Baltimore

Gold cherry

By ralph

Mon, 28 Jun 2021
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The link is for Hudsonmoon's cover of Ralph's poem. 

 

https://soundcloud.com/hudsonmoon/baltimore-by-ralph

 

In a pecan leather jacket

and rose-hip cowboy boots -

Barry flew first class to Baltimore

to see a man about a horse.

He made five million dollars -

a train of whispering friends.

He fell in love in Jacksonville -

on a peppermint fragranced bed.

Ten years later he crept back home

to his Mother in St Johns Wood.

And sometimes when he drinks to sleep -

he screams the murders in the mud.

 

 

 

Certificate U
Poem

Comments

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Loved this, ralph. I found myself singing it. Don't know if that was your intention, but it worked for me. Think i might mess around with it on the guitar when I get home. (I have one of those low-end guitar. it only ever plays the same three chords.) Ha. Cheers.

Rich

 

Submitted by ralph on

Ohh wow! I'd love to hear what you do with it. Thank you for your kind words. 

 

Submitted by onemorething on

I'm not very good at identifying some poetic forms - octosyllabic verse? I tried to work it out and look it up. Anyway, it's great, and as Rich said, its rhythm makes it very musical and I look forward to hearing it in song! This is our Pick of the Day. Please share on Facebook and Twitter. (Ralph - do change the image if you're not happy with it. It's a painting by Winslow Homer - licence here: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saddle_Horse_in_Farm_Yard_by_W...)

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

I took a crack at this on the ukulele, Ralph. It's a fun piece to sing. Hoppe I've done it some justice.

https://soundcloud.com/hudsonmoon/baltimore-by-ralph