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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Nice. Bob is the milk cow that keeps on giving and giving and giving. Ain't gonna be another. He's the end of the line.

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Joe's avatar

The only things that have made any sense over the last 50 or 60 years has been the music and the artists who made it.

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Dimitar Vangelov's avatar

Mike Kassel wrote with a steady hand,

Through evictions and a rebel’s stand.

Thank you for sharing his work today,

A poet’s spirit finds its way.

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Corie Feiner's avatar

Why is rhyming sooo much fun!

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Dimitar Vangelov's avatar

Right? Both to read and write!

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Corie Feiner's avatar

Must be innate. Or perhaps it is fate. It is never too late… to rhyme.

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3musesmerge's avatar

“God’s immaculate brat.”

That is soooo great!

Thank you for this space.

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Corie Feiner's avatar

That is a fun and much needed archetype.

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Katie H/Emerging Creator's avatar

The most wonderful line. To laugh at and to ponder.. 😉

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BB Borne's avatar

Perfection

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Corie Feiner's avatar

This reminds me of Salaì, who was Leonardo da Vinci's impetuous assistant who was nothing but trouble -- a lovable troublemaking brat who became his lifelong companion.

This poem has a tone that is also headstrong and full of language that is in your face. It is interesting to not shift the narrative to a young brat who learns his lesson and falls in line, but a true outsider who -- the opposite of Thich Nat Hun -- looks upon humanity with judgment and some godlike insolence.

Anyhow, I love Dylan for being nothing but Dylan and not joining any sort of groupthink. And this poem was a fun read. Going to play, Ballad of a Thin Man now...

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Marco & Sabrina's avatar

God's immaculate brat is such a great line.

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

Every family has to have one and I guess God has Bob.

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Ada Austen's avatar

Babyface Dylan or PaPaDylan, he always questions authority. Cool to read a poem about him, who is always the one giving us words.

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Judson Stacy Vereen's avatar

I can almost smell North Beach, SF. Very cool.

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David Picariello's avatar

God's immaculate brat indeed.

A chip off the old block alright

But who's black and decker?

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David Picariello's avatar

Robert Allen Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is the wealthier in spirit.

Bob Dylan and his Band are on the endless tour.

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Heather's avatar

A brat he was and is. He beat to the drum of the Beat poets, and he gathered his words from many sources along with his own rhyming thoughts. He, like Frank Sinatra sang, did it his way. It is a good way.

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Bobbe Nunes's avatar

I’m feeling the irresistible urge to get the mug shot ordered to become my new favorite after this one. Perfect reminder that there’s still divine intervention alive and well on so many fronts. Cheers and happy Thanksgiving with all the trimmings.

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Majik's avatar

Imagine a lifetime of playing Bob Dylan. A teenaged Bobbie Zimmerman did and then went out and did it! WOW. 😎

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ZEN_1's avatar

Personally I just think he's had shit eating cannibals up the asshole way to many times to steal his energy and respect to keep there heads from collapsing in a world gone mad for electric light and rock and roll. Liked his early music though. Was terrible to see his heroin addicted asshole in concert. They birth you, grow you, shrink you, and throw you to the ashes of time. Fans suck.

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