MAGA Make America Gentle Again
...I like the heroic America of World War II;...
The America champion of good technology...
The America that freed us from the damned little mustache...
The America of Hollywood, of cinema,
Of black...
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Categories:
soft rock, allusion, analogy, creation, perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry
Thinking About Bread -Manna -1971
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On one old album cover from my early high school days,
four young men pose casually in the center doorway
of a weathered beige adobe-looking building
with some cracks in its walls.
From left to...
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Categories:
soft rock, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
The Golden Age of Music
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Thanks to Rockabilly being wed to R & B,
History changed drastically when Rock became mainstream.
Elvis crooned and moved his hips. Girls began to scream.
Goodn...
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Categories:
soft rock, music,
Form: Acrostic
Sitting on the dock of the bay
...I was sitting on the dock of the bay listening to a song
when Otis Redding happened to come walking along.
He said, "You watching the ships roll in?"
I said, "Yeah, and then watching ‘em roll away...
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Categories:
soft rock, funny, music, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Interpreting The Lost Archives of Phlacknoktinok
...They’re not human, not even humanoid
These creatures' presence in our archeological history
Once considered a naturally occurring phenomenon
But only recently discovered otherwise
And were on...
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Categories:
soft rock, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
My Stroll In September
...It's the beginning of colorful Fall,
many chilly days are expected ahead;
tall pine trees don't heed the call,
they are green and warmly dressed!
Their slender images draw twitching shadows
on...
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Categories:
soft rock, beauty, emotions, guitar, sad,
Form: Rhyme
The Mad Journey
...worlds spin
night and day
wandering souls
living real lives
finding the love
learning to give
co-creating
co-suffering
and co dying
finding out why
the good times fly
when we were kings
a...
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Categories:
soft rock, life,
Form: I do not know?
My Garden BBQ Summer Menu
...Friends have an open invitation, dusky sky, soft rock music~
It’s all part of the experience of barbecuing—I Am Anaya
Rustic charred mesquite fired up
Aromatic smoke
Sweet g...
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Categories:
soft rock, food, summer,
Form: Epulaeryu
A Glass of Champagne
...A glass of champagne to soothe your soul
As I sway to the sweet soft rock and roll
In my arms I feel your heartbeat
So sweet I remember it’s so complete
There is no need of sadness tonight
Or...
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Categories:
soft rock, love,
Form: Sonnet
Silence of Falling Snow
...I welcome the silence of falling snow
the virginity of pure crystalline flakes
gathering to frost my windowsills
But I watch while snuggled beside a fire
a cup of cocoa and soft rock pl...
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Categories:
soft rock, winter,
Form: Free verse
John Denver
...With the stage name “Denver,” beloved poet John
to country, folk and beautiful soft rock was drawn.
“Take Me Home Country Road” made him a star.
What lovely songs for nature he strummed on his gui...
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Categories:
soft rock, poets,
Form: Clerihew
The Carpenters
...Karen and Richard were a famous duo from the 70s
Of course, I mean “The Carpenters” part of our musical heritage
Karen's soothing voice
Richard's keyboard rejoiced
With a selection of lai...
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Categories:
soft rock, sound,
Form: Limerick
Fix R Up Er
...seven feet
by eleven with
the deepest being
five feet well below
the freezing frozen time
needs
work the
waterfall doesn't
flow and the pump
seems not in proper order
but the
rocks ca...
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Categories:
soft rock, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Music To My Soul
...When young I liked the hard, driving beat,
the heavy rock rhythm rocking the socks off my feet,
now preferring more soothing with less percussion,
violins and flutes and folk guitar I now get a ru...
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Categories:
soft rock, appreciation, music,
Form: Rhyme
Catching the Sun
...Hidden behind the clouds, trying to illuminate my dreary day
Simply a brush with the rays and I'm feeling much better
The closing of my eyes a new day has quickly begun
And again I'm "Catching The...
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Categories:
soft rock, courage,
Form: Lyric
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