Prince The Unpublished Version Poem by Terence George Craddock

Prince
wrote
songs
amassed...

kept
locked
hidden
in a safe

Prince Rogers Nelson
was the real deal an artist
style exceptional unique

pioneered Minneapolis sound
a subgenre of funk rock mixing
elements new wave synth-pop

Prince sang styles
had fun with musical styles
soul, rock, funk,

R&B, new wave, synth-pop
pop, jazz, and hip hop
a style diverse how to spot?

it rocks down in a flamboyant
androgynous persona screaming style
a style strutting it voice confident

Prince sang a wide vocal range
like jazz instantaneous owning moments
owning delighting in time moments

Prince sang a far-reaching falsetto
Prince sang high-pitched screams
Prince played skill multi-instrumentalist

on his produced recordings
often preferring to play
all or most of the instruments

Prince is gone
most unleased music
is now released

I think
I will walk
that road
for a while...

write poems
give them
to the wind
to the sea

strike a match
flame hard copies
ash in dust wind
grey rain word flakes...

finger poised
over delete
key pressed
going going gone


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
Copyright © Terence George Craddock