California Delights
...10/18/2023
A California autumn, so warm, so good.
Such peace in our smiling, neighborhood.
Jazz music of Dave Brubeck fills the air.
A hungry cat comes, nestling on our stair.
Fresh, dar...
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Categories:
brubeck, autumn, beautiful, fun, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Clerihew Brubeck
...Piano man Dave Brubeck
close harmony my ears di bedeck
Particularly his 'Take Five'
bringing jazz popularity alive...
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Categories:
brubeck, music, people,
Form: Clerihew
A Celebration of Life
...
Dearest Cousin Madelyn,
Let’s sit in the rowboat, near the dawn’s verdant shore.
Where a squirrel sits under the Oak, that we once...so adored!
We can discuss music, or our fabul...
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Categories:
brubeck, bereavement, celebration, cousin, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
1959
...A super seismic year
Eargasmically one to revere
Sweet pulsating sounds
Bebop starting to slow down
Yes! A new, brand new form from an "OLD"
A new form that is undefined but feels good to th...
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Categories:
brubeck, appreciation, beautiful, birth, black
Form: Rhyme
Second City, Chicago, My Bio
...On Wells Street in Chicago, is a sweet comedic treat.
Second City Theater for laughs and where many found their beginnings on plain stage, their life's heartbeat.
No "Phantom of the Opera" no lin...
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Categories:
brubeck, dedication, humor,
Form: Rhyme
I Am-A Music Definition of Me
...Vivaldi in every season https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/vivaldi_presto_1146945
Satie minimalist music https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/contrarian_chords_another_satie_tribute_1169333
Cage piano ...
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Categories:
brubeck, appreciation, muse,
Form: List
My April Christmas Tree
...Dearest Tree:
Ah, my sweet white tree,
That's on day and night.
Keeps my soul full of hope.
And, yes shields me from fright!
I wear a soft, glittery mask
To stop hopelessness from
ent...
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Categories:
brubeck, encouraging, fun, growth, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
brubeck, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Happening No 4 Ear Candy
...rhythm
sound
and round,
high then
low
tapping feet
on the go
fingers
tapping
head
nodding
...eyes
close:
merry-go-round
beat
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Categories:
brubeck, music,
Form: Verse
Soundscape Strata
...Soundscape Strata
Did Bach know to what end
his harvest of melodies-in-parallel would become?
Scholars agonize
Was creation of counterpoint
musical destiny
a hybrid fruit of beauty
knowing no boun...
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Categories:
brubeck, music,
Form: Free verse