Song. Poems

Dog as Folksinger

I found a bone
By the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream
By the old canal
I gnawed that bone
By the factory wall
Dirty old bone
Dirty old bone.

Windfall

You were so loud,
shootin’ off your mouth,
’bout why the world sh-ts on you,
talkin’ old tropes
thought up by filthy dopes,
that never once were proven true.
You stood so proud,
but, man, where are you now?
Living in a poor rat trap.
Say you’re oppressed,
don’t bother to get dressed,
think government should ‘pay you back.’

Sad to say, we worked and you played,
we’re

1410

against the cold backdrop of a monochrome sky
resplendent music permeate from a blackbird's sigh

The Clap, Clap Song

Please see if you can add a line to this one in the comments section. I want to see how many of you remember it and can add a line.

6, 8, 9
The goose drank wine     

New song release

Announcement

I have just released my first single called Give all of my love on Bandcamp.
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Give all of my love 3

Honorable mention in My Song 2

Thinking of You   Lyrics By  Speaks Volumes

G Sharp 7

Left slack at the edge of the violin,
an afterthought of gut and wire,
waiting for the bow that never descends.

Every note passes overhead
like birds stitching the sky.
The hollow body drinks their chorus,
yet no song grows inside this wood.

Ears open in the varnish,
dark mouths swallowing everything unfinished—
a concerto of failures,
a catalogue of unsung hours.

Different, always different,
not melody

3rd Place winner in My Song 2 contest

Heartstrings   Lyrics By Ron VanHooser

1st place winner of My Song 2

By Rowena Velasco

Don't Play Funky

Standing there with your glistening hair,
miniskirt tempting all eyes around,
say you’re just going out the unwind
with you friends, hottest club in the town.
Looks can kill and I’m thinking that you
mean to draw every wandering eye,
as if you do not have a man here,
as if you’re on the hunt for a guy.

Don’t play funky with me,

Summer Sojourn Serenade

Your song serenades
A whisper, a prayer 
Light as a feather 
That's breathing fresh air

Clouds can't discern notes
A pitter, a patter
But they mimic your song
Midst raindrop clatter

Like tears from Heaven 
A whisper, a prayer 
Light as a feather 
That cleanses dispair

I've Got the Best

See them…
in the street light,
done up…
for a hot night,
made up….
like a French whore,
skin tight…
on a dance floor.

Their men keep coming,
the richest in town,
end up laying all
their money down.
Got no pity
for all of these clowns,
’cause I know…

I have got the best, girl,
they have got the rest,
I’ve got the brass ring,
they, the hot mess,
I’ve god the good

Listen to the wind

Name of Contest: Listen to the Wind
Sponsor's Name: Constance La France 
Date Written: 5th September, 2025.
Poem Placement: Second
The speech of the winds is understood not by the ears but by the eyes— By Poet.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
           Not only does the wind sing — it speaks too,
At times

The Heat

You wake up, head in a haze,
can’t recall the prior day,
felt less good than it used to,
joints aching all over you.
Don’t know why you all went out,
pay today, there is no doubt,
something burned and you answered,
can’t explain, put into words…

Can’t explain, where it came from,
can’t explain, why it was done,
tried in vain, fooling no one,
when

You played Dylan a song

You.played Dylan a song

Is it me or is it you
They buried whats true
Whats life mean to you
Did you turn your back to mother nature
Discovered the beauty with all its order amongst disorder
A hero a pair of all stars,rolled up Levis and a pack of cigarettes
I could only hide
The delicate space of alone
Citizen of a beaten

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