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Bandstand Poems - Poems about Bandstand

Premium Member Stars of Wonder
... Stars are a wondrous sight in the night They are a most dazzling precious light Not only beautifying the sky But guiding the way for you and I. Dancing angels out in aerospace Wit......

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Categories: bandstand, appreciation, stars,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thinkin' in Jazz
...Thinkin' in Jazz In the smoky air of a dim-lit bar, where the jazz notes are free to be/ I’m hittin’ the keys black-and-white, they dance under my fingers/ learning the language of the night, ......

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Categories: bandstand, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word



Premium Member WEST COAST JAZZ
...You can smell jazz, if you got hip to the sound, like on “Camera Three” a TV program in the 50s/ a 1956 episode featuring The Gerry Mulligan Quartet in black -N- white/ many jazz clubs come and......

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Categories: bandstand, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member DID MONK PLAY FUNK
...Thelonious Monk, In a world where he spins not just notes, but notes where bebop rides vibes/ Monk plays funk, Groovy good-time funk, A jazz revolution, a sonic delight/ No, Thelonious Monk did n......

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Categories: bandstand, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
...JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM HISTORY AND SPOKEN WORD Before the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco’s Fillmore District came to be, it was Jack’s. A poppin’ groove organ funk soul jazz club on Sutte......

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Categories: bandstand, history,
Form: Spoken Word



Premium Member The Legend of Jazz Soup
...The Legend of Jazz Soup Man, listen close/ This cat, He’s got the chops, deep, digging, negotiating chord changes, blowing you away with hip to the bone genre bending melodies, Improvising on his t......

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Categories: bandstand, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member C-P 33 and 34
... P.C. # 33 ====== Many eves of New Years, unbidden, come to mind ......

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Categories: bandstand, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member KEROUAC THE WORD SPEAKS JAZZ Tony Adamo
...KEROUAC THE WORD SPEAKS JAZZ/Tony Adamo Spoken Word All in Caps for Better Reading While in Recording Studio/10/14/23 THE JAZZ COOL AND BEBOP MUSICIANS MADE MUSIC THEIR OWN/ THE BEAT GENERATION......

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Categories: bandstand, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member Backbone Slim
...Backbone Slim’s Blues/Tony Adamo 12/10/2024 In the deep south, where rivers wind, A tale unfolds, of a soul inter-twined/ Backbone Slim, born where the cotton sways, In fields of labor, he spent......

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Categories: bandstand, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Who Remember the Good Ole Days
...Only the Real OG's will remember. All of these old movies are from back in the day. Some of you will remember and some of you won't have a clue of what I am talking about. Let's go down memory la......

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Categories: bandstand, change, growing up, life,
Form: Narrative
Town Full Of Sound
...Town Full Of Sound I use to live in A town full of sound With Roller Coasters And Merry Go Round Horns would blast To sound an alarm I use to live in A town full of sound I use to li......

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Categories: bandstand, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Baby Boomers 1946-1964
... The first K-mart opens its door. Into space we start to explore. Motown Records is born, It's from the soul. We have new music, It's called Rock n Roll. For luc......

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Categories: bandstand, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Teen Magazine 1965
...teen magazine was popular in 1965 when I was thirteen mom had Better Homes and Garden, Redbook and Women’s Day. it was only right that my identical twin and I would have Teen. mom’s magazines were......

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Categories: bandstand, nostalgia,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member The Medal
...He didn’t really meet Sally as such, more she met him. He was walking down the High street when she tapped him on the shoulder. I’m in a real hurry, but your brother Tom says he hid your medal under ......

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Categories: bandstand, fate, friendship love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ls Lowry Footles
...Footles based on LS Lowry and his paintings. Surreal I feel Lone Man Own Man Match fit Matchsticks Street scene Smoke seen From mill Street fill School group Pea soup ......

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Categories: bandstand, art,
Form: Footle

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