Time For Change- I lost myselfAt the bottom of a bottleBut there I wasStaring back I recognized those eyesThat wild crazy smile, Dig? I’ve Been DownAroundFeeling the scene… That sceneIt’s Has BeenIt’s In-between The Calling Memories of ghost barsHaunting me from afarToo long agoBut I still wear them scarsI can show youI can show youIContinue reading “Time For Change”
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Beatnik Chicks
Beatnik Chicks~ Girls who wore Black? YeahThat’s where it’s at Punctuation situation Invocation rhyming Words, and ideasInto Cognative reality Science meets a metaphorYou got Nuclear FusionLine of fireHurricaneWeeping Willow In the last refrain Your caught in the nowStuck in a momentPulling for attentionOn Sister Mary’s hem Of another Bad habitThat one day soonYou’ll swear offContinue reading “Beatnik Chicks”
Music In The Wind
Music In The Wind Smooth tremoloJazz Kool riffsHold you tightRunning up And Down your Spine Electric BoogieGuitar HoundsSaxophone nuanceSmokey essenceRaphsody in heart breakStrung out HARD Deep on the Third floor Miracles happenRIGHT Before Our EyesHuman Touch becomes youSoothing and alluringPenetrating ocular realizationsBreathing HARD Exciting All there Is Blue Notes Fly in orbitAround and Around OnesContinue reading “Music In The Wind”
Dreams
Silent Still Here ThereA million Miles away…. She dreams of nights Knights! Proud Honourable That will lay their lives down In Her Name (for her cause) Princess Queen She is More Than blue blood Of The Royal Crown 👑 She Is Dreams Desire Sets the world On Fire 🔥 She … Is here There AContinue reading “Dreams”
Final Girl
Final Girl All the things in the worldThat made no difference in the endI wish that I had knownHow little I knew back then…Turning back the timeI see that something in your eyesA reflection of what might have beenI finally realize….. In a moment You were gone I knew it All alongYou slipped awayYou couldn’tContinue reading “Final Girl”
Hey Jack, Where You At?
Hey Jack, Where You At? Jack? Oh Jack… His voice was smooth with heavy texture. He talked like he was lost yet knew all ’bout the world. His manner loose, noose held back with refrain, a melody of velvet sandpaper fell like rain from his lips. Shaking, making, the earth is still quaking to theContinue reading “Hey Jack, Where You At?”
To Beat or Not to Beat
Ringing loud like distant thunder a fall from grace comes down from under fireflies beneath the sky glimmer glammer radio waves and neon nights. There were days on end that stretched for miles blood stains painted on lenolium tiles a hammer comes down without a sound with no remorse upon the crown. Vanity insanity theContinue reading “To Beat or Not to Beat”
Lady Night
Kool JazzA shanty blowsLiquid heat in late AugustIt was SheThat scent of NightBringing shadowsTo the floorTangoSilhouettes glidingHolding their ownLost in melodyRife with desire And deathTwo mutual friendsPlaying against TimeReflecting glomeCast togetherAgainst fracturedStucco wallsIt was SheThat takes you in a momentTranscendingCarnal hopes and dreamsIt was SheCaptured in celluloidFilm noir countessPoison lipstickNeon nightsAlleyway firesCosplay CosloveCostume smileMystery moonContinue reading “Lady Night”
Nostalgic Haunts
Full on brooding thoughtsIndiana skyline barren blueDrawn between two actsOne hushed one embracedSilent moments within the eyesWild madness next of kinEmotions paintedAcross silver canvasCelestial beings wait to receiveSubtle genius soon loosed acrossFiery pavement at the costOf high noon sunMelodies. Trivialities.Beat. Kicks.Shadow cliquesWallflower dancing aloneForever more (Matthew Bowers) ~93©2021
Breathe in 1927
I wish I was among Fitzgerald, Chaplain, Valentino, Fairbanks!!!! Sometimes i feel Like I’m at a tube station Waiting and I’ve missed the ride Too late for the show And there, I’m stuck Like a ghost Sometimes I feel I was one Of those Wall Street tycoons That plummeted 30 floors From the stock marketContinue reading “Breathe in 1927”
Winter Woman
Morning woke in full bloomTurned a key of faded gloryLet madness out typhoon smileIn bitter rhyme and rhythmic dance Embers smudge spirit callingsElectric waves docile momentsCrossing current equinox twinIn dime store shelter lost and found Wooden Indian tearBaring the soul of the tiredWitnesses mouths sewn closedDesert wind carries hidden secrets that only children of distantContinue reading “Winter Woman”
Voices of Freedom
First Poetry Music Audio Recording “Voices of Freedom”-(Trying to add slide show)-Voices of Freedom -21 Dancing without a nameShe was naked in her silenceStone, statues, salutationsDesires from a Hellenistic waterfrontAncient scriptures reveal hidden sourcesAmong firey chariots and beat up taxisNeon lights flicker to the rhythm of abandoned youthIn a Holy, Glory brought on by theContinue reading “Voices of Freedom”
Voices of Freedom ’21
Dancing without a nameShe was naked in her silenceStone, statues, salutationsDesires from a Hellenistic waterfrontAncient scriptures reveal hidden sourcesAmong firey chariots and beat up taxisNeon lights flicker to the rhythm of abandoned youthIn a Holy Glory, brought on by the Atomic ageBirds swell like waves in the evening skyLighting fires of brilliance, in the skullsContinue reading “Voices of Freedom ’21”
Moon Prize Reverberation (6)-
Solar nut silkPlant Holy SingleLost Confetti WeighsAbandon Circus PuddingTentacle Reign CumulousMasks Porceline Tub Elevated HighnessCobalt Amber NightFound Muddied OctoberCornucopia Floods DeniedRings Fall HeraldingLawnmower Kisses Gary Busey RhythmMars Virginia SkySink Scars Parked CarsBandaid Method TrotsExcavating Moral JupiterPizza Clouds Form Radio Empathy ClownsDesert Books GiraffeStrawberry Legions SpongeTelevision BonfireOcean Pudding EnvelopeWicker Chain Throat Mirror Grain AsphaltVictorian Horses RenewedLakesContinue reading “Moon Prize Reverberation (6)-“
Hollywood Vampyres~
Here we areBefore the sunriseDangerous gamesIn an eternity’s eye Cold veinsWe are like the windYou can’t touch usBut we can touch you Cat and mouseYou are blind preyYou can’t see usBut we can see you Jumping offHillside lettersTallHOLLYWOODLANDYou Couldn’t rememberWe’ll never forget 1923Porcelain skin purityPearl necklacesLongThinNecks JazzCrazy anticsIt was beautifulWe were free We are vampyresElegantOnceContinue reading “Hollywood Vampyres~”
Bukowski Reads~
Style, smileMischiefWilesbehind those crazy twinkling eyesScruff, wolf grinTypewriter echos Banging like thunderacross a humid, steamy room, Offstained wallpaper,curtains drawn, ceiling fan shadows like Don Quixote Dried, righteous brain Society is a drag man…RepressionSuccessionRecessionDepressionDepletionRepeat son The reason, so many foolsLine up and take chargePaving the way withBillboards and skylightsMarching along blindlyDropping like lemmings Crashing in the surfBelowContinue reading “Bukowski Reads~”
Coltrane
ColtraneIt’s more thanA thangIt’sElectric bluePoetic reviewBlistering SunsetTime won’tForgetHotLiquidHeatFlowingThrough ourVeinsBenniesNights UpWeeksAt a timeLongingLovingListeningLearningNeon waltzes45sLPsEPsSpinning rhymeI improviseFrom thirstAndFromLiesDormantDeterminedDestructionDestitute willFever pitchedValariumSocial StadiumOutstrechedArmsWelcomePainAnd RainDisconnectedResidencesDrivenInsaneI FallI CallNo longerAloneColtraneInMy BrainMy ValiumSoothesMySoul (matthew bowers) ~93©20021
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