Sixteenth August nineteen seventy-seven, <br />we could never-ever forget this date... <br />the sad day when Elvis sang no more. <br />He left his Memphis Mansion at <br />Forty-two years of age, and how the rain <br />poured down on Britain's shore. <br />Now in two thousand and ten we turn <br />another page, as in our thoughts <br />his name belongs. <br /> <br />In memory of Elvis Presley. <br />The great and wonderful singer of <br />Great and wonderful songs.<br /><br />Joyce Hemsley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wonderful-wonderful/
