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Zappa Poems - Poems about Zappa


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Frank Zappa proved he was no rapper instead, he wrote don’t eat the yellow snow where the Huskies like to go ...

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Categories: zappa, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
Ode To Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa Was always my musical hero Ever since I first heard his music Back in 1974 He blew me away With his musical genius His satirical wit His mastery of rock Classical and jazz influences I soon became a big Zappa fiend Went to several live shows Bought lots of Zappa records Later Zappa cd's He died way too soon He would have had a great time Making sense Of...

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Categories: zappa, desire, muse, music, satire,
Form: Free verse



Tribute To Frank Zappa
The Old Zappa song "More trouble every day" plays on in my head every time I turn on the news and see more trouble every day as Frank Zappa noted so many years ago "no one can delay the trouble coming every day" Frank Zappa died too soon before the horrors of the Trump era that he would have foreseen if he had...

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Categories: zappa, america, angst, anxiety, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Memories of Frank Zappa Concerts
Quite the guitarist! He offended just about everyone But he made some interesting points He is gone now to his eternal rewards Which he probably didn't believe in That was his right of course And strangely enough for a rock star He wasn't into drugs NECCESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION!...

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Categories: zappa, character, memory, music, visionary,
Form: Free verse
A Night With Frank Zappa
Tiny marimba pinwheels rotate, Under flippant bass. A poodle barks... A barrage of dissonant sounds, Melodies played backwards... Then the music stops. A ambivalent sneer, As sounds rush around Taking cover from a blitzkreig of odd meters... A mournful solo filled with arabesques.. a sonic fart. Demented cartoon music turns into atonal distance turns into...

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Categories: zappa, music, music, music,
Form: Free verse




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