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IMAGINING ALL THE PEOPLE

IMAGINING ALL THE PEOPLE
Poetry Inspired by the Characters in the
Lyrics of The Beatles

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YELLOW SUBMARINE

(Lennon & McCartney)

Revolver, 1966

A local man tells colorful stories of his younger years at sea

living in a submarine with his friends.

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He says it was yellow.

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It sounded wonderful!

Beneath the Waves

   The Boys Who Heard The Stories

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Normally submarines are black

To reflect the least amount of light

Or gray to blend in with the horizon

when it brings people up for air

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You and your sardine companions

Are crammed inside at a density

Comparable to that of a white dwarf

Then sunk until the food runs out

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There's no way to avoid others

And nowhere you can be alone

For these reasons I never thought 

That way of life seemed utopian

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But then I heard colorful stories

From a mariner reliving his days

In what sounded like a commune

Choosing to live beneath the waves

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The scene he set was not at all drab

With no gray and black for camouflage

But the vivid blue sky and green sea

And the brilliant yellow of the vessel

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All his friends were there with him

There was a band, there was harmony

They had each other, peace, and love

And everyone had all they needed

ABOUT THE POET

Marcus Benjamin Ray Bradley 

In addition to working in the IT Department at the University of Kentucky, Marcus also makes use of the right side of his brain writing poetry.

After 'Take Your Daughter to Work' Day

at the university, his job was described

as "Daddy talks to people...and draws,"

which generally describes it quite well.

Marcus grew up in the small town of

Perryville and now lives in Versailles,

Kentucky with his wife, daughters, and

two dogs Eleanor and George – Rigby

and Harrison, of course.

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Although his poetry has been widely​ published, this is his first book of poetry – and his first collection of poems about 

The Beatles.                ​

​​THE BEATLES BIBLIOGRAPHIES:

New Guides to the Literature

"The very definition of exhaustive. Well-written...

a staggering amount of research."

Record Collector Magazine

"Superb. Vibrant and compelling."

Spencer Leigh

"A must own. FOUR STARS”

            GOLDMINE Magazine

"Congratulations to Brocken and Davis for a masterpiece of research."

 Larry Kane, the only American journalist to accompany the Beatles 

on their North American tours, author, 

A Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 Tour That Changed the World

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~ Books​

~ Newspaper, magazine articles

~ Academic journal articles​

~ Special editions and commemoratives ​

~ Songbooks​

~ The Beatle Era and Solo Careers

 
Mary-Lu Zahalan

  We are heartbroken by the loss of our friend, Mary-Lu Zahalan, who was the first to earn a Master's degree from the first graduate program focusing on the musical and cultural impact of The Beatles – and she did it with Honors!

  Her outstanding dissertation focused on the story of how The Beatles 'broke' in Canada first – before their more well-known debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on
9 February 1964.

  It is a 'hidden history' that deserves to be told for a thorough understanding and context of the extraordinary months that took the group from national recognition in Britain to the international stage.
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Mary-Lu and I met the day we were moving into student housing at Liverpool Hope University – the only 'mature' students in four floors of teenage freshman just off the leash from home. We rolled our eyes and laughed it off, becoming friends right away.
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My favorite memory of ML was the morning we went to the childhood homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. We were standing in the McCartney family's kitchen when she nudged me and pointed to the floor... she had slipped her foot out of its shoe and was rubbing it on the linoleum. This from a woman who said she hadn't been 'a crazy' fan.
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I miss her.​

The Masters class and James McCartney on a cold Merseyside night in 2009.