Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Send me on my way
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Starting over
- The cover of Chris Stapleton, “Starting over” was performed by State Rep Jeff Roy at the opening of the SAFE Coalition performance space https://youtu.be/_4fD7XAd72w?si=UWh7b-y0z-Sf51Vg
- Pádraig Ó Tuama - Poetry Unbound. https://onbeing.org/programs/thomas-lux-refrigerator-1957/#transcript
- Ocean at the end of the Lane, Neil Gaiman. https://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/The+Ocean+at+the+End+of+the+Lane/
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Time for the music
I
What is the one thing we usually never have enough of
And which we can't buy? Haven’t Got Time for the Pain
Do you manage it, or do you let it control you? I have tried
To be as efficient as I can. times they are a changing
A little planning can go a long way to helping avoid
Wasting energy, money, or time; time is on my side
I like to reward those who manage time well. My time is
Important, and when others recognize that, let the good times roll
Think about it, lots of action words are associated with this
Concept: Make, take, buy, spend, waste; baby, one more time
It seems like time is a thing to be handled, bought, boxed
Stored, when it just keep ticking on its own, Time in a Bottle
II
It can be a real question, or a good ice breaker, to ask
someone, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?
I would propose that only when you are up and about
Does it exist, Time has come today
Memories, whether the penultimate, or even the last time
Are instances when we recognize Times like these
What is it that gives us pause, stops us to realize, and
recognize the present as a gift? Only Time Will Tell
Without that pause, a sense of something else, we go
About living, doing, being, Time after time
If it is worthy, and created the pause, then the best thing
to do is likely to Love me Two Times
Sherlock says: give a gift to yourself, think, plan, and then
tackle the day, the next minute, so that it feels like the first time
Source of 100 song titles with "Time"
https://spinditty.com/playlists/songs-with-time-in-the-title
Monday, August 15, 2022
Diamonds in 42 lines
If she get to know you
Then they really have you
Ah, to be so exciting
It's good to need you so
Comin' up from the park
Don't it seem so far away
The smells of cookin' in the hallways
And he'd hide in a house
But it can't sing and dance
Girl, if it lasts for an hour, that's all right
And the sun gonna rise in the sky
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
And I am lost and I can't
Don't have to say it
If you want me to
Blind as a child
Why, you've become a grown-up girl
Humbled and awed by everything I'd found
Stay close to me
You are the words, I am the tune
Lord of my need, need, need
The boat that I row won't get me there soon
It used to be so natural
Good times never seemed so good
Wish I loved only one
But until I can find me
To forget the day
The blues now and then
Walk with me this day
I'll stay with you my love
Two together, forty years down
And more to go
Note: There is a writing challenge I gave myself to compose this. 42 is the answer to all things per Douglas Adams and his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books. Our wedding anniversary was on the horizon. Dolores has frequently talked of two key events the year we got married, one was our wedding day, the other was her going to the Neil Diamond concert and sitting in the 6th row. No, she doesn't say which is more important. That's okay. I have had more time with her.
Coincidentally, the Neil Diamond musical "A Beautiful Noise" (https://abeautifulnoisethemusical.com/) was playing in Boston this year (July 2022) so we went and enjoyed it. The playbill listed the 29 songs in alphabetic order (rather than in the order of the musical appearance). 29 is a good number for those who play cribbage. I took time to research the lyrics of the 29 songs. Found the fourth verse, took the second line (see 42 is the answer) and used this listing to craft the poem above.
The last three lines are added to help make this about our anniversary.
For Dolores, my love
Saturday, January 15, 2022
sherku: syllable quintet
Compose the phrase
Build to the
Sentence and
More to the
Full story
Paint spots not
Pointillist
Impressionist
Threads woven
Tapestry
For all time
Translating
Images
And wonder
An attempt
To bring you
Along the ride
Breathe rhythm
Of heart beats
I just wanted
You to know
That this is
Me trying
You show me
Many colors
In the tapestry
I can't see
with anyone else
Inspired by conversation at the writer's group about syllables and sherku; at the same time informed by video of Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift albums on Disney. A fun way to spend a cold day!
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
sherku: why
instantly
fill my eyes
with tears and
my voice trembles
to find words
Monday, July 08, 2019
sherku: carnival
Blends screams and
Shouts around
Warm green lawn
Conjuring
Pharaoh's fury
#140poets
https://twitter.com/shersteve/status/1147932185502146561
Monday, February 09, 2015
sherku: listening
Do you hear the snow
It is slowly
Building walls
Waves piles
To keep us in
inspired by George Ezra's "Did you hear the rain?"
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
sherku: George Ezra
Juno snowed
on Franklin
found Gandalf
singing so I
just listened
to the man
#juno
composed while cruising in Facebook and discovering on a snowy day
got hypnotized by the voice of George Ezra
Friday, April 11, 2014
sherku: acting their age
jacket or not
their motions
translating
Duke to now
each breath
making music
composed while attending a jazz performance by the Franklin High School jazz band
sherku: acting their age - jacket or not/ their motions/ translating/ Duke to now/ each breath/ making music// #140poets @FranklinMatters
— Steve Sherlock (@shersteve) April 10, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
sherku: FHS jazz
lecture hall
setting for
jive combo
telling their
own high school
experience
composed while attending a performance of the Franklin High School jazz combo
sherku: FHS jazz - lecture hall/ setting for/ jive combo/ telling their/ own high school/ experience// #140poets #sherku @franklinmatters
— Steve Sherlock (@shersteve) April 9, 2014
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
sherku: drift away
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
I want to get lost
In your rock and roll
A 'found' poem. I have loved this Doobie Brothers chorus since I first heard it and finally realized it was a sherku! Well part of it was.
What is a sherku?
Friday, February 03, 2012
sherku: music
that music is
what language
would love to be
if it could
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
sherku: prayer
Glory of God is
A person who’s
Fully alive
Or like a
Song sung well
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Monday, December 05, 2011
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
sherku: harmonica lips
That is what he
told me after
the first kiss;
he has got
harmonica lips
a found sherku, in that I read what Robert Fulghum wrote and it fit.
What is a sherku?
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
sherku: Shannon 2
Her passion powers
Lithe movements
Clear vocals on
unrequited
Irish love
What is a sherku?
Inspired by the performance of Shannon Lambert-Ryan and RUNA at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin, MA
Monday, February 28, 2011
sherku: Shannon
Wee lass sings
Long hair swaying
Colored shadows
Play the scrim
With her dulcet tones
What is a sherku?
Inspired by the performance of Shannon Lambert-Ryan and RUNA at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin, MA
Sunday, February 27, 2011
sherku: Circle of Friends
Skeleton trees
Standing guard
Herding music
Amongst the
Circle of friends
What is a sherku?
Inspired by the performance of RUNA at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin, MA