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The Birdland Opera

...All my life I had loved music, and rapturous harmonies thrilled my soul,
As the sound of a wild driving beat, causes eager feet to take control.

As a longtime concert pianist, I'd been fortunate ...

Categories: birdland, bird, color, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Couplet

Uphill Through the Pines

...In the flush of hot summertime, I took the scenic route,
Up a hill of pine trees, when all of nature was in fruit!
All along the fragrant path, I relished that winding road, 
Swept away by multitu...

Categories: birdland, beautiful, bird, flower, imagery,
Form: Rhyme

Bright Flames of Jazz

...
Lady Ella, Queen of Jazz:
      you brought so many songs to life.
   Forget the words? Just make up new ones
         like you did on 'Mack The Knife'.

Satchmo Armstrong, so uniq...

Categories: birdland, music, tribute,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Baltimore

...and "B'more"; this city is much more!
There's no dull moment or sight
ln this wondrous place. There's so much to see!
Most definitely livable...and not "rat-infested"! 
Orioles tweet for this "Birdland" at the break of dawn
Receptive to tourists with open arms. Just like...
Every American city, imperfect, yet always prosperous!



Date written: 11...

Categories: birdland, appreciation, city, places, tribute,
Form: Acrostic

Wobbly Keas

...A Kea is a parrot found in New Zealand
Also called Wobbly Keas, pranksters of birdland
Clowns of the mountains
Known to thousands
Of natives and tourists for fun loving diversions <>

Categories: birdland, bird,
Form: Limerick

Autumn Birds In Sky Thunder

...The sky ironed out n da' morning divine
On a November day cold
Celestial rainbows born of peeping sunshine
Cloud dreams rush past unrolled

Under the bare leafless trees
Masqueraded hard to see...

Categories: birdland, autumn, bird, sky,
Form: Free verse

Avian Tones

...When night casts shadows on the ground
The robin, distant, croons
Avian tones, enthralled by dreams
While stars glaze like festoons.

Ringlets of clouds, like puffs on flight
The silhou...

Categories: birdland, bird, imagery, nature, song,
Form: Rhyme

Those Meat Pies

...•	Those Meat Pies/Tony Adamo/2011
Straight to the head groove in hip time/ lay me out man It's jam time/ Ya know the funk is slight/ It's tight/ bright syllables in five four time/Walkin' the beat on...

Categories: birdland, freedom,
Form: Free verse