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Looking back on mistakes
and failed detours,
there was that moment
when it all turned timeless.
Rhapsody in soft flesh,
that one moment,
two of us streaming joy
in morning light.
In the car,
full moon driving us,
we shared
each other’s silence
in volumes
printed on the landscape
we claimed as ours.
We were the only beings
in the world, a burst of welcome
to everything inside us,
new-found wisdom
in our bones,
exuberance and delight
in each other’s eyes;
the end of longing,
the blossoming into each other
above yearning.
Now, too restless for a return,
a summons
to the impossible embrace
flies by unheeded. -
Baby, If You Go
Only one thing I know for sure baby,
if you go you’ll turn my world around,
sun go down forever, I'll go stone crazy
you commence to up and leave this town.
I'll get another job you don’t have to worry
get the lights and water turned back on
don't be in such a gosh darn all fired hurry,
you don’ wanna go, at least wait for dawn..
(chorus)
Reconsider what they call the consequences
things'll get better down to the solid core
I'll get better, I'll patch up the broke down fence
you know, you remember, I bounced back before.
Now wait just one minute it’s a doggone fact
we've had our propah share of good times
I told you a thousand times I'd pay you back
all you seem to remember are my little crimes.
(refrain)
Ooooo baby, if you go
Ohhhh baby, if you go.
Child, if you go on your cross country jaunt
our dreams will go up the pipe in smoke.
I swear I'll give you most anything you want,
you know me darlin’ that’s not an idle joke
Reconsider what they call the consequences
things'll get better down to the solid core
I'll get better, I'll patch up the broke down fence
you know, you remember, I bounced back before.
Baby, if you go
Emm hmm, if you go
You're gonna turn my world around
if you go
Baby, please don’t go
No oh oh no
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Drawn to a perfect silhouette
effusive behind winsome veils,
undeterred by dry etiquette,
when the mystery source fails,
the svelte lady may well outlive
all rewards suitors might give.
But a mind full seasoned and fine
that delivers fresh thoughts pure,
and fuses hearts free from the vine,
is to any relentless pursuit inured.
Intellect shows steady resistance
to shows of dogged persistence.-
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I'm confused on this one - not sure if it's about an old girlfriend or a military buddy - or both. In either case, I suggest opening the poem with the 4th stanza.
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On 3/24/2023 at 8:59 AM, Omar Khalifah said:
They obligate their woebegoneness on me,
Their long -term melancholiness,
So I lower my tiptoeing,
Quit the Quaintness
Of the moon and
Parch to sleep.This, unfortunately, makes little sense to me.
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They obligate me with their woebegone long term melanchology.
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Rene - Can't thank you enough!
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Lovely, sweet hearted vocal and good guitar accompaniment.
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Good job - you went more country on this than the original and it does work well.
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Keepin' the spirit alive my friend, a very good thing to pass this one on to generations that follow. The horror fades in the minds of the politicians but we're still strong, a development maybe even better than bunching ourselves together - go after them from all sides. Good job.
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Tender and precise - very fine rendition.
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A rock version - very tasty.
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A touch of New Orleans jazz and some classical touches. Good energy.
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Whatever hold surprise has
on my waking,memories of you in my morning room,alive with day,drifting across the floorto open the shutters,then turning back to meglowing as part of the sunrise,shrink those epiphanies to shadow.Your movements,twirling, arms raised,years ago, spring to mind;recollectionsbrim with delightbut bring to singular enjoyments,racing up and down hills on horsebackor finishing, after months my latest novel,no clear bliss.This recall brings no refuge,only stillness,settling the memory of your beautyinto a calm sea mist;for the sight of you I'd drown there,your eyes wed to mine.
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You could do without "attentive" - in last line of second stanza - otherwise well done.
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"too" much. The refrain is effective
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I'm a fan of pantoums and this one fits the bill. A lot of resonance and sharp images.
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Quick, cosmic-cool,
you hurled every idea
your brain fireworked
into the trippy tipsy dawn,
and lit up the rackety
clapboard love city houses,
Southern Comfort swinging
at your side between healthy
swigs.
You rolled and rocked
all the way to one nite
paradise back seat hum,
hallucinated Hank Williams
beside you,
Montgomery to San Fran,
pedal down, sharing pills
and stage stories, but chaste,
you only touched beams of light
on each other's faces.
You grabbed him
out of his glum trance
with jokes and flippy takes
on silly songs you loved.
Ah, Pearl, you tripped
up and down the land
and left a trail of dazzled eyes
inside the dreamy night.
One time, you set midnight
on fire and couldn't run
it was so beautiful,
just sat in your painted Porsche,
grinned and grinned
until your shades fell
to the floor,
and you couldn't
pick them up
again.-
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https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/cathyii
"Far From Me"
As the cafe was closing
On a warm summer night
And Cathy was cleaning the spoons
The radio played the "Hit Parade"
And I hummed a long with the tune
She asked me to change the station
Said the song just drove her insane
But it weren't just the music playing
It was me that she was trying to blame.
And the sky is black and still now
On the hill where the angels sing
Ain't it funny how an old broken bottle
Looks just like a diamond ring
But it's far, far from me
Well, I leaned on my left leg
In the parking lot dirt
And Cathy was closing the lights
A June bug flew from the warmth he once knew
And I wished for once I weren't right
Why we used to laugh together
And we'd dance to any old song.
Well, ya know, she still laughs with me
But she waits just a second too long.
And the sky is black and still now
On the hill where the angels sing
Ain't it funny how an old broken bottle
Looks just like a diamond ring
But it's far, far from me
Well, I started the engine
And I gave it some gas
And Cathy was closing her purse
Well, we hadn't gone far in my beat-up old car
And I was prepared for the worst.
"Will you still see me tomorrow?"
"No, I got too much to do."
Well, a question ain't really a question
If you know the answer too.
And the sky is black and still now
On the hill where the angels sing
Ain't it funny how an old broken bottle
Looks just like a diamond ring
But it's far, far from me-
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In my dream, night horses appear;
they stand in a courtyard, tall, sleek coated,
they gallop feverishly through arches,
uncover meanings that mystify me.
They rouse me in my dreaming to listen
to some kind of sign in their movements;
they rush into a horizon I don't recognize.
They are striding back toward the beginnings
of this rough-hewn tale they're a part of
through the lost canyons of their home.
I who lived without song or deliverance,
who perhaps ignored the signs they gave me,
take the direction now as a sort of salvation.
'They frisk their manes,
stand on their hind legs, pawing,
wild, impossible to saddle and ride.
They whinny in the near distance,
relaying the futility of my pursuing them,
I'm left following dim echoes.
Their clattering hooves send out a code. -
You capture the feeling of paranoia and personal worthlessness - I hope this is a study of someone else - if not, talk to someone about these troubles.
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This reminds me of the dadaist poets in its word play - rough around the edges but somehow to the point by the use of familiar lodestone words like nature.
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Feels Like Rain (John Hiatt)
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