tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68741866380510572132026-04-20T03:32:41.827-07:00Poet's MusingsHans Ostrom. Poet, professor, etc. Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.comBlogger5193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-83239892238368130312026-04-17T16:07:00.000-07:002026-04-17T16:07:47.013-07:00"A Dream Girl," by Carl Sandburg, set to music/vocals<p> easy rock</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQqCAdV7Zo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQqCAdV7Zo</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-66673150538801987802026-04-16T17:46:00.210-07:002026-04-16T17:46:56.954-07:00"Still and All," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> electronic-pop-dance</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pud5MEmyU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pud5MEmyU</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-14711399549305840262026-04-16T06:17:00.000-07:002026-04-16T06:17:30.820-07:00"Just the One Humanity," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> rock</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FBffAawgtY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FBffAawgtY</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-52513279936677111102026-04-15T07:34:00.000-07:002026-04-15T07:34:21.198-07:00"She's So Smooth and Cool," by Keith Ledbetter<p> lyrics by Hans Ostrom</p><p>smooth jazz</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1y7kY6ifPU&list=RDk1y7kY6ifPU&start_radio=1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1y7kY6ifPU&list=RDk1y7kY6ifPU&start_radio=1</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-69328199036110804262026-04-14T06:50:00.749-07:002026-04-14T06:50:35.045-07:00"Love In a Minor Key," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> folk rock</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3kwoWOIZIY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3kwoWOIZIY</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-31628914313276405782026-04-13T15:56:00.000-07:002026-04-13T15:56:16.670-07:00"What a Nice Surprise," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> swing jazz song</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20PbbyzNzVE&t=41s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20PbbyzNzVE&t=41s</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-10933115425671001212026-04-12T11:33:00.000-07:002026-04-12T11:33:07.469-07:00"I Feel Good Around You," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> upbeat feel-good pop-rock for Sunday</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFLcdM0360">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFLcdM0360</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-39668154119600912452026-04-12T11:24:00.000-07:002026-04-12T11:24:55.169-07:00"Steel Mills," by Langston Hughes, set to music and vocals<p> Langston Hughes pro-labor poem from 1925</p><p>set to rock music and vocals</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShJThq1vVw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShJThq1vVw</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-31332241042259729932026-04-11T18:06:00.000-07:002026-04-11T18:06:01.711-07:00"Move," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> power-pop/pop rock song</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXUPvkrl0LY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXUPvkrl0LY</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-89115633929671603352026-04-11T16:42:00.000-07:002026-04-11T16:42:26.376-07:00"April Rain Song," by Langston Hughes, set to music/vocals<p> click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn_kUrvyvI8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn_kUrvyvI8</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-57724766470009331812026-04-10T19:21:00.000-07:002026-04-10T19:21:15.721-07:00"Venues," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> upbeat pop rock song</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgk25ryVglA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgk25ryVglA</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-4652459687778794592026-04-10T09:00:00.000-07:002026-04-10T09:00:24.151-07:00"I Thought It Was Tangiers I Wanted," by Langston Hughes, set ot music<p> Poem from 1927 by Langston Hughes se to music/vocals</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zqDkggydC8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zqDkggydC8</a><br /></p><p><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-44094295843496560592026-04-09T12:25:00.000-07:002026-04-09T12:25:56.916-07:00"The Heart of a Woman," by Georgia Douglas Johnson, set to music & videos<p> afro house electronic setting of Johnson's poem</p><p>Johnson (1884=1966) was an important poet, editor, and novelis of the era and movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_w--TaKy0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_w--TaKy0</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-43986308530104567752026-04-08T08:38:02.680-07:002026-04-08T08:38:46.552-07:00"I Feel Good Around You," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p> pop-rock</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFLcdM0360&list=RDHuFLcdM0360&start_radio=1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFLcdM0360&list=RDHuFLcdM0360&start_radio=1</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-91615886849549004472026-04-07T18:59:00.000-07:002026-04-07T18:59:50.456-07:00"The Mystery (How Little We Know)," by Sara Teasdale, set to music/vocals<p> Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)</p><p>electronic ballad--poem set to music</p><p>click </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1hx7NrSqnA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1hx7NrSqnA</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-51910399291113324792026-04-06T13:45:00.000-07:002026-04-06T13:45:57.019-07:00"Yes, You're a Hero"<div style="text-align: left;"> </div><h1 class="title vcard item otitle_19036499" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #141823; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 55px; margin: 1.5em 0px;"><a class="nocolor fn" data-turbo-prefetch="false" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/19036499-Yes--You-re-a-Hero-by-Hans-Ostrom" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Yes, You're a Hero</a></h1><div>by Hans Ostrom</div><div><span style="color: #88816d; font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">set to music and vocals via suno. ai [I know: sacrilege] and posted on soundcloud and youtube-- langstonify channel</span><span class="author_copyright" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit !important; font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> © </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="poem_body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #141823; font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><div class="orig_19036499" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(folksong lyric)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sometimes just getting out of bed<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and going to your job makes you a hero.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />There's so much awful out there.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Your hope might be reaching zero.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You might be a trucker or a nurse.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You might be a baker. You get up first.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Could be you're a builder or a plumber or a drummer<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />in a local band. A woman or a man<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />who drives a bus. All of you help us.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You get us through. That's what you do.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The country is made of millions of pieces.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Lots of trades and skills and hearts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Lots of parts with beating hearts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You might be a prof teaching classes about cells.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Maybe a farmer or a picker on that farm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />or a responder racing to a place of harm.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You could be a welder or an elder.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Babysitting kids, you get us through.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />That's what you do. The country is made<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />of millions of pieces. Lots of trades and skills<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and arts. Lots of parts with beating hearts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You might be a cleaner or one who brings the news.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Maybe you're a doctor or a scientist looking for the clues.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You could work as a mechanic or a fry cook there in the back.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You might be a teacher or fix a creature.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Whatever your job, whatever your calling,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />you're part of a hole that keeps the entire<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />thing from falling. from ripping all apart.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You could be a checker or drive a recorder.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Maybe cut hair, sell hardware, or build a chair.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Perhaps a server or an observer or a preserver of knowledge.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Can't list every task, post or position, from recycling to mortician.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Whatever you do, you get us through. That takes lots<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />of learning and years. Blood and sweat and tears.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Skills and hearts and brains and heart. The ones at the top<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />should get their heads right and do what's best for you.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Because you get us through. That's what you do. So, thank you.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Yeah. Thank you.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div><div class="orig_19036499" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></div><div class="orig_19036499" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hans Ostrom 2026</div><div class="copyright" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #88816d; font-size: 13px; padding-top: 42px;">set to music and vocals via suno. ai [I know: sacrilege] and posted on soundcloud and youtube-- langstonify channel<span class="author_copyright" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit !important;"> © </span></div></div>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-22846883499324853992026-04-05T19:48:00.000-07:002026-04-05T19:48:50.685-07:00"Uncle Stan, Ramblin' Man," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics<p> country rock</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQU_rnsjn4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQU_rnsjn4</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-15531916771010876892026-04-05T17:05:02.068-07:002026-04-05T17:05:59.535-07:00"Branches (Song of April)," by Carl Sandburg<p> poem set to music</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=let-HUb5XnA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=let-HUb5XnA</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-12486896685104999692026-04-03T10:28:03.042-07:002026-04-03T10:28:47.818-07:00"Nope," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics<p> laid back country rock</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3FKzHVixCo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3FKzHVixCo</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-87752844413997679102026-04-03T09:26:00.000-07:002026-04-03T09:26:47.434-07:00"Neither Out Far Nor In Deep," by Robert Frost, set to music<p> folk rock treatment of Robert Frost's famous poem</p><p>minimal adaptation (some repeated words)</p><p>set to music/voclas via suno.com ai with prompts from Hans Ostrom</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQj84Ej02rA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQj84Ej02rA</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-28142692863511464192026-04-02T16:53:00.000-07:002026-04-02T16:53:02.214-07:00"Turn It All Around," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics<p> funk</p><p>how to turn the u.s. around????</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbEktgVvdOA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbEktgVvdOA</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-7734095703341432272026-04-01T18:17:00.000-07:002026-04-01T18:17:22.051-07:00"Rock a Broken Heart," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics<p> "If he broke up with you, then he's dumber than a stump."</p><p>country rock</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB_sdCUiEUE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB_sdCUiEUE</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-3448942616522845482026-04-01T10:50:00.000-07:002026-04-01T10:50:20.912-07:00"Night of the Mermaid," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics<p> Goth Rock version of a previously posted one. Inspired by American painter Howard Pyle's famous painting, "The Mermaid" (1910)</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKczej0eNds">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKczej0eNds</a><br /></p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-32679583034098316962026-03-31T19:56:00.000-07:002026-03-31T19:56:37.993-07:00"This Blue Hour," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=745cHoJPDk8&list=RD745cHoJPDk8&start_radio=1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=745cHoJPDk8&list=RD745cHoJPDk8&start_radio=1</a> </p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874186638051057213.post-33527965376361077202026-03-31T15:45:00.000-07:002026-03-31T15:45:24.038-07:00"The Blue Mermaid," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom<p>Electronic ballad-folk story song, inspired by American painter's Howard Pyle's painting "The Mermaid" (1910).</p><p>click</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXggEgvmqEQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXggEgvmqEQ</a> </p>Hans Ostromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.com0