John Lennon

John

All you need is love
was derided as naive,
he sent them acorns.

Johnny was a poet (again)

Johnny was a poet
but was he any good?
he wrote of budgies big and fat
and anything he could
it didn’t matter if it rhymed
or made sense in or out
but Johnny was a poet
of that there is no doubt

Johnny was a poet
who’d sometimes play the fool
I heard him on the radio
back in Liddypool
where he was born and so was I
a thousand years ago
Johnny was a poet
as he would tell you so

Johnny was a poet
he sang some little songs
about love and loss and war and peace
and how this world was wrong
every little now and then
by design or happenstance
he’d make you think and sing along
and join him in the dance

Johnny was a poet
I can say it, yeah yeah yeah
he might be gone beyond the stars
but his words are always there
Johnny was a poet
but was he? you may cry
at heart we are all poets
it’s easy if you try.

Johnny was a Poet (revisited)

Johnny was a poet
but was he any good?
he wrote of budgies big and fat
and anything he could
it didn’t matter if it rhymed
or made sense in or out
but Johnny was a poet
of that there is no doubt

Johnny was a poet
who’d sometimes play the fool
I heard him on the radio
back in Liddypool
where he was born and so was I
a thousand years ago
Johnny was a poet
as he would tell you so

Partly John

a nature boy
with angry eyes
behind his venom
shined the skies
endless in their certainty
that one day
the world would free
itself from hatred
from its pain
and sing aloud
of peace refrained
a passion his
to plant the seeds
in our hearts
is love we need
it’s been a while
since he’s been gone
but in us
does his love live on
if so then
we’re all partly John

The title of Partly John is sort of inspired by a poem from John Lennon’s anthology ” In His Own Write” called Partly Dave.

For John

the town is known
to never sleep
and in the dark
on mirrored streets
the night itself
became endless.

Johnny Was A Poet

Johnny was a poet
but was he any good?
he wrote of budgies big and fat
and anything he could
it didn’t matter if it rhymed
or made sense in or out
but Johnny was a poet
of that there is no doubt

Johnny was a poet
who’d sometimes play the fool
I heard him on the radio
back in Liddypool
where he was born and so was I
a thousand years ago
Johnny was a poet
as he would tell you so