Category: Music

Poems in Comment

I’ve published several poems on my web site over the passed few years, and I’ve also included poetry as comments in posts on other sites. Here are a few such samples, which I’ve penned over time…

Title of Post With Link: “Life Lessons“
Poetess: Annabel

In wisdom through your word
Your call to thrive is heard
May generations sing
The life that’s yours to bring

Title of Post With Link: “Spring Renewal“
Poetess: Cindy Georakas

A poetic machine of fine lines, threads for treads and gears grooved for beautiful road trips of enlightened adventures, your creative capacity, like Spring, is always refreshing!

Title of Post With Link: “A Transformação do Não“ (Portuguese, meaning “The Transformation of No”)
Poetess: Carla Milho

You are a work of art –
the beauty in your eyes
and the love within your heart

Title of Post With Link: “Night falls, dreams rise“
Poetess: Michele Lee

I just made a wish
Her name is Michele
A romance novelist
Warming hearts as books sell

Title of Post With Link: “Back to Wonderland“
Poetess: Issie Alexander

The time is now
To realize
This trip begins
Within our eyes

All Poems © 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Good To Me, by Forevermore (1970)

Phil

June 4, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Poem for a Friend

This poem was written for a dear friend, Carla Milho – a very talented writer and lovely lady from Lisbon, Portugal – who is a frequent source of my inspiration, often on my mind and in my heart…

Beneath starlit skies
Passion lights our eyes
Drawing near, love invites summer fun

These moments, sublime
– always right on time
When we feel our two hearts beat as one

© 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Just the Way You Are, by Billy Joel (1977) – see lyrics here.

Phil

June 1, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Poems in Comment

Over the passed few years, I’ve published several poems on my web site. Many are written in response to creative writings posted by friends, and, therein, are commonly entitled Poem in Response, or, Poem for a Friend.

However, I also oftentimes include poetry in my comments, a few examples of which I’ve cited below…

Title of Post With Link: “Her Cottage by the Sea (audio excerpt)“
Poetess: Michele Lee

On the wings of a love story that flies into emotions of an audience hungry for an honest, romantic read, your tale tantalizes and tugs at heart strings beautifully, as a hopeful pull into happiness.

Title of Post With Link: “The Poetry of Abstract Art“
Poetess: Kym Gordon Moore

Painting poetry
A haiku of seventeen
Syllables of art

Title of Post With Link: “Richland Creek“ – *
Poetess: Holly Hunter

Seeing your beautiful smile
Getting underway
Both elevates my spirits
And brightens my day

All Poems © 2023 Phil Perkins

Note: * – this poem was written for Holly Hunter, though posted in the comment section of my web site.

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Aja, by Steely Dan (1977) – see lyrics here.

Phil

May 25, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Poem for a Friend

I’ve said it before, that, “Her lovely smile has the power to compel poetry“. She’s Mukti Masih, a published author, podcaster, successful content writer and beautiful poetess from India. And, she’s also on my mind…

Gorgeous brown eyes
With shapely, strong thighs
Luscious lips, sweet the taste, so divine

Long, lustrous hair
– a breath of fresh air
Share the light of your love, let it shine

© 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Lovely Day, by Bill Withers (1977) – see lyrics here.

Phil

May 22, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Sun City
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Song for the Day

Hot Fun in the Summertime, by Sly & The Family Stone (1969)
Phil

May 18, 2023

Music, Structures, Surreal
Poem in Response

Having read “What is Required of Me Today?“, written by a talented poetess and dear friend, Kym Gordon Moore – wherein she affirms the personal power of motivation applied to encourage others – I was inspired to write this poem in response…

With positive vibrations
Weaving words which resonate
Visions of a brighter day
Shared spreading love, never hate

© 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Bright Side of the Road, by Van Morrison (1979) – see lyrics here.

Phil

May 17, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Riverside Moss
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Following rain, I drove east towards the Smoky Mountains, into the Tremont section along a gravel road – which parallels Middle Prong Little River – and rested for a spell to enjoy this moss-covered landscape.

The scenery reminded me of the 1981 movie, Excalibur, so I’ve included a (later rendition) song that was part of the soundtrack from that film, below:

O Fortuna (Carmina Burana), by Carl Orff
Phil

May 17, 2023

Music, Nature, Photography
Poem in Response

Having read “Thirsty“, a heavenly haiku written by a lovely poetess and dear friend from the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, Michele Lee, I was inspired to write this poem in response…

Stories bound in time
Cataloged between bookends
Libraries of life

© 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

A Day In The Life, by The Beatles (1967) – see lyrics here.

NOTE

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Phil

May 14, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Poem in Response

Having read “A Qualquer Altura” (Portuguese, meaning Anytime) by Carla Milho, a gifted writer, truly beautiful woman and dear friend – wherein she speaks of dreams, love and courage – I was inspired to write this poem in response…

She puts the poem in my pen
And so, I’m at it again
Sending song
through my words
to her heart

I hope one day she will find
That we are two of a kind
Hear my call
Share her love
Play a part

© 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Night Moves, by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1976) – see lyrics here.

Phil

May 4, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Poems in Comment

Over the passed few years, I’ve published several poems on my web site. Many are written in response to creative writings posted by friends, and, therein, are commonly entitled Poem in Response, or, Poem for a Friend.

However, I also oftentimes include poetry in my comments on other sites, in response to various posts of friends which I’ve enjoyed reading. As such, and without further adieu, here are a few samples which I’ve penned…

Title of Post With Link: “Rise Lady, Rise (audio)“
Poetess: Michele Lee

As nature has shared her golden glow, so too, through pen, your spirit does flow.

Title of Post With Link: “A Girl in Painting“
Poetess: Annabel

What better way
to start the day
than to see your lovely face

Words shared, so kind
Straight from the heart
A good morning to embrace

Title of Post With Link: “Percurso“ (Portuguese, meaning Route)
Poetess: Carla Milho

Like you, dear Carla, whose enduring beauty shines brightly day after day, so too do your words and wisdom glow with the reflection of love.

Title of Post With Link: “We Are Poetry Hosted by the Library of Johnson C. Smith University“
Poetess: Kym Gordon Moore

As water, your words flow with poetic fluidity, nourishing with inspiration the imaginations of those open to growth.

Title of Post With Link: “The World Outside“
Poetess: Holly Hunter

Interlaced with threads of sadness, where shadows fade into night like days of the future passed, blended with blues into a blur of yesteryear, this half empty outer world exists in stark contrast to the full beauty you exude, an inner glow of which can brighten every tomorrow.

Title of Post With Link: “Old Dreams – A Poem“
Poetess: Dawn Pisturino

Love endures with memory
Through these lines of poetry

All Poems © 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Ocean Parkway, by Spyro Gyra (1990)

Phil

May 2, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Poem in Response

Having read “Serenity Found in Being“, written by Cindy Georakas, a dear friend and talented poetess from California – wherein she describes her zen-like approach to creative writing – I was inspired to write this poem in response…

Like a daydream in flight
Drawn towards poetic light
Your penned words cast a glow in the sky

Make the most of each day
In a creative way
Write on winds of the mind as you fly

© 2023 Phil Perkins

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

Fly Like An Eagle, by Steve Miller Band (1976) – see lyrics here.

Phil

April 24, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing
Poem
```
Sold in a suit of gold
As a gift for humanity
Yet, AI will restrain
Future prosperity

   Through algorithmic eyes
   Trapped in a house of mirrors
   Reflections on mankind
   Dim as need disappears

Delusions of grandeur
Transposing humans, digital
It's not evolution
- ours is a hollowed skull
```
© 2023 Phil Perkins

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Sky Lab, by Electronic System (1974)

NOTE: this poem uses the Preformatted Block, which allows for indentation of text exactly as pasted. However, in so doing, a monospace font is used.
Phil

April 20, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing, Science Fiction
Shots From the Trail

Prints available. This vintage, autumn photograph of waves on Lake Superior was taken in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, near the city of Marquette, on the beach at Little Presque Isle.

Prints available. This scene features the shadows of trees, pointing up a paved mountain trail, as I hiked to Look Rock Tower – located along the Foothills Parkway near Townsend, Tennessee.

Prints available. With the Smoky Mountains in the distance, morning fog envelopes the town of Wears Valley, below, as cloud cover above appears foreboding and pronounced in black and white.

Into the Mystic, by Van Morrison (1970) – see lyrics here.

Phil

April 18, 2023

Music, Nature, Photography

Poem

Soft moonlight in her eyes
A flower in her hair
She reached to take my hand
- come with me, if you dare

   I dare, my dear
   Indeed, I do
   I so enjoy
   This time with you

We walked awhile
Without a word
Then suddenly, she stopped

In warm embrace
Our bodies pressed
Onto the sand we dropped

Into the night
We fell in love
As stars dotted the sky

When morning came
She winked and said
- until next time, goodbye

PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

I’m Still in Love with You, by Al Green (1972) – see lyrics here.

Phil

April 16, 2023

Music, Poetry & Writing

Lower Potter’s Falls

A short distance further downstream from Upper Potter’s Falls is, you guessed it – Lower Potter’s Falls. A two-tier waterfall located along Crooked Fork Creek on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee, it’s a picturesque setting with several large boulders resting on geological terraces.

Prints are available featuring my photography, with several options to suit your interests – framed, canvas, art, metal, poster, wood, acrylic and tapestry. And, framed prints may also be customized.

Thanks for stopping by!

I.G.Y., by Donald Fagen (1982) – see lyrics here.

Phil

April 16, 2023

Music, Nature, Photography

Category: Music

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