Five Years After by Chris Sorrenti
Rock n’ Roll
why have you abandoned us?
went to a disco last night
someone said you had skipped town
I guess Ziggy Stardust and
the Spiders from Mars
were nothing more than diamond dogs
on a self-indulgent space oddity
© 1978
Revised © 2023
1,370 hits as of January 2024
05/20/2011 Posted on 05/20/2011 Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 05/20/11 at 11:37 PM Brilliant, wry commentary. Absolutely awesome in so few words. |
Posted by Charlie Morgan on 05/21/11 at 02:44 PM ...cosmic cowboy! Zackly. good cuter than cute pome. |
Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 05/23/11 at 08:00 AM an appropriate post when rock'n'roll seems as lost as ever |
Posted by Julie Adams on 05/25/11 at 01:15 AM great little piece, so much said in so few words/lines...I love that you can feel the era in the poem, thanks for sharing this, peace, jewels |
Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 06/21/11 at 04:37 PM you are a trip! |
Posted by Ken Harnisch on 06/27/11 at 09:36 PM Rock 'n roll will never die, Chris...hang in there, baby! |
Posted by Gail Wolper on 06/30/13 at 08:35 PM extremely well done |
|