I think I saw the Tambourine Man on Highway 61

I think I saw the Tambourine Man on Highway 61  

Dylan flicked his strings

holding the ashes of song

tightly within his heart

he became the soul of a nation

of nicotine protest

as we all wore out his vinyl welcome

but kept asking him back for tea

temperate Subterranean Homesick Blues

he sat in our parlors grooving on the couch

a Rolling Stone we tried to catch

in our minds

even as we sang along

Hoping he would bring Joan B.

along next time.

and we really did think

we had "God on our side"---

didn't we?

and I'll empty the ashtrays....

the butt of our generation

will be slapped

as the door closes 

on you, 

Yes, "it's all over now

Baby Blue." 

erin-cilberto

1/1/2021

Reviews

[Relic]

When I was young, I could never understand why anyone would like him with that style of singing. Of course as I got older and started listening to the lyrics I started to understand his place in music. Tangled up in blue was always my favorite.

I wish I had been around during the folk era. The poets who sang - Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Simon and Garfunkle - had something to say. They saw injustice or social upheaval and sang about it.

The hippie era - which I remember well - is gone. But Dylan still lives, and always has something to say. Even "Murder most Foul," which is a history lesson in itself.

The beat poets, jazz, it must have been a great time.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, "Murder most foul" is a lesson...
It was a great time, Relic...
it was..I was Lucky enough to see Dylan twice, S&G in November of 1969 at SIU...4 songs from our concert are on their Simon And Garfunkel live in '69 album---My dad saw Peter, Paul and Mary in concert and he loved them.
They all mattered...
and Tangled up in Blue is my Second favorite Dylan song...Positively Fourth St. is my favorite...but they are close.
You would have fit right in then.
j.

[Delmar Cooper]

Missed seeing Dylan by a whisker and a broken axle. Saw Pete Seeger "Little Boxes" and "Hard Time in the Mill" come to mind. Took my first date to a Peter Paul and Mary concert she wasn't impressed and I was out twenty bucks, still it was a good show. Thanks for writing this poem.

[phill..m]

I walked the cobblestones looking for Angie, found my self in a cafe, ordered Marmalade on toast, the woman serving said you look sad! I replied just the reflections of my life. How's that one J, it's full of songs. Hope you had a good Christmas.Phill.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Crying Shames, Rolling Stones, Tea Set, and Marmalade the group...Oh so clever my friend..
thank you for the smile Phill.
j.

[phill..m]

One more J, Sad by Maroon 5, could write a review using song lyrics and a poem! Hmm there's an idea. I enjoy your writing J. Phill.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh, oops...Toast and Marmalade for Tea was Tin Tin not the Tea Set. they did My Bella mi
Maroon 5 I am not familiar with...just the name...so you got me on that one.
but such a clever response from you...just love old music, I do.

[phill..m]

The song by UB40- One in Ten, they were named after the dole card UB40 it was released in 1981 and still holds up today, I think there is great music that spans Generations to the present date. All the best.Phill.

[Neville]

.................... and on that or those notes, thanks for bringing a smile to this old fella's eyes jacob ...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Neville for the visit and smiling with me.
j.

[Dave Brown]

I have always enjoyed 'rock music' with its huge number of singers.
They are unfortunately, continually fading away but thankfully, their songs carry on

[jacob erin-cilberto]

in my heart and soul, they will always carry on, because they carry me on.
thank you, Dave,read morein my heart and soul, they will always carry on, because they carry me on.
thank you, Dave,
j.

[Vicki T.]

Long live rock...

Thank you for this poem

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for the read, Vicki...
j.