Short Strauss Poems

Strauss waltz in the air
Tales from Vienna Woods
A curled leafs Improv...

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Strauss waltz in the air
Tales from Vienna Woods
A swirling leafs Impromptu...

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Richard Georg Strauss
gave pleasure&much else
Music for Diaghilor ballet
for theatre of his day...

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The Strauss family dynasty
maestros indeed all three
Johann Joseph & of course Richard
both musicians& bard...

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IMF's Dominique Strauss Kahn
Wanted a hotel suite bon-bon 
This forceful hard sell
In New York's Sofitel 
Is what all his borrowers chew on...

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dancing with me, Dear 
in the shadow of moonbeams
a lovely Strauss waltz
fold yourself into my arms
resting your head on my chest

written December 23, 2021...

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Wonder of the modern world
To the nation was unfurled-
Art Deco on a grand scale
Strung across this dangerous strait
The truly inpressive,Golden Gate

Tribute to Joseph Strauss...

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heaven's gate opens
angelic music welcomes
souls to paradise

An interpretation of: IV Moderato "Death and Transfiguration" by Richard Strauss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpFnoHuRVOM...

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THE WIFE(alma mahler)
Of
Mahler,
Gropius
Franz Werfel-
filled life with her
song-
she
gave Klimt
her first kiss-
but like a Strauss
waltz
her
affairs
of the heart--
never lasted
long....

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her
dimples
show, 
her face
aglow, as
you ask
her
to dance
that first waltz.
Held in your arms 
swaying, your
bodies
close.
can hear
hearts beating,
in time
to
a Strauss
waltz...

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Of
Mahler,
Gropius
Franz Werfel-
filled life with her
song-
she
gave Klimt
her first kiss-
but like a Strauss
waltz
her
affairs
of the heart--
never lasted
long.


Ekphrasis lanterne re Alma Mahler...

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THE WIFE
Of
Mahler,
Gropius
Franz Werfel-
filled life with her
song-
she
gave Klimt
her first kiss-
but like a Strauss
waltz
her
affairs
of the heart--
never lasted
long.


Ekphrasis lanterne re Alma Mahler...

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When my bipolar gets me down,
I do not take a med.
Crank up a disc of Johann Strauss;	
that gets inside my head.

I have been known to dance and hum
and waltz around the room.
That gay and happy music helps
me push away the gloom....

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hark
     arise
gather up
      your
      thoughts,
spread out
      your
          wings
and fly:
the 
world
         is
         your
         oyster
Let nothing
hold
       you back

inspired by Strauss Sunrise op 30 clip...

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Now he's danger
Anxiety kills his mind
His head is infested with worms
It's degenerating inside
Everytime he sees himself
in a mirror where his tears
shed like a blood
He knows his time is up
He's dying
Goodbye
End of his life.

Lei Strauss 2019...

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Full length frontal flesh pressed into half-awake spouse.
Smoldering and smelted as one Blue Danube strauss.

The bluebirds twitter a blithesome tune of Wintergray.
Warmth of coffee, sweet pastries and a tulip’d bouquet.

1/11/2020...

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what's 
         this
what's
        happening 
such emotion 
         within 
stirring 
erupting..
          from 
          my heart ,
lifting 
my 
spirits
       life..
         living
             aloud

Inspired by Strauss Blue Danube YouTube clip...

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LEVI STRAUSE

Levi Strauss  
From Germany to New York 
Known as denim maker, 
literally "de Nimes" “from Nimes”
Wear tailor Jacob Davis?
Needed strong clothes not worn not holey
For miners purchased bolts of cloth
Corners pockets with metal rivets with that made them stronger 


8/17/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018...

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Another moment,
Another chance.
A new daydream!
A stage to standby.

Another color,
Another style.
A new era!
A life to rejoice.

Another beginning,
Another story.
A new memory!
A time to live in.

Another book,
Another chapter.
A new life!
A swan is reborn!



6-1-2015 Lei Strauss
Trashed #3
Sponsor: Broken Wings...

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Johann Sebastian Bach
  composed concertos that rock
Ludwig von Beethoven
  gave us music for roamin' and rovin'

Austrian composer Johann Strauss
  the popularity of waltzes widened
An Amadeus Mozart violin solo
  sparkles with a glass of bordeaux 

When on these composers folks take a pass
  ~ they miss out on a classical gas...

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He wore the best opportunity
but he took it off.

A bag of many chances
wasted and threw them all!

He bought what he learned
but his idea was not sold.

The fire in his eyes  
SHUTS! - they died in the cold.

For once he believed
that he had everything to be...

Life didn't work well
He faked...is he happy?

Lei Strauss 2020...

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feasting on high
     with four mahler horns quailing
            r. strauss on my knee
       on my lips    claude debussy
     blue shirt    cheap seat seduction



               old photograph
           faces from the grave
           sepia toned by years
             paranormal shivers
                two way mirror


Dave Austin...

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In a secret garden where lanterns did fly,
                       Children’s whispers were singing lullaby.
                   Cold voices began to put a warmth in my hand,
                  A Christmas song that couldn’t get out of my head.



November 20, 2015
Written by Lei Strauss
For the Contest A Christmas Memory
Sponsored by Broken Wings...

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In few years,
Few days,
Few hours,
Few minutes,
Few seconds.
I might close
my eyes.
I might lose
my breath.
I might lose 
everything.
I might not
see the world.
I might not
see my friends.
I might end 
my bloodline.
Starting now,
I will seize 
each day.
I will live,
I will learn,
I will write
While I can.
As if it's my last.

Lei Strauss 2019...

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Have you ever had a Christmas Tea?
I used to say, "It's not for me"
'Til recently, I tried it, see
Turns out it's the best I've had

See, I never liked hot drinks at all
I much prefer cold, in the fall
I order iced, in sizes tall
But this one isn't bad

It smells like citrus in the house
While the radio plays Strauss
Nothing's moving, not a mouse
Eyes open, just a tad...

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