American Ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 She was waiting by the river With each shiver her lips would quiver When the mocking bird sang it’s refrain Over and over again she chanted his name She pictured him bravely fighting and dying He was so sweet & honest, he wouldn’t be lying Yet one thing was very certain, he wasn’t there 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 In a foreign battle theater he died alone It’s there in that strange land his soul roams In despair knowing she’s there, he’s not home It burns as the sun each time she waits for me The President in command his face he sees Roses bloom by the river and he’s overseas 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry {listening pairing suggestion When the Roses Bloom Again https://youtu.be/QclnHbH6PMA} 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost She was waiting by the river With each shiver her lips would quiver When the mocking bird sang it’s refrain Over and over again she chanted his name She pictured him bravely fighting and dying He was so sweet & honest, he wouldn’t be lying Yet one thing was very certain, he wasn’t there Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost In a foreign battle theater he died alone It’s there in that strange land his soul roams In despair knowing she’s there, he’s not home It burns as the sun each time she waits for me The President in command his face he sees Roses bloom by the river and he’s overseas Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry {listening pairing suggestion When the Roses Bloom Again https://youtu.be/QclnHbH6PMA} 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone
Monday, May 25, 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026
The Lever _ new poetry May 2026
The Lever 🌎👨🎨 🌧️ 🐌🐚🪺✨
Limbo
Exposed to decay
Crawling to safety
Wet earth - minerals
Rich soil - alchemy
Birds of prey
Eat me that way
For there are
Those that pray
Seeing that as
A new beginning
Like a banshee
Heart in hand
Life to life
There is no death
Unless you decay
And so we pray
Birds of prey
Eat me, this way
The end.
3:10 a.m. May 2, 2026
MyStrawHat.com
John Alan Conte’ Jr.
#Poetry #Art #Music #Life #Nature
https://share.icloud.com/photos/085WUZZga1ilt0PfA92epLhNQ
The Lever 🌎👨🎨 🌧️ 🐌🐚🪺✨
3:10 a.m. May 2, 2026
MyStrawHat.com
John Alan Conte’ Jr.
#Poetry #Art #Music #Life #Nature
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Mind Control _ new poem April 2026 (w/ listening pairing)
Mind Control new April poem by MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte` Jr. Sunday April 26, 2026
Ms. Adran Elynn was tall and thin
She read a lot and knew to begin
Carry the microwave down the cellar
If she owned a shotgun she'd blast it
But she connected dots .....
They won't control her thoughts
That's what they did to Biden 2024
Scott Gallagher look like blonde Jesus Christ
He longed for those bright city lights
Then he discovered Grateful Dead
And went on tour instead
The Bart Simpson acid rearranged his head
He was finally free to be
And became a pillar of community
Kind, peaceful, thoughtful, generous
And he remembered the lessons of Risk
Redneck Randy loved to watch Fox News
Redneck Randy loved to drink cheap booze
Redneck Randy loved violent video games
Redneck Randy was a patsy to blame
Programmed by subliminal messaging
Never realizing what a mess he's in
He loved being in that crowd
He swelled at being so loud
But was he really a true assassin
Or was it microwaving Swanson TV dinners
That made the Kremlin Redneck winners
Sunday April 26, 2026
MyStrawHat.com
John Alan Conte' Jr.
musical pairing The Inner Light by @thebeatles
#new #poetry #life #music #art
Friday, April 17, 2026
When You Ain’t Got Anybody Left (You’re Alone) _ new poetry April 2026
When You Ain’t Got Anybody Left (You’re Alone) —- After the tears she cried When her husband died Her sad face dried She had to sell She’s not feeling well They had one child He passed at seven And he’s up in heaven When you ain’t got anybody left You’re alone She’s now in a nursing home 🌹 A man at Wendy’s eats alone He was part of a crowd They talked real loud Now they’re all gone It hasn’t been long He’s up at dawn In his home He’s on his own The youngest of five None of them alive They all died 🌹 She looks at her empty hands Staring out the front door he stands They should enjoy each other’s company Their memories make for good poetry How can we get them together 🌹 When you ain’t got anybody left (You’re alone) 💜🙏 MyStrawHat.com April 16, 2026 John Alan Conte’ Jr. When You Ain’t Got Anybody Left (You’re Alone) 💜🙏 🌹 MyStrawHat.com April 16, 2026 John Alan Conte’ Jr. #life #family #friends #nature #poetry {listening pairing suggestion 🎶 "MOONLIGHT SERENADE" BY GLENN MILLER https://youtu.be/rjq1aTLjrOE 🎶 Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Nashville Sunday _ new poetry April 2026
Nashville Sunday 🎶🌹💜🙏☀️☀️🙏💜🌹🎶 It’s a Nashville Sunday Trying to wash off the sins Of honky tonk Saturday 🎶 I got my guitar Here to play Give some praise Sing “Day by Day Oh Sweet Lord These things I pray” 🙏 🎶 on a Nashville Sunday Trying to wash off sins Of honky tonk Saturday 🎶 🌹 I got my guitar Here to play Give some praise Day by Day 4:20 a.m. Sunday April 12, 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. 🎶🌹💜🙏☀️☀️🙏💜🌹🎶 Good wishes, John
Sent from my iPhone
Friday, April 10, 2026
Cairo _ new poetry art April 2026
Cairo A song carried me to Cairo Who was I to marry tomorrow Notes 🎶 with wings upon I go But it was just Cleopatra’s ghost She clamored to be an international host I was no Mark Antony And maybe had some mutiny’s Because no one is king People worship no- thing Sand through your hand Listen to a peace plan The River Nile flows Civilization grows Friday April 10th 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. Cairo Friday April 10th 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #life #nature #art #music #poetry {Listening Pairing Suggestion: Egypt Strut https://youtu.be/kojTS9-z39k 🎶} Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone
Cairo _ new poetry April 2026
Cairo
A song carried me to Cairo
Who was I to marry tomorrow
Notes 🎶 with wings upon I go
But it was just Cleopatra’s ghost
She clamored to be an international host
I was no Mark Antony
And maybe had some mutiny’s
Because no one is king
People worship no- thing
Sand through your hand
Listen to a peace plan
The River Nile flows
Civilization grows
Friday April 10th 2026
MyStrawHat.com
John Alan Conte’ Jr.
Cairo
Friday April 10th 2026
MyStrawHat.com
John Alan Conte’ Jr.
#life #nature #art #music #poetry
{Listening Pairing Suggestion: Egypt Strut https://youtu.be/kojTS9-z39k 🎶}
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Slanted Sunlight _ #new #poem March2026 ☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️
Slanted Sunlight
(Inside your head)
There are 23 choices
Two or three wooden doors
You hear collective voices
A familiar theme before
Outside the house in Sun
Opening the shed for fun
Morning promise is bright
Standing in glory of light
Everyone you've ever known
Leads to a labyrinth of prayer
A reflection of everything shown
Love uninterrupted on a conveyer
Mid morning with no shoes
Drinking your cold coffee
Thinking of shades of blues
Grateful it's all there to see
The slanted golden sunshine ☀️
With its illuminating rays
Elevates your frame of mind
As colors appear in different ways
Thankful for this time of day
MyStrawHat.com
Sunday 4:43 a.m. - 10:04 a.m.
March 29, 2026
John Alan Conte' Jr.
🎶🌹🙏☀️
Slanted Sunlight
☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️
#new #original #poem
MyStrawHat.com
Sunday 4:43 a.m. - 10:04 a.m.
March 29, 2026
John Alan Conte'
☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️
#sun #art #music #life #poetry
{pairing Stay Forever by Ween https://youtu.be/9Z1v_xtHpU8 🌹}
☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️ ☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️ ☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️
Listen to My Heart _ new poetry March 2026
Listen to My Heart
Listen to my heart
Sing a prayer for you
I'm not gonna say
Too much
Because it means more
Than words
When I act this way
To show how
Much I care
I care more
And more
Each day
And for you
My heart it prays
Listen to my heart
Sing a prayer
For you
3:25 a.m. 3/26/2026
MyStrawHat.com
John Alan Conte' Jr.
#explore #art #music #poetry #life
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Listen to My Heart
#explore #art #music #poetry #life
3:25 a.m. 3/26/2026
MyStrawHat.com
John Alan Conte' Jr.
{listening pairing suggestion Charley Pride Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger https://youtu.be/hPSMkjC4pII 🎶}
#explore #art #music #poetry #life
💜💜💜 💜💜
Poisonous Beauty _ new poetry March 2026
Poisonous Beauty
It's not a pretty cherry
It's a kind, make you sick
She sure looks like a cutie
A belle named Tootie Fruity
But her bite, worse than a tick
Paid good money, took a trip
Took a plane, took a ship
But the advertising, was a trick
A TV Star with a cheap gimmick
Slick sheiks, snakes, oil & gold
Belly dancers, silk, & story told
Looks beautiful, tastes like mold
Smells delicious but already sold
There's no poison in your eyes
They know no evil, know no lies
A life of truth not for a prize
That feeling the sun will rise
MyStrawHat.com 3:55 a.m.
Dedicated to Theo of Golden
March 25, 2026
John Alan Conte' Jr.
{listening pairing suggestion Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
https://youtu.be/4b-by5e4saI 🎶}
💰💰💰💰💰🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚💰💰💰💰💰
Poisonous Beauty
💰🦄🧚🦄💰
MyStrawHat.com 3:55 a.m.
Dedicated to Theo of Golden
March 25, 2026
John Alan Conte' Jr.
🎶
{listening pairing suggestion Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
https://youtu.be/4b-by5e4saI 🎶}
#explore #art #music #life #poetry
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Mr. MoJo Risin _ new poetry March 2026
Mr. MoJo Risin
He's coming around
Headed to town
Down the Oklahoma City Line
It's tornado alley time
Her grandmother is Creek
She likes when he speaks
Deer skin boots and skirt
And his denim cowboy shirt
She gives him wampum
He gives them music
Language of mountains
Sky, water, birds
Herds to be heard
With your ear to the ground
Colorful vibrations of sound
🌹🎶💜🌹🌹💜🎶🌹
#poetry #music #art #life #nature
MyStrawHat.com
5:00 a.m. March 21, 2026
John Alan Conte' Jr.
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Mr. MoJo Risin
🌹🎶💜🌹🌹💜🎶🌹
MyStrawHat.com
5:00 a.m. March 21, 2026
John Alan Conte' Jr.
{listening pairing suggestion https://youtu.be/ZpwNH2ugG8s Sunshine ☀️ in the Rain 🌧️} #poetry #music #art #life #nature
