Carousel Ride
...the clock strikes dusk
the sun fades away
a thousand golden lights blinks
to set the scene on fire
crowds carouse
for the merry-go-round
that bright crown of the carnival night
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Categories:
clarinets, childhood, children, fun, joy,
Form: Imagism
Love as a Chagall
...By Michael Parker
…when art and love are of one stuff.
– “The Poem Unheard” by Amanda Hall
Love is like a Chagall—
the bride and groom floating
high above Paris
the blue of the sky holdi...
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Categories:
clarinets, art, dedication, marriage,
Form: Free verse
In Defense of Saxophones in Rock
...I've got the lecture notes ready
I've got the examples
Just blow what I'm telling you to blow
I am responsible for the resurgence of the sales of saxophones
I unlock the doors of my car
By...
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Categories:
clarinets, allegory, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
Oh Captcha Squares
...Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares
What are these objects in your frames?
Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares
Why must they gotta be the same?
Cars and busses, traffic lights
Bi...
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Categories:
clarinets, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
The Fourth Grade Concert
...The fourth grade band was playing
But my eyes were there alone
Not for flutes or clarinets or drums,
Just Henry on trombone.
All the music was familiar
From the practicing he’d done,
So I kne...
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Categories:
clarinets, grandson, music,
Form: Rhyme
Don'T Lie To Poets
...You can’t lie
To a sweet lyre bird,
You can’t lie
At a small primrose,
Nor to a young Clarisse,
No one will lie,
Or a lying cat,
You can’t lie to me,
You can’t lie to me,
To a white ro...
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Categories:
clarinets, appreciation, encouraging, hello, writing,
Form: Free verse
Heidel's Marching Band
...Little Heidel clapped her hands
As she heard the marching bands
Monkeys came who were leading
With their funny tails beating
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Categories:
clarinets, child,
Form: Rhyme
Poem In C
...clever clouds
chase
cunning clarinets
curious cats
collect
cacophonous cicadas
colorful candles
captivate
cavalier crowds
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cavalier crowds
captivate
colorful candles
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Categories:
clarinets, humorous, music, surreal, word
Form: Alliteration
Guesser
...ibanez, ibanez, ibanez to make her dance
french horns to tones of a bassey groove
the bassoons move the volumed effords
coupled with the flutes: the clarinets often are envious
we rather not fuss...
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Categories:
clarinets, music,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Band
...In band you make music not noise
Sometimes you have to be quite poise
The clarinets may squeak
which will make others freak
but in band you make music not noise...
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Categories:
clarinets, 8th grade, class, fun,
Form: ABC
Twas It a Written
...THE FIRST INVOICE
HAD A PURCHASE FOR
12 TRUMPETS
5 TUBAS
10 FRENCH HORNS
7 CLARINETS
10 BASSOONS
8 OBOES
5 FLUTES
4 SNARE DRUMS
2 BASS DRUMS
2 KETTLEDRUMS
15 VIOLENS
5 CHELLO'S
2 TRIANG...
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Categories:
clarinets, career, music,
Form: Ballad
My Taste In Music
...Clarinets, bassoons, oboes, ugh.
Flutes, oh, yes, Native American flute music please.
Violas. Don’t be prissy!
Cellos. Ha. Ha. Who wants to carry one to school?
First and second violins. Too stri...
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Categories:
clarinets, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Such and Such a Place
...WE KNEAD SUCH & SUCH:
TO COME DOWN HERE
AND SERANDE THESE
DRIFTING LOVERS
MAYBE THE SWEET SOUNDS
OF MUSIC
MIGHT INSPIRE THEM
TO IRON OUT THERE
DIFFERANCES
BASSOONS
OBOE
FLUTES
DRUMS
G...
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Categories:
clarinets, guitar, music,
Form: Ballad
Encore
...Encore
Cold metal touches my lips
Breathe
Fingers extend
Breathe
Chatter from the audience
Fills my ears
Breathe
Lights from above
Blind me
Breathe
Baton
Moves up
Breathe
Up
Down...
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Categories:
clarinets, 8th grade, analogy, art,
Form: Free verse
Scarlet Breezes By John Lars Zwerenz
...SCARLET BREEZES
Scarlet breezes swirl through the square,
Beckoning us to come
In bright, elysian fare.
A cello and a drum,
Clarinets and trumpets
Arise and stir and glitter in the fountain...
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Categories:
clarinets, allegory, art, books, drink,
Form: Verse
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