More Old Poems Revisited #3
I got out my first book of poems (Pictures in My Mind) which was created over the first 30 years of my life. I have decided to share some of them here. Warning! Lots of them are dark as I was heavily influenced by Edgar Allen Poe. Truth is, I wanted to be either the famous Edgar or Stephen King😂
FARMHOUSES OFF THE FREEWAY
I see farmhouses off the freeway
In the distance
I wish someone could see me
They might help me get away
I can only turn my head
And plead with them
Beg them with my eyes
Am I already dead?
My abductors are cold
I’ll be dead by morning
If no one comes to save me
Someone’s looking out their window
But they don’t notice me
If they did
They couldn’t know
There’s no way I can get free
I am already dead
Frankie Valinda Ghee
epitaph of a rag doll
Over and under, behind and between
A little girl’s images, thoughts and dreams
Lies on her table, sits on her chair
The little girl combs and brushes her hair
Here lies a rag doll, all torn and unkempt
A faithful friend with whom hours were spent
Through millions of tea parties, quietly sat
Through lectures and spankings, and make believe spats
Sleeps at her bedside, lives in her mind
A rag-doll, a partner, a stranger in time
As the child grows older, the doll means less
Tossed in the toy-box with mud on her dress
More and more often, the old friend is laid
And the little, blue toy-box a coffin made
Over and under, behind and between
A little girl’s playmate is torn at the seems
Sits on her table, lies on her chair
The little girl goes
The rag-doll stays here
Frankie Valinda Ghee
Where’s Frankie? Upcoming performances 2021
Random pop up concerts continue on Facebook, and check out “Frankie Ghee Sings” on youtube🎶🖤
May 27 4-7pm South Perry Thursday Market Spokane https://www.thursdaymarket.org
June 13, Sunday 1-3pm Cycle Haus Harrison, Idaho https://thecyclehaus.com
July 18, Sunday 1-3pm Cycle Haus Harrison, Idaho
August 22, Sunday 1-3pm Cycle Haus Harrison, Idaho
September 2, 4-7pm South Perry Thursday Market Spokane
Last Minute Show 4-23-21, Friday at the Old Mill
I’ll be playing from 8-9pm at the OLD MILL BAR AND GRILL in Millwood, Spokane Valley, Washington.
Hope to see you there!
Old poems revisited #2
So here are two more poems from my first book of poems “Pictures in my mind”
for the unborn
What are we saving the babies for?
What are we saving them from?
Wont they spend their eternities with “god”
In heaven
And wouldn’t that be better?
Would he do less for them?
Are we saving them for what they might be
A president
A saint
A prophecy?
Then aren’t we acting selfishly?
What are we saving them for?
If they could speak
Mightn’t they ask us to spare them?
The heart-break and despair
Of being men?
Have we the right
To make them
live?
I wonder
Why we’re saving them
What will they find
If we let them die?
Nirvana
Peace
Will they find themselves complete?
Then why are we saving them?
Inspiration
Each minute of each day
I am inspired to exist
to see the changes in your mood
and new expressions on your face
While away from you
I am floating
In a sea of quiet norm
My mind comes back to you
And my being is transformed
I can’t help smiling
People think I’m strange
But you know what it is?
There is a joy that comes from knowing
I’ll be holding you again
Frankie Valinda Ghee
Songs about love I love to sing (replay)
This is the link to a Facebook live concert I did last year. It made me smile to see it. I hope it will make you smile as well.
🎶🌹
This is an old photo from busking when busking was cool😎
Old Poems Revisited #1
I got out my first book of poems (Pictures in My Mind) which was created over the first 30 years of my life. I have decided to share some of them here. Warning! Lots of them are dark as I was heavily influenced by Edgar Allen Poe. Truth is, I wanted to be either the famous Edgar or Stephen King😂
MY DEATH
by Frankie Valinda Ghee
Last Night, I dreamed my death
And it was grand
The cause was simple
Accidental
At my own hand
But the transformation was magnificent
I had become intensified
The universe demystified
I was devastatingly aware
I was not confused
I simply knew
There was no “god”
But now, awake
I have to wonder
