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Believe Me When I Tell You The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger—1943-; Keith Richards—1943-; Charlie Watts—1941-; Ronnie Wood—1947-; Brian Jones—1942-1969
Rock ’n’ roll’s The perfect party favor Rock ’n’ roll’s Granddaddy’s nervous tic Rock ’n’ roll Believe me when I tell you Rock ’n’ roll Is always Keith and Mick
It’s the penthouse floor in a snazzy hotel It’s a symphony written to a sorcerer’s spell At the wedding of the undertaker and his bride When they kiss, he’s happy, she’s terrified
Rock ’n’ roll Comes shaking like a preacher Rock ’n’ roll Some say’s a dirty trick Rock ’n’ roll In case you ever doubted Rock ’n’ roll Is purely Keith and Mick
It’s the cyclone rush of a wind tunnel high It’s a poke in the snoot and it’s mud in your eye It’s a cream pie hit to the guv’nor’s tux As he swindles the choir for a few hundred bucks
Rock ’n’ roll Is caution on a riptide Rock ’n’ roll Is opera with a kick Rock ’n’ roll I think I oughta mention Rock ’n’ roll Is always Keith and Mick
How nice of J. Patrick Lewis to send a bit of rock 'n' roll poetry to share with the world, eh? Some might quibble with him, of course ("For those who say that rock is all/It's always John and Paul" for example), but who can deny our Poet Laureate's rhythm and way with words? Not I! As always, it's a pleasure to have Pat here at GottaBook.
By the way, you can check out today's Poetry Friday roundup at A Year in Reading to get a bunch of pre-National Poetry Month poetry joy. And consider today's poem pre-kickoff to 30 Poets/30 Days.
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I know it's only rock 'n roll, but I like it! That kept going through my head as I read Pat's poem...and I kept wanting to put it to a melody! Thanks for sharing, Greg.
This is great! It's true for my generation, I got a copy of Let it Bleed in 1970 or so, and for my son's generation. He heard the Stones in San Francisco 6 or 7 years ago.
Love the Stones and love this poem! Very fun to read out loud. I saw them at Madison Square Garden many years ago. Nosebleed seats. But the show was awesome!
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Take a look at – and listen to – this delightful e-card from Barefoot Books: author Amy Tan narrates the poem from the recently-published Motherbridge of Love. Once you’ve heard the poem and been given a glimpse of the lovely illustrations by Jose Masse, you’ll understand why this would be a perfect book to read as a bedtime story, especially but certainly not only if you have adopted children of your own. There’s a special story behind it too, since the author of the poem is unknown: but it highlights the questions an adopted child might have about where they come from and who they are. I was fortunate to be able to catch up with Xinran, founder of the Mothers’ Bridge of Love charity, to whom the poem was sent and to which the royalties for the book will go – you can read the interview here; and here’s a photo of Xinran with Amy Tan, taken when they met recently during Xinran’s whistle-stop tour of the States.
Another recently-published picture-book featuring adoption is Grace Lin’s gorgeous The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale. It has all the traits of an enduring fairy tale – and love as the overriding principle. It creatively incorporates the “ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable thread connects all those who are destined to be together.” This is something that many adoptive parents of children from China become aware of during their sometimes long, emotional journey through the adoption process. Grace has indeed turned it into the stuff of fairytales. She talked about the book in her charming interview with 7-Imps back in May; and Just One More Book featured it a few weeks ago.
Both these books are valuable additions to the slowly increasing number of picture-books which focus on adoption; and each in its own way has those qualities which will keep them special for years to come.
For more books featuring adoption, check out Rose Kent’s great Personal View on the PaperTigers main website: “Three Cheers For Adoption Books – And Why We All Should Read ‘Em”, with her recommendations for children of all ages. Chicken Spaghetti has put together a list of books for National Adoption month, as has Andrea Ross in her revealing podcast Thicker than Water: True Family Ties for Swimming in Literary Soup.
…And don’t forget, the auction of Snowflakes for Robert’s Snow: For Cancer’s Cure is still going on - Auction 2 starts tomorrow! Grace Lin’s own snowflake is featured in the PaperTigers Gallery along with others by artists from around the Pacific Rim…
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Wonderful! And here comes April, at last - Spring and poetry! Is there anything better?
Awesome-- I'm loving this (and Keith and Mick too) and can't wait for April's deluge of creativity!
Hard to believe they're still "kickin'", but they are, and this poem shows it! Wonderful!
I know it's only rock 'n roll, but I like it! That kept going through my head as I read Pat's poem...and I kept wanting to put it to a melody! Thanks for sharing, Greg.
Love this one! Pat's a rock star :).
Jama got it right -- he IS a rock star!
Fabulous, Pat!
And Greg--triple skipping hello and super ball jumping for your GREAT GOOD NEWS--can't wait for The 14 Fibs of Gregory K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Shouldn't that be Gregory P???)
Fun poem! Thanks for sharing, Greg.
What Jama said.
This is great! It's true for my generation, I got a copy of Let it Bleed in 1970 or so, and for my son's generation. He heard the Stones in San Francisco 6 or 7 years ago.
It's true, Pat's the man. And even that underrates him.
Love the Stones and love this poem! Very fun to read out loud. I saw them at Madison Square Garden many years ago. Nosebleed seats. But the show was awesome!