Janis Joplin

lov on proved to be an adept in symbols and signals. I appreciate your talent in imagery

Victim , legend, an icon founding member of a fatal gang all gone by twenty seven this is a perfect part and so is the rest of it gentel regaurds !"!"Twiztid Jey!"!"

Very nice tribute to Janice, Lou. I was a bit tripped up reading the last stanza though. Janis was 27 when she died but the fatal gang part, well maybe you can clue me in ok? Victim , legend, an icon founding member of a fatal gang all gone by twenty seven you see it is like you are saying the fatal gang was gone by 27, it's a bit confusing to me.. be back.. Mark (sillybull)

lovely tribute to a very talented musician, shame she died so young she said "on stage i make love to 25,000 people then i go home alone" maybe she had fame but she felt alone and robbed to Heroin! sad but poetic! great write lou much love shirley harrison

That's really smooth, Lou. I still listen to her "Ball and Chain" Thanks, Mark (sillybull)

I remember my mom saying "she was so beautiful, so passionate". My mom saw her beauty through and through. Her soul's music, her passion, her pain, her love. I ache now with the loss of so many, forever immortal, forever young. Though they were older, the loss of Lennon, Harry Chapin.... My best friend, Roberta Jean (yes, after MM), my dancing partner, and for whose daughter I named mine, died at 27. Lou, I thank you for this poem reminding me of so very much. Bless you. ~ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

brilliant tribute.Short like her life.Too many talents of my generation lived like they were immortal only to die young and thus BECOME immortal........scribbler