Short Songbook Poems
Short Songbook Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Songbook by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Songbook by length and keyword.
The great American Songbook
whose words march off the page
Its music now a footnote
—to a century of rage
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Melodies remain
Uncontained by time's goodbyes
Songbook of refrain
Immersed with dim, nimbus eyes
Chorus chords immortalized
5-19-2021
TANKACROSTIC Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
(The contest filled before I could enter.)
The oldest version dates from Tom Thumbs' 1744 songbook. Modern versions keeping with times, caused 'Mistress' to go dark. 'Cockle' is a seashell.
Mistress Mary sang like canary,
When they surround her stronghold,
Swiped silver bells, hid pearly shells,
And pretties weigh all in gold.