ I'll always wish that we'd exchanged vows...

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