I often wonder why most people fail to see the obvious. Do you really need someone to hit you over the head with one of life’s signs before you ever see one?
Yes. I know from getting hit a few times.
MIDIMike
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The Signs MSK 2021
Posted: March 25, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
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Mr. Kennedy
Posted: March 21, 2025 in Opinions and ObservationsTags: #A Night Out, #aginginamerica, #aginginusa, #alone, #blog, #conversation, #encouragement, #human, #humannature, #idea, #lessons, #marketing, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #observation, #rewardyourself, #singersongwriter, advice, aging, choice, humor
Names are a powerful key to hidden emotions.
I have noticed as I grow older and visit government, retail or local restaurants, many look at my credit card or info and say something like, “thank you Mr. Kennedy”.
Or, “Here you go, Mr Kennedy”.
Very few ‘public servants’ call me by my first name these days.
It would be rare for someone to call me that when I was in my twenties. Too common in my seventies! It just feels great for a young person to call me Michael, as a friend would.
I probably visit their establishments more (like Northwood Cider Company not to mention names) than the others if you are listening………
I always say, “it is the simple things in life that are the most important”.
MIDIMIKE
The Pleasure Tax MSK CDK 1981
Posted: March 18, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
I have many thoughts on a Pleasure Tax. Part of it is the price you pay for having fun or a good meal. Part is penalty for those that want luxury items. Part of it is the toil on your body as the good times start to pile up. We all find out when we get a chance to relax.
MIDIMike
The Path Forgotten MSK 2016
Posted: March 11, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
I have always enjoyed walking, hiking and riding my bike. Often I take a familiar path but I also like to go off trail and explore. Life is like that.
But the worst thing is to forget which path you are on or where it goes. You get tangled up in the past and present, left or right, and here or there. This makes it impossible to return and difficult to find home.
MIDIMike
The Other Side MSK 1981
Posted: March 4, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
I was always an awkward kid. Never grew out of it. Not much at parties or groups of people. Learning about yourself from others can be treacherous, so I often trust strangers. My life has been filled with music and melodies, but the answers are still beyond me.
MIDIMike
The Next Step MSK 2020
Posted: February 25, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
A song about the choices we are given in life. For some, a few keep accelerating, knowing the traffic light is red. You friendly suggest they should slow down and they treat you like a lunatic. They make their decisions and choices without regard for the consequences. They leave it there for someone else to fix or clean up when it is too late for them to stop. A sure cure for arrogance.
MIDIMike
The Mighty Plan MSK 2020
Posted: February 18, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
IF
man truly was made in the image and likeness of god – – – – – we were all doomed from the start.
MIDIMike
‘It Only Takes One’
Posted: February 15, 2025 in MUSIC, My TunesTags: #guitarist, #keyboard, #keyboardplayers, #korgnautilus, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #Midi, #midicontroller, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #original songs, #poetry, #Presonus, #song, #songwriter, #studioOne, #themerchants, #themerchantsofdeath, #universalaudio, #vocalist
I recently added vocals to the instrumental “It Only Takes One‘. This is just a fun song in my opinion. It has a toe-tapping beat with a fast pace to it. I like the simple chord changes and the way it just sticks in your head after you have heard it a few times.
I sent this to my band mates from ‘The Merchants’. We may have a real version at some point in the future. This version is just me and my toys lol.
I have been preoccupied lately with family and life style challenges, though I have still managed to be productive. It is just difficult for me to put things together in a post. Hopefully in the future I will catch you all up, and visit my amazing followers again. I hope you are all having a great New Year.
MIDIMike
The Intersection of Karma and Irony MSK 2020
Posted: February 11, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
Another set of lyrics about my wife’s unpleasant personality traits. All so well hidden until the closets are full and nowhere to stuff all the garbage. Eventually it all falls out in the open. The bitterness remains.
MIDIMike
Only A Fool MSK 2-6-2025
Posted: February 10, 2025 in #poetry, Poetry, Question of the WeekTags: #astronomy, #athiest, #athiestisaword, #athiests, #faith, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #poetry, #religioninpolitics, #science, #songwriter
Talking to a coworker laying down tracks,
Says he doesn’t need all of them facts.
He started yelling, then looked at me and spat
When he couldn’t convince me the world was flat.
Only A Fool
Only A Fool would still say that.
During mass I overheard someone at church:
‘Mankind was placed on the highest perch.
The Earth is no more than a few thousand years old
Evolution is all garbage so I’ve been told’.
Only A Fool
Only A Fool could believe that.
It’s something ‘Only A Fool’ says these days.
But they keep reading it in that book.
If you want to know where the fool is
Give it another look.
The sun races across the sky every day.
Hard to view it any other way.
So easy to believe you are the center.
Hard to leave it behind once you enter.
Only A Fool
Only A Fool would repeat that
The first time I heard it, it caught my breath;
If your wife commits adultery, stone her to death.
Want to hear what I believe to be truth?
Faith is believing in fairy tales without any proof.
It’s something ‘Only A Fool’ says these days.
But they keep reading it in that book.
If you want to know where the fool is
Give it another look.
MIDIMike
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