The Green Fairy
...The Green Fairy
If I were a flapper girl sipping on a dirty martini with a jade cigarette holder, would you still love me?
Singing a bluesy, swing song, while the gents in the room had a great...
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Categories:
connick, appreciation, art, celebration, crush,
Form: Free verse
Harry Connick, Junior
...Harry Connick, Junior
Should have been there sooner
American Idol’s ratings had been tanking
But now on his humor they’re banking
*Written May 17, 2014...
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Categories:
connick, fun,
Form: Clerihew
Soul Tunes
...You almost have to be from New Orleans to understand
the mixture of the music that wails throughout the city,
It's zydeco, jazz, Cajun, classical, rhythm and blues
any combination from which you c...
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Categories:
connick, musicmusic, music, time,
Form: Narrative
Dixieland Wordpad
...Way down here
In the swamps of Dixie,
Where I learned to dance
With gators grinning,
There’s music like none
You’ve ever heard.
It laces the bayous
In passionate tones,
Enough to make you
Wa...
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Categories:
connick, natural disasters, music,
Form: Free verse