Morgan Freeman - a short Iregular Ode in Tribute

 Morgan Freeman place in my mind 

Forever you're my favorite  

Favorite male actor laureate 

Chauffeur supreme I remember 

Driving Miss Daisy everywhere 

Never complaining movie wise 

Assigned an undignified role 

Yet awards galore say, "Bravo"

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Addendum:                                    

Old man of my generation 

While you're still working I'm retired 

Upcoming movie: A Good Person

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2022, All Rights Reserved 

 - I'm linked with Carrie at the Sunday Muse #231 for the picture prompt at 

 https://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/2022/10/sunday-muse-231.html?m=1#comment-form 

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Beat Generation - a Poem, Night Experiences for Me

              411 Westheimer, Houston Texas
       Open Mic Night POETRY SLAM, October 5

 Our Coffee House 

We sat in a circle, 

maybe a square 

if the group got large 

Passed the bottle of wine 

after a swig 

Took turns telling our woe,

or maybe read a Poem 

Ours if we had it written 

or maybe one we'd read 

that matched our mood

We all hated the war 

partly that's why we came, 

that and for the wine 

They called this place 

"The Coffee House" but 

"The Coffee House" had 

shut down 

We hose it down 

on Sunday mornings 

and mow the grass 

on Fridays 

The neighbors didn't 

mind that we came 

Oft times they'd show up 

up for the wine

Free to them 

and for us 

and next time or the next 

we'd bring one along 

Neighbors alright, 

all except one, 

a retired captain 

We read him his Rights 

and told him to shut up 

He minded real well 

and a few times bring some wine 

That guy hated the army 

and hated the war 

he'd had a leg shot off 

and became a bitter man 

A drunk one night 

wanted to change our name 

"boys and girls club" 

suited him fine 

We told him to shut up 

so he changed his mind, 

wanted then 

"Attica men and women 

against the war" 

Again we told him to sit down 

and shut up 

(the neighbors liked the 

coffee idea)

We all went home HAPPY 

as we'd done our part 

to stop the war 

We weren't draft dodgers 

but some they didn't like,  

especially with our 

Peace Symbol buttons 

Oh yes, some called us 

"Beatniks," 

we didn't mind 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2022, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Sanaa at dVerse 

https://dversepoets.com/2022/10/04/poetics-allen-ginsberg-and-the-beat-generation/ 

 - Click here to read other writings of the Beat Generation 

 - I am also linked with Rommy at the Friday Writings #47 at 

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2022/10/friday-writings-47-hobby-time.html

 - This is mostly true, The Coffee House for my experience was in Huntsville Alabama.  I did get drafted later, then I didn't wear Peace Symbol buttons but I did have a gold and large Peace Symbol necklace which had been given to me.

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Tracks are Gone Now - a Quadrille for dVerse

"Box Car Art" Photo by Jimmiehov 2015 at "Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place"

"Box Car Art" Photo by Jimmiehov 2015 at "Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place"

[click on photos once or twice for large or larger yet view]

Railroads tracks fascinate 

Of them I have kept track 

My tracks were choochoo trains'

Through smoke conductor sang 

Boxcar art at the stops 

Hobos get off to beg 

Wherever, followed tracks 

Omaha/Oakland bound 

Remembering that day 

Day they pulled the tracks 

Bicycles to fireworks 

Now my entertainment 

Sad 

     day 

Photo by Krivec Ales on Pexels.com

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 - Poem and Top Photos Copyright, Jimmiehov 2022 and 2015, All Rights Reserved 

 - I'm linked with Merrill at Quadrille #161:Staying on Track for Bottom Photo, 

https://dversepoets.com/2022/10/03/quadrille-161-staying-on-track/ 

 - Merrill's instructions, "the quadrille, it’s simply a poem of 44 words, excluding the title. It can be in any form, rhymed or unrhymed, metered, or unmetered. You MUST use the word “track” or some form of the word in your poem . . . " 

 - Click here to view other participants' Quadrille efforts

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