You know what I mean
When I coo at you like this --
I'm ready to rut.
Every song Bob Dylan wrote or performed can be distilled in a haiku. NOTE FOR READERS: All posts from 2010 to 2014 should be considered out of date. Please disregard them. There are, or will be, new versions of each haiku.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Jesus Christ
Christ might be cool now,
But he was unpopular
With his peers back then.
But he was unpopular
With his peers back then.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Jesus Christ,
Woody Guthrie
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode's mom
Supports all his career goals.
She's a tastemaker.
Supports all his career goals.
She's a tastemaker.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
Chuck Berry,
haiku,
Johnny B Goode
Monday, May 24, 2010
She Belongs to Me (Self-Portrait)
Watch out for this one.
If you're searching for a gem,
Try another song.
If you're searching for a gem,
Try another song.
Labels:
1970,
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Self Portrait,
She Belongs to Me
She Belongs to Me
This chick is the best
So you'll do nice things for her,
But she doesn't care
So you'll do nice things for her,
But she doesn't care
Labels:
1965,
Bob Dylan,
Bringing It All Back Home,
haiku,
She Belongs to Me
Masters of War
Tin-pot dictators
Might destroy the planet, but
They should fear folkies.
Might destroy the planet, but
They should fear folkies.
Labels:
1963,
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Masters of War,
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Jamaica Farewell
A sailor gets laid
While at port in Kingston Town.
He misses the girl.
While at port in Kingston Town.
He misses the girl.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Harry Belafonte,
Jamaica Farewell
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Half as Much
If you could love me
Half as much as I love you,
I'd be twice as happy.
Half as much as I love you,
I'd be twice as happy.
Labels:
1981,
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Half as Much,
Hank Williams
Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
Not just for Texas,
T starts the names of two chicks
Who messed Bob up good.
T starts the names of two chicks
Who messed Bob up good.
Labels:
Blue Yodel,
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Jimmie Rodgers,
T for Texas
Wichita
If you take the train,
Make sure you dress warm because
It might get chilly.
Make sure you dress warm because
It might get chilly.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Sleepy John Estes,
Wichita
Friday, May 21, 2010
Good Rockin' Mama
Hot sexy mama,
Rocks me all the time. (That means
We have sex a lot.)
Rocks me all the time. (That means
We have sex a lot.)
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
Good Rockin' Mama,
haiku,
John Lee Hooker
Why Do I Have to Choose?
One man's dilemma:
He wants two ladies at once.
What's wrong with that, babe?
He wants two ladies at once.
What's wrong with that, babe?
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Why Do I Have to Choose
Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Guy chats up schoolgirl.
Registered sex offender?
Or being friendly?
Registered sex offender?
Or being friendly?
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl,
haiku
Monday, May 10, 2010
Tears of Rage
Unfaithful daughter
Casts aside family for gold.
Please go back to them!
Casts aside family for gold.
Please go back to them!
Labels:
1967,
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Music From Big Pink,
Tears of Rage,
The Band,
The Basement Tapes
No Time to Think
A muddled mess, this.
And it goes on and on and
On and on and on.
And it goes on and on and
On and on and on.
Labels:
1978,
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
No Time to Think,
Street Legal
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
Looks like a farmer,
But hip-shakes like a lover.
One hot book-cover!
But hip-shakes like a lover.
One hot book-cover!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Love Her With a Feeling
Love her with feeling.
Shake it that way too, Bob says.
Or don't. Up to you.
Shake it that way too, Bob says.
Or don't. Up to you.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Love Her With a Feeling
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
Did you know you were
Dating three of us at once?
Echo, shadow, me.
Dating three of us at once?
Echo, shadow, me.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
The Ink Spots,
We Three
The Usual
Pink elephants, smokes
And your alcoholic friends --
You know: The usual.
And your alcoholic friends --
You know: The usual.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Hearts of Fire,
John Hiatt,
The Usual
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
Is she a freight train?
Then what are the white horses
Doing pulling it?
Then what are the white horses
Doing pulling it?
A Change Is Gonna Come
Bob takes Sam Cooke's song
Of civil rights and plays it
At the Apollo.
Of civil rights and plays it
At the Apollo.
Labels:
A Change Is Gonna Come,
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Sam Cooke
Here Comes the Sun
Bob tried this song once
And stopped part-way through. Maybe
He forgot the words.
And stopped part-way through. Maybe
He forgot the words.
Labels:
1969,
Bob Dylan,
George Harrison,
haiku,
Here Comes the Sun,
The Beatles
Stones That You Throw
You know this lesson --
The one about glass houses:
Don't throw stones in them.
The one about glass houses:
Don't throw stones in them.
Monday, May 3, 2010
I Guess Things Happen That Way
Forgetting this girl
Ain't easy. Remembering
Ain't cool. There you are.
Ain't easy. Remembering
Ain't cool. There you are.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
I Guess Things Happen That Way,
Johnny Cash
Hey Good Lookin'
When you meet hot chicks,
Ask them what's in the oven.
They'll give you some grub.
Ask them what's in the oven.
They'll give you some grub.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Hank Williams,
Hey Good Lookin
Sukiyaki (Ue O Muite Aruko)
GIs in Japan
After the war slow-danced girls
To Sukiyaki.
After the war slow-danced girls
To Sukiyaki.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
haiku,
Kyu Sakamoto,
Sukiyaki,
Ue O Muite Aruko
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Every Grain of Sand
Dylan finds his place
In the cosmos. I'm like this
When I smoke some grass.
In the cosmos. I'm like this
When I smoke some grass.
Labels:
1981,
Bob Dylan,
Every Grain of Sand,
haiku,
Shot of Love
San Francisco Bay Blues
If your girl returns,
Take her for a walk by the
San Francisco Bay.
Take her for a walk by the
San Francisco Bay.
Labels:
Bob Dylan,
Grateful Dead,
haiku,
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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