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Idiom Presence
This is A Blessing In Disguise
Long in the Tooth
Looking through the list (here)
I had forgotten
Most of the idioms
Is it just plain simple language
I just can’t tell which is which
Used frequently
In a New York Minute
Now part of everyday speech
Until I came to:
Elvis has left the building
Never had any inkling
Never heard this before
But rekindled fun memories
In Like Flynn
Of fast rock and roll
A precursor to the genius
Of others that followed
Cliff Richard, Michael Jackson
Found guilty the personal physician
But it did not bring back Michael
Elvis has left the building, that’s final!
Note: Elvis has left the building = the show has ended
Submitted for d'Verse with prompt - idioms
Elvis may have left the building but what a legacy he left behind with his music,
ReplyDeleteI went to Gracelands some years ago and to think I was in his house was a wonderful experience, I also visited the graves in the garden of Elvis and family members, a very touching moment.
Enjoyed your poem .
Yvonne.
Yvonne,
ReplyDeleteLucky you! Thanks! Not been there. One day may be!
Hank
I forgot all about that one
ReplyDeleteGreat play on Elvis has left the building for your idiom fun
The cat is out of the bag
And came to visit with a tail wag..haha
All i can say is, he is awesome and very goodlooking... Would love to visit his home... That's on my wish list... :-)
ReplyDeletePareng JJ
Very nice share....Elvis legacy is still enduring to this day; hopefully MJ's music will live on too.
ReplyDeleteHappy sunday ~
Elvis only left the building after changing it forever.
ReplyDeleteThey had to say that to keep everyone from stampeding out of the arena and posing a danger. It has "entered into the vocabulary" worldwide I think. I like the above comment. I suppose he did change it, but he built on an amazing base forged by the unheralded black American entertainers finally made famous by Scott Joplin/WC Handy starting with the barrel house musicians from Galveston & New Orleans, and the flat box blues singers who filled the Mississippi Delta. He just "brought it" because he was white, handsome, and had the "right pipes". The flood gates opened then and thank God they did. The world began to hear the music at last.
ReplyDeleteVery true Beachanny,
ReplyDeleteElvis came at the right time. He was very welcomed in view of the onslaught of the black singers as you mentioned. He had their voice and he was white. He was readily acceptable and the richer for his generation in the 60's.
Hank
yes - he left the building but still lives on..nice play on the idioms and great tribute for "the king" hank..honestly..listening to "in the ghetto" made me cry the first time i heard it..and still touches me - even though some people think it's soppy
ReplyDeleteoh in like flynn...i had forgotten that one as well...nice wrap around as well from elvis to michael and the most recent verdict as well...
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of how drastically Elvis' appearance changed as did Michael Jackson's--drug use, insecurity over looks--took it's toll on both. May they both rest in peace...
ReplyDeleteWell done!
I have no desire to visit his house, but I wish I had seen him perform. My brother and sister-in-law saw him onstage in Vegas. I think it was 1974.
ReplyDeleteGood job with the idioms, Hank. Yes, lots of memories.
Kay, Alberta, Canada
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Elvis was so impossibly suave.
ReplyDeleteyou used some no one else used, good on you!! :)
ReplyDeleteElvis and Michael both left legacies...
ReplyDeleteI thought the show does not end until the fat lady sings! (smiles)
ReplyDeleteNice clever poem.
Excellent, Hank. Idioms have brought out the best in so many poets, it seems. I saw Elvis perform one of his last concerts. He was quite overweight, but wow...still what a presence. I was visiting a friend in Germany when he died, and that night we went out to a disco there was much Elvis music playing and many tearful eyes. And yes, Michael and Elvis will both leave a legacy. Sometimes I wonder if not even moreso because they died too young.
ReplyDeleteWow Mary! You saw Elvis in concert in person! Not many can have that privilege. Lucky you! Our generation was very lucky in having Elvis, Michael and not forgetting the Beatles all at our fancy.I believe so too! Those who die young stay on in our memory still with their youngness which probably enhanced the fondness that kept their music alive.
ReplyDeleteHank