'Give Peace a Chance' 55 Years Later
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~ To the tune of John Lennon and Yoko
Ono's 1969 song, 'All We are Saying is
Give Peace a Chance' ~
Diversity and equity
Nothing but green energy
Elect...
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Categories:
yoko, humor, satire, song,
Form: Lyric
THE KILLING FIELDS
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This horrendous Cambodian war-time story,
Ends with Cambodian glory,
Journalists forged a strong friendship within hard cruel times,
It is one of the best movies ever and all so true,
These two...
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Categories:
yoko, political,
Form: Free verse
Sea of Roses
...“Nobody`s life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.” Yoko Ono
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Categories:
yoko, feelings, heart, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Today, I Mourn slain Beatle John Lennon
...Today, I Mourn slain Beatle John Lennon
assassinated at 10:50 PM,
on December 8, 1980
forty four years later to date
outside The Dakota Apartment,
(also known as the Dakota Apartments),
located...
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Categories:
yoko, anger, anniversary, appreciation, death,
Form: Free verse
Lennon and Napalm
...The Beatles split up so mystically -pronto
the Vietnam spine came back together
some branded the blame into Yoko
some tied a wreath of thorns on the reds.
Imagine time moving queerly along-
Le...
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Categories:
yoko, song, war,
Form: Free verse
City Life
...Talking to people
Circles of fear
Straight lines and queers
The conscious mirror drops narrator's tears
Never forgetting the bird with transparent wings
Zombies walking in and out of their mout...
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Categories:
yoko, heaven, people, raven, smart,
Form: Free verse
Life is a Song
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*Written using 25 Beatles hit song titles. Revised a bit for 2024
It's been a hard day's night, my love. Tonight, I want to hold your hand and keep you close. Beloved one please, <...
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Categories:
yoko, appreciation, music, romantic love,
Form: Narrative
Classic Rock
...Classic rock
Played so softly
Zooming
Grooving
Got it playing
So quietly
Though it’s kind
Of metal
Rocking
But It brings back
Cool memories
And I love
My music
But all those co...
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Categories:
yoko, business,
Form: Free verse
Random Reflections and Questions
...Car 54, where are you?
Is a horse still a horse, of course?
Who today considers Denace a 'menace?'
Do you yet play 'The Glad Game,' Pollyanna?
Kryptonite get you in the end, S...
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Categories:
yoko, celebrity, nostalgia, peace, remember,
Form: Rhyme
When I Was Young 1970s
...I saw one journey end and another begin
I saw my world changed and in a spin
I saw another end - the end of the band
I saw John and Yoko hand in hand
I saw commandos in the air armed and...
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Categories:
yoko, childhood, history, world,
Form: Couplet
A New Mythology
...There is a new mythology emerging,
Howling from the hind end of the pack,
Scorching the composted leavings
Of established orthodoxy as a pillar of flame
Showing the way for true rock & roller...
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Categories:
yoko, allegory, mythology,
Form: Blank verse
They'Re Coming To Take Us Away
...~ Just thinkin' tonight ~
They're coming to take us away
Ha, ha, ho, ho, tee, hee
The Woke Ones; ha, ha, hee, hee
They're coming for you and me
Fluid sexual preferences, ho, ho
Today ...
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Categories:
yoko, america, fate, gender, race,
Form: Rhyme
Above Us Only 80 Shades of Sky
...Imagine
Above us only Sky
Below us waging war
Mother didn't want to know
Craving a woman who would
Reminds me of my father
It's in the eye's and the nose
New York , Hamburger
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Categories:
yoko, music,
Form: Free verse
John Lennon 80 Years Old
...On the 9th of October 1940, a legend was born
He had two children one named Julian and one named Sean
A lady called yoko she was his life
In 1969 she became his wife
In his early life he lived ...
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Categories:
yoko, music,
Form: Rhyme
Reading Material
...My husband reads biographies
But I’ll take fiction, if you please.
He likes to learn about the past;
His tomes would bore me, really fast.
Yet having finished my last book,
I figured I would t...
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Categories:
yoko, books,
Form: Rhyme
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