Ziggy was a sexually curious alien
A celestial rock star from sanguine Mars
a Stardust being who journeyed to Earth
A Moon Age Starman made a five-year voyage
described in Bowie's playlist as having
"a screwed down hairdo like a cat from Japan"
Bowie took on the iconic persona of Ziggy
who landed in an alley of cardboard boxes.
Maybe it was his idea of a Suffragette City
The album cover's artwork was meant
to give a view of Bowie's thoughts
on politics, drugs, sex, and his fame in the 70s.
But Ziggy felt his telescopic view of Earth
hadn't prepared him for what he found
on what he thought of as a 'voodoo planet'
Go figure, since he had spiders for friends
The fret of his guitar was silenced
by the fretting he did over feeling lost and alone
Ziggy was a space invader,
Bowie's alter ego who explored themes of fame,
identity, and societal expectations.
Back cover instructions read...
"TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME.”
To which many replied, albeit perhaps without words:
"Aye aye, Captain!"
Not meant for my ears at those decibels
Categories:
ziggy, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
The Ziggy Cats are in town tonight.
Their music and beards are out of sight.
We’ve got Tom on the drums, Pete on the slide.
We’re dancing up a storm as if electrified.
Our feet are moving in spite of our minds one said.
Some of the insecure ones dance as if they are dead.
But the oldies and goodies are having a fine time.
Dancing with the Ziggy Cats, enjoying their rhyme.
Categories:
ziggy, music,
Form: Rhyme
Ziggy, wild at heart
His claws in everything including my fake furs
Scat! He’ll dart
Give him catnip
Now my happy kitty just purrs
A tip
for cats
that scratch up yurs
Keeps
Ziggy, wild at heart
My happy kitty just purrs and
Sleeps
Pet Minichu
Written 3/9/22
Categories:
ziggy, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Dog
My love
First greyhound
Retired rescue
A fun, goofy boy
Lovable and loyal
Adjusting to his new home
A high prey driven sight hound breed
Our cats are his friends, squirrels are not
He is loved and completes our family
4/22/19
(Not for contest, I wrote this because today is Ziggy's 3rd Birthday, he is a great dog and my first greyhound)
Categories:
ziggy, dog, pets,
Form: Etheree
Oh
Your whimsical
Words and whiles and ways
Are like Vaseline on a chapped baby's bum
Or camomile on sunburn skin
Conservative journeys traversing the vacuum
On the dark side of the moon
Only the true believers
Are destined to see
If Apollo goes to plan
And the shuttle lands
The future is in your hands
Fire up the marching band
And make a stand
For a return to mother earth
Re-entering in a blaze of firework glory
The countdown where Rockets left
Sound a crack of warrant thunder
No more under
The spell of magic
The whimsical reside
Man has been to the other side
And there is no going back
The heaven's are no longer black
Back to the motherland
Where the only thing to fear
Is conquering army's
That fund exploration
Categories:
ziggy, celebration, columbus day, creation,
Form: Free verse
It's a space oddity
for all that this came too
for the man who sold the world
should have sold it all to you
Let's dance, for we are heroes
we know there's life on Mars
you our dear modern love
now dance amongst the stars
You were a rebel, rebel starman
Our world gone through changes
ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Your body, your soul exchanges
We know you're still alive
but where are we now?
Maybe next a china girl?
we'll meet again somehow
Categories:
ziggy, grief, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
I'm fluffy brown and very bright.
I'm always there
When you afraid at night.
Just close your eyes
And think of me
One,two,now you see me.
I'm here to help you
When kids are mean
I'm your superhero
When times seem gleem
I will shield and protect you
When you feel all alone
In me you can trust
I will never leave you alone
I'm in your heart that's full of love
Bullies can't see me as I watch from above
Your so special and that is true
Remember ziggy zeppelin
Is always there for you.
So when someone in this beautiful world
Says nasty things to make you feel cold
Just close your eyes and count to three
Ziggy zeppelin is in your heart you see
So you don't have to ever fear
I'm in your heart and always near.
So close your eyes and think of me
My new best friend
Forever we will be.
Categories:
ziggy, children,
Form: Rhyme
He was the last, and now his gone
His body lies beneath the ground
No longer here for me to love
No longer can I will him stay
He was the last of a long long line
Of pets I’ve had since the beginning of time
He was the last, and I miss him
No tail that wags, no welcoming din
The black blanket of night
Is all around me
I can’t sleep with the memories
I can’t feel just any one thing
My head is still aching
From days of unrest
And my body is shaking
From memories at best
Fourteen years I loved that dog
My marriage gone and children grown
He stayed with me with heart and soul
Him and me is what I know
Its hard you know, when I come home
Not to hear his welcoming sounds
Not to have him at my side
No ear to scratch in the dark of night
I wanted him so much to stay
I didn’t want to face this day
I know some time we’ll meet again
When I’m through this earthly thing
There is only one thing left to say
And that is Goodbye Ziggy babe
I loved you then, I love you now
I miss you more than you will know
Categories:
ziggy, death, depression, loss, lost
Form: Free verse
I feel my emotions sinking low
And the tears start to sting
I’m lost, I’m found and then lost again
There’s hope, there’s not, then hope again
My dog, in pain, is he dying on me?
My friend, my soul, my pain begins
The sword – through my heart, right through me
I’m standing, still, and life breathes in me
My head, it aches, and I scream within
Don’t go, I cry, don’t ever leave me
Your old, I know, many years your sin
And me, had you, since life began
Please stay, I will, selfish of me
I love you, love you, please don’t leave.
Categories:
ziggy, animals, depression, devotion, life,
Form: Free verse