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Thursday, April 9, 2026

She’s The Poetry

She’s The Poetry

 

She’s got silver bells that jingle on her shoes

Happy chords on the guitar mock the blues

Life is a long song and she’s the poetry

Come on baby won’t you come dancing with me

 

She’s the poetry life’s so alive

She’s the poetry it’s how we survive

She’s the poetry rhythm and jive

She’s the poetry life’s so alive

 

Take time to rhyme can you hear the church bells chime?

A heart full of love that’s my only crime

Hand in hand answering a prophetic call

When something rises then something else must fall

 

She’s the poetry life’s so alive

She’s the poetry it’s how we survive

She’s the poetry rhythm and jive

She’s the poetry life’s so alive

 

Angels and demons flying on the winds of peace

Armies stop marching warships come to a cease

Dream of tomorrow dream of a better day

Come and follow the youth let them lead the way

 

She’s the poetry life’s so alive

She’s the poetry it’s how we survive

She’s the poetry rhythm and jive

She’s the poetry life’s so alive

 

Flowers in her hair San Francisco Bay

Hours in care on her knees to pray

See the sunrise before innocent eyes

Peace love and understanding our prize

 

Shaking on shake down street they got subtle moves

The chorus before us got great grand grooves

Joy to the world the moment is now at hand

Take out the music score and strike up the band

 

She’s the poetry life’s so alive

She’s the poetry it’s how we survive

She’s the poetry rhythm and jive

She’s the poetry life’s so alive


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Saturday, April 4, 2026

Is This The Way Its Supposed To Be?

 Is This The Way Its Supposed To Be?

 

Be a good citizen march in line

Dream of heaven mighty fine

Do as mommy and daddy say

You’ll understand one distant day

One day oh yes one day

 

Is this the way it’s supposed to be?

Is this hell or is it just me?

A slave in the land of the free

Is this the way it’s supposed to be?

 

High schools full of rules

Get good grades avoid the fools

Go to college get a degree

Major in the art of agony

 

Is this the way it’s supposed to be?

Is this hell or is it just me?

A slave in the land of the free

Is this the way it’s supposed to be?

 

There is a chemical imbalance inside your brain

Clinically practically you have gone insane

Never mind about the illogical disconnect

The lying hate of the state we must protect

 

Jesus Christ He is the Son of God

Crucified and slandered a fraud

Never mind the words that He said

We’ll tell you what to think instead

 

Is this the way it’s supposed to be?

Is this hell or is it just me?

A slave in the land of the free

Is this the way it’s supposed to be? 

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Biztopia

 Biztopia

 

Mister Grumblecock was a traveling salesman

A dinosaur in this virtual age of click and buy

But he is an element in the overall Master Plan

A first hand witness who can effectively lie

All the while keeping a smile upon his face

 

Mister Grumblecock is a man of luxury

Who will not settle for the common whore

While drowning himself with martinis into obscurity

His sole desire is more, more and of course more

Like a false gospel with promises void of grace

 

Biztopian experts desire an asphalt domain

A world where digits on a computer are supreme

“It is good for business” no reason to explain

Efficiency and compliance the ultimate dream

Who cares if Mother Earth has a desecrated face?

 

Mister Grumblecock is experienced in the deal

Weapons, narcotics, sex slaves, it’s all the same

At the end of the day nothing is truly real

Everybody is a piece in a gigantic chess game

What is wrong with keeping the poor in their place?

 

Mister Grumblecock sits riding in a jet plane

Lusting after the stewardess desiring a tryst

He is a fine businessman, what more to explain?

Still in his mind a lingering doubt does persist

Exactly why is he running so hard in this race?

 

Mister Grumblecock died of a heart attack

Not a single person cared enough to mourn

In this world of life we can never go back

It’s a one way street from the day we’re born

Mister Grumblecock always the Jack never the ace

POLISHED FRAGMENTS

Poet To The Poor


Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Powder Keg

Powder Keg

 

She’s got looks everyone wants to know

She shakes it a little and see it blow

Always on the run always on the go

All the men come again to the show

 

She’s a powder keg

Ready to explode

She’s a powder keg

Running down the road

She’s a powder keg

Ready to explode

 

Neon lights advertise sweet delight

She packs em in night after night after night

High heels cherry red and nothing more

She’s a powder keg and her TNT is pure

 

She’s a powder keg

Ready to explode

She’s a powder keg

Running down the road

She’s a powder keg

Ready to explode

 

Softly her childhood dream was born

A Rockette or better yet Broadway

By her step father her virtue was torn

Without voice and no choice a runaway

Port Authority, Forty Second Street very tough

So to survive she comes alive showing her stuff

 

Lust is easy true Love is rare

Hundreds of men but nobody to care

Up on the stage she’s a rage of fire

She fulfills fantasy but no one’s desire

 

She’s a powder keg

Ready to explode

She’s a powder keg

Running down the road

She’s a powder keg

Ready to explode 


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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Driving All Night

Driving All Night

 

Woman you mean the world to me and more

I know I’ve never said those words before

Just like I never said “I love you”

But woman I really do love you

 

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

Oh Lord baby I can’t get nothing right

 

I’m a dirty old dog whose been chasing a bone

I lived a whole lifetime on my own

But you and me we made ourselves a home

It’s the only home I’ve ever known

 

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

Oh Lord baby I can’t get nothing right

 

So when you said goodbye what could I say

I cried when you said you were going away

I’m out on the road searching for you

It’s the only thing that I could do

 

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

Oh Lord baby I can’t get nothing right

 

Woman you mean the world to me and more

I know I’ve never said those words before

Just like I never said “I love you”

But woman I really do love you

 

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

I’ve been driving all night

Oh Lord baby I can’t get nothing right


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Monday, November 17, 2025

Going To Grenada

 Keeping on the Caribbean theme I am most happy to present to you “Going to Grenada.”  This song lyric was written in that sunny paradise inspired by the journey of my wife and me to her home. Maurice Bishop was perhaps the greatest political mind of the twenty-first century.


You will find this gem and many others in my book of song lyrics called “Without The Music.” If you have are a singer and what some material it is a must. Or from a purely poetic point of view, it is a work worthy of exploration. 


Going To Grenada

JFK was miles away to catch the plane
City in fright, security tight what a pain
Took off my belt and I mooned the guard
Never knew going to Grenada would be so hard

Going to Grenada
The Island in the sea
Going to Grenada
With my Love with me

Landed in the sun, really felt the heat
Maurice Bishop airport that name’s a treat
Long ago the man fought for all our dreams
Rose like an angel only to fall in screams

Going to Grenada
Revolution does survive
Going to Grenada
Our hopes are still alive

Family, friends, we are kinfolk one and all
Calypso, hip hop, reggae, prophets call
Times hard, money tight but hopes run high
Maurice is dead but dreams can never die

Music puts the Love in motion
Sunny beaches by the ocean
Riches here beyond compare
For all of us to share?

Going to Grenada
Can you read between the lines
Going to Grenada
Everything will be fine

My throat dry, belly empty, where is righteousness
Jesus was well until Judas gave his kiss
On that hill on that cross blood was shed for peace
The world could use another man like you Maurice

Going to Grenada
God I beg you for your grace
Going to Grenada

Help the human race



Thursday, October 2, 2025

Ghetto Blue

 Ghetto Blue

 

A little girl on the street

Trying to find some food to eat

Can’t you see her cryin’

Can’t you see she’s dyin’

Why don’t you help her Lord above

All she needs is a shot of Love

People pass with their heads turned

They should all want to learn about the

 

Girl with the heart of gold

The girl you should yearn to hold

The cold and naked truth

About the girl with the eyes of ghetto blue

 

This concrete jungle’s a mess

It churns feelings hard to express

It’s time to open our eyes

How many more must die

As I sit and sing my song

Hoping it can right a wrong

I share my soul for all to see

To those that don’t act kindly to the

 

Girl with the heart of gold

The girl you should yearn to hold

The cold and naked truth

About the girl with the eyes of ghetto blue

 

I long for the day

When the children can play

No worry of evil near

Live a life without fear

Maybe if we worked together

We’d be able to make things better

No more blood will be shed

No more tears will be shed by the

 

Girl with the heart of gold

The girl you should yearn to hold

The cold and naked truth

About the girl with the eyes of ghetto blue

 

No more blood will be shed

No more tears will be shed by the

Girl with the heart of gold

The girl you should yearn to hold

The cold and naked truth

About the girl with the eyes of ghetto blue


Listen To Ghetto Blue


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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

A Song to Share

 A Song to Share

 

In the darkest hour of the night

I am glad to hold you tight

With the promise of a new dawn

I gather strength to carry on

 

Hello I have a song to share

It comes from my heart with care

As sure as the sun in the day

I know Love and peace is the way

 

I see violence and ugly war

Do you know what we’re fighting for

Children dying mothers crying

My soul in gloom deeply sighing

I believe we can make it better

We just go to get it together

 

Hello I have a song to share

It comes from my heart with care

As sure as the sun in the day

I know Love and peace is the way

 

We’re all responsible for peace

It’s up to us to make hatred cease

One man what can he do

One man I’m talking to you

The longest journey has a humble start

Reach inside change your heart

 

Hello I have a song to share

It comes from my heart with care

As sure as the sun in the day

I know Love and peace is the way

 

Chasing the wind mad and blind

What the hell do you expect to find

A heart lusting full of greed

The world’s bursting in great need

You believe in God you have a cause

But your God is full of flaws

You curse the light you curse his name

Can’t you see it’s you I blame?

 

Sometimes I fall to darkest despair

Yet even the night with you I will share

Brothers on a journey hand in hand

I’m just glad that you understand

I carry your cross you can carry mine

In harmony we can cross the line

 

Hello I have a song to share

It comes from my heart with care

As sure as the sun in the day

I know Love and peace is the way

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Saturday, August 30, 2025

Peace in the Madness

 Peace in the Madness

 

I hear them first. Their roar peeks my interest and my eyes are redirected to the murky skies. I look at them with a casual spirit relieved it is only a passing passenger jet. It is not so in foreign countries diverse where fiery fury is rained down from above. I hear one or two more as I pen this very sentence. There are no bombs falling from the sky on the streets of America. Meanwhile in the shadowy corners of the hood a police officer guns down some victim on a daily basis. I hear another roar and speculate that this jet is flying at lower altitude base upon the volume of the annoyance. It is however only a momentary bother. My sad thoughts turn to Gaza and their pathetic condition. It is reminiscent of our Native American reservations. Powerless men subjugated as cattle awaiting a moment when the slaughter commences once more. Death will be dealt in the bleak anonymous delivery. I boldly declare any indiscriminate slaughter madness of the supreme degree. In an alleged war on terror one side fights with crude improvised weapons while the other uses sophisticated devices of destruction. But the real battle is for the minds of the masses for therein lies the underlying fundamental power. So I press on writing these subversive words. Know full well my intent is a better Earth for all to share. The organized violence called war must be eliminated. Furthermore it must be replaced by peace and not a tranquility from subjugation. “Weapons with peace is no peace,” spoke Lynette Squeaky Fromme. Even when the devil speaks the truth we must acknowledge the correctness in it. I hear more traffic clouding the heaven’s heights. When o when shall I know peace?




Saturday, June 7, 2025

Big Man On The Block

Big Man On The Block

 

Back in sixty two the sky was blue turning gray                   

Something about evil in people won’t go away                    

Down in southeast Asia Vietnam was smoking                     

The Soviets were red and nobody was joking                       

 

He was the keeper of the sacred clock

They called him the big man on the block

He knew how to roll he knew how to rock

He was of course the big man on the block

 

Dob Bylan was singing folk songs chasing his dream

Napalm was setting heaven on fire with a scream

Propaganda machine was searching for a perfect phrase

Preacher on the corner screeching about the last days

 

He was the keeper of the sacred clock

They called him the big man on the block

He knew how to roll he knew how to rock

He was of course the big man on the block

 

I was born into a world lacking love and grace

Evil was the denomination of the human race

I weep for the hope of what this world could have been

Look around it will be found the wages of sin

 

He was the keeper of the sacred clock

They called him the big man on the block

He knew how to roll he knew how to rock

He was of course the big man on the block

 

In the recording studio we turn the dial of the reverb to ten

When the good reverend speaks the truth he gets no amen

We are all casualties of the truth there are no exceptions

I was reading a book and a crook with great expectations

 

At the end of the day we all pay the piper’s due

What would you do if all of your sweet dreams came true

Bankers and engineers play of the fears of war

We’re living in the bosom of Babylon the Whore

 

He was the keeper of the sacred clock

They called him the big man on the block

He knew how to roll he knew how to rock

He was of course the big man on the block 


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Monday, May 19, 2025

Empty Coffins

 Empty Coffins

                                                                       

Queen of the dream yesterday don’t belong              

Been in the scream crucifying my wrong      

Sinful sharks like a dog barks in greed          

In the Land Of Plenty so many in need         

 

Did you love me when the song turned sad?

When life went all wrong and I burned mad

Empty coffins they wait for us all

Empty coffins they beckon and call

 

Endless war rages money men to blame

Burning cities refugees full of shame

Soldiers kiss their wives maybe goodbye

Don’t you know brother we’re fighting for a lie

 

Did you love me when the song turned sad?

When life went all wrong and I burned mad

Empty coffins they wait for us all

Empty coffins they beckon and call

 

I’m betrayed by friends cheated by strangers

A world of illusion I see dangers

Do your best then try to take a rest

Happiness is a never ending quest

 

Did you love me when the song turned sad?

When life went all wrong and I burned mad

Empty coffins they wait for us all

Empty coffins they beckon and call

 

You’re standing at death’s door ready to leave

There’s something better I gotta believe

Where is true Love when you need God most?

Where is my true Love when she’s only a ghost?

 

Did you love me when the song turned sad?

When life went all wrong and I burned mad

Empty coffins they wait for us all

Empty coffins they beckon and call

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

No Cause for Alarm

No Cause for Alarm

 

I always detested you

A freak by choice

Your spiked hair

And leather jacket

Picturing the Statue of Liberty

Submerged in water

As if drowning

Baring the words

That entitle this poem

I did not detest your rebellion

It intrigued me

Tantalized me

Rather how you would

Cynically mock me

For behaving

Following the rules

And I have come

To the conclusion

That you were right

Now I see

Your picture on Facebook

Your head is shaved

And a M 16

Is raised aimed to kill

And worst of all

You are not joking

I detest you still

But I have learned

An art to survival

Compassion

And so unto you

Whom I will conceal

I send you this

Love Letter

P.S.

I am straight

So there is

No Cause for Alarm 


POLISHED FRAGMENTS

Poet To The Poor


Saturday, April 5, 2025

Courage Compassion Peace

Courage Compassion Peace

 

Dogs of war

Bark in the dark

Babylon the Whore

Comes with the Beast’s mark

Hatred is on the increase

But wrong is always wrong

So stay strong

Courage, compassion, peace

For all the darkness of the universe

Cannot diminish a solitary flame

And the foulest curse

Cannot rebuke a holy name

Courage is truly a light

The fortitude to do what is right

No matter what the cost

Even if all is lost

With compassion

Love’s best lesson

Can never cease

Bringing the fruit of perfect peace

Yes we can reach the sky

But only if we try

So live a life of Love

And we shall reach above

If in your life there is worth

We can bring some heaven to Earth

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