Orange cars are on their way
Pavement slabs are sinking
Water streams in disarray
Rather I’d be drinking
But today I have no wine
And I’m short on beer
Come to share my tea with thyme
Time to take a veer
In the autumnal decay
Feeling very sober
For today’s a special day
The fifth of October
Here’s the best news of the world
Back in times of peace
Zep came out with their third
Genesis released
Selling England, Elton John
Said goodbye to his
Yellow road he walked upon
Quite a date this is.
Zeppole...Italian,
zany, deep-fried bread dough,
zestfully mixed by hand.
Zigzaggy, scrumptious shapes
zapped with powdered sugar.
Zenith of fun food! Their
zephyr sweetens Christmas!
Sandra M. Haight
~4th Place~
Contest: My Merry Christmas Party Pleiades Contest
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Form: Pleiades
Judged: 12/21/2016
Zeppole - Fried dough pastry originating in Naples, Italy.
Traditional Neapolitan treat served during Christmas and
other holidays.
Pronounced: Zep pol e
In our late teens down at the pub
we talked of things we liked.
Rock 'n roll,brunettes and blondes,
Mustangs and Norton Bikes.
Time's moved on and things have changed
and all of this has led
to talk of laying paving slabs and weatherproofing sheds.
Instead of worshipping our favourite bands
like Slade, Led Zep and Bolan
I now find that I hold a torch for the eldest of the Nolans.
Greasy skin and acne were the only things to blight us
long since replaced by varicose veins and rheumatoid arthritis.
The book of life we all must learn has reached the centre page
the staples coldly telling us that we've now reached middle age.
Still, if life is but a long hard race, the TT if you like,
I'm thankful I'm still in it and I ain't come off me bike.
Beatles Tom Jones Stones Cuff Links
Tom Jones
Hendrix Strawberry Alarm Clock Tommy James and the Shondells
Bob Dylan
Merrilee Rush Vanilla Fudge Neil Diamond Lobo
Fifth Dimension
Monkees Iron Butterfly Archies
Who Eagles Fleetwood Mac
Jethro Tull Sarah McLachlan Steppenwolf Bob Dylan
Troggs
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood Elvis Peter and Gordon Paul Revere @
the Raiders
Stones Commodores Lovin Spoonfull Lovin Spoonfull
Supreams Doors
Outsiders Grassroots Partridge Family Petulia Clarke
Natalie Merchant
CSNY Looking Glass CSNY Led Zep Association
Led Zep Cat Stevens Friend and Lover
Simon and Garfunkle Donovan Association Beatles
Tommy roe 3 Jacks and a Jill
Scott Mckensie
Paul Revere and the Raiders Cowsills
The People
graydye The GOD Poet 4-22-10
abstracted bass, cacophonic drums echoing.
fretting guitars, humming in jubilation.
knackish lyrics, melancholy narrated opus.
phrased quartets, rare sonorous texture.
upbeat virtuoso, windy xaphoons yodel Zep.
Watching in disbelief, Amazed at
what was taking place.
How these kids escape life's
reality on stage.
Lost in a haze of
purple, as Jimi
Hendrix
plays.
Song after song they played as they lip
sang, songs by the Beatles, Led
Zep., Eric Clapton Jeff Beck
It felt surreal, like a
scene from far away
I lost myself
on that day
as they
played.
Its therapy, my mother said,
helps them try to communicate.
express feelings through music
helps them to open up,
builds their confidence,
to trust adults ,
feel free like
other
kids
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