Working Gal Rock and Roll Poet: Little Girl In My Dream

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Little Girl In My Dream

She wanted to be angel for strays by my house,

the little girl in my dream…

the other kids threw fire crackers

kids are cruel

I remember that well.

Homeowners united on the Fourth of July

with hoses blasting full stream

we destroyed their explosions

‘cause kids are cruel

I remember that well

As I rolled up my garden hose,

I saw the little girl in my dream

in my yard, making me angry

kids are cruel

I remember that well.

I yelled at her and told her to get lost

she ignored my scream

so I picked her up,

brought her to the next yard

kids are cruel
I remember that well.

She came back like the cat

I toss off my desk, this little girl in my dream

I didn’t see her tend to a grey stray

kids are cruel

I remember that well.

So I carried her by her arms and yelled

she sulked, “don’t be mean.”

I didn’t give it much thought till now

what I did to that sweet, little girl in my dream.

I remember that well.

-2012

My book is called THE LEIGHTON EXPLOSION, which is a title I've played with throughout my entire adult life. It's based on The Music Explosion who rocked with a favorite song, "A Little Bit Of Soul." It's optimistic, and self-empowering, which is a quality I love in art... Three things have been constant in my life—- writing, music, and animals. Likewise, I've adapted the words to Frank Sinatra’s hit, “That’s Life.” I sing, “I’ve been a poet, a pauper, a publicist…. up and down…..” My poetry book, The Leighton Explosion (Soul Asylum, Canada) shows my range of emotion and different interests, especially rock music. My publisher Ken Cowle says I “made him laugh.” Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, who writes the book’s foreword, praises my “lilt” and “personality” in an encouraging note. While I usually work as a music publicist with musicians including Jethro Tull, Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius, Sharon Katz & The Peace Train, and Michael Veitch, I've also made money from my poetry. This includes the Grammy-nominated album, Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat, (Audio & Video Labs) with me reading my poem “Feed Your Parents Well.” My poems have been published in The Indie Collaborative’s “Holiday Program,” “The Literary Parrot Anthology,” “Elephant Journal,” “BOG GOB,” “Powerline,” “the Aquarian,” and “Nickel.” I've performed live at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Peter Max’s Studio. Some of my plays have been performed live—one by the Poets Repertory Theatre of Long Island and another by the San Antonio Living River Church, and at New York City’s Howl Fest. My other books are Paws For Thought: How to Understand What Your Cat is Thinking (Rockwell Books, UK), Using Your Art & the Media to Comfort People (Free To Run Books, West Hills, CA), and the self-published e-book, Get the Gig (Common Sense Career Consulting). I recently started producing pop music singles, which can be heard at soundcloud.com/leightonmedia/sets/anneleightonsongs.