Sunday Special

song title poem - Steely Dan

This month at the Writer pilgrim Substack, Writer Pilgrim by So Elite has been issuing a prompt challenge, a poem composed of song titles from a particular artist. Last week I did one with Jethro Tull songs. This week it’s Steely Dan. Again I am drawn to the music I listened to as a teen, but Steely Dan, to me, has no era. They reached their peak with Aja, 1977. Below is a slightly reworked version of the one posted at Writer Pilgrim.

Steely Dan song title poem

Aja
Peg
Josie

what a shame about me

Pearl of the quarter
Rose darling
Ida Lee

what a shame about me

Lunch with Gina
Janie runaway
gaslighting Abbie
negative girl
Babylon sisters
showbiz kids

what a shame about me

night by night
time out of mind
the royal scam:
pretzel logic

what a shame about me

don’t lose that number, Rikki