Lightfoot Poems - Poems about Lightfoot

We didn’t know ‘Til time happened to decompose. Missed my friends, classes, teachers From two days to two years. I want to go back. Get your bags and go pack Because we’re going to the past. You’re my only gateway; I hope...Read the rest...

The Marquee whispered, Gorden is gone... The Edmund Fitzgerald briefly raised its bow from the black icy depths of its echoes. Carefree highway shimmering, flecks of gold if you could read my mind love It would wish your chords...Read the rest...

He sang of the wreck of 1975 Memorializing sailors who didn't survive Honouring heroes in the story he tells Visiting the cathedral still ringing its bells 29 chimes every year for their souls The Mariners church where the solemn...Read the rest...

Gordon Lightfoot was born on Nov. 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ca. His first concert at Massey Hall in Toronto, encouraged by his parents, He won a contest for boys with unmodified voices prior to turning 13. In the early...Read the rest...

Lightfoot's Mayor job, let's not interrupt Removing her from office, too abrupt ~ Forget the lockdowns and crime Schools half-empty all the time ~ Truth is,...Read the rest...

Attended a performance last night that blew me away A concert in tribute of Gord Lightfoot, idol of my younger days What glorious memories Evoked teary-eyed reveries A journey back in music, a gentler time it portrayed...Read the rest...

At seventeen, so radiant, hair raven black, eyes emerald green - the local lads, they just don't stand a chance. Lucy's heart is in the village church - the love of her life, a wooden effigy, of a...Read the rest...