Melliffluous
...I missed my chello
you look like an talented fella
can I use your
horn
I want you to hear this song
I missed placed the flute
Do you like his suit
the strangs on that chello
are strum...
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Categories:
double bass, business, character, culture, music,
Form: Ballad
The Jezebel Rondine
...Raised up gooseflesh dipped in metal,
a shiver runs right down my spine;
Every emotion they enshrine,
somehow the scream helps me settle;
Please hit that double bass pedal,
I’ll throw you a devi...
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Categories:
double bass, emotions, feelings, music,
Form: Other
Ring Ceromony
...Oompah Whoomp).....do you like the groove
Pling Plicka Pling).......it moves me when you sing
Oompah Whoomp)......Scat dew wanna OOh we do
Plinga Plinga Plung).... ya'll groovin got people dancing...
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Categories:
double bass, song,
Form: Ballade
The Fiddler and the Frog
...In a damp, bluesy club in the middle of the reeds
Two amphibious musicians gathered in the weeds
Stringed instruments of driftwood and canary grass
Played with webbed fingers and a dash of souther...
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Categories:
double bass, animal, fun, music,
Form: Rhyme
Orchestra of Love
...Embracing eyes upon sight
Swirling as a whirlwind
Clasping lips together as one
Hearts in sync as a double bass
A Symphony of Violins
Quivering tones of Love
As Bass Woodwinds
Wi...
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Categories:
double bass, love, magic,
Form: Personification
Fit As a Fiddle
...FIT AS A FIDDLE
I used to be fit as a fiddle
When I was in my prime.
I could run the London Marathon
In a perfectly reasonable time.
I would play five sets of tennis,
Then...
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Categories:
double bass, health,
Form: Rhyme
The Dancer
...You numb my eyes
From tippity-top
To eight count plies
Rhythmic grooves
Crossing hard waxed floors
Bouncing orange orbs denied
Double bass pounding, pounding
In my ears
Heart
Pride
Moving...
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Categories:
double bass, daughter,
Form: Free verse
Mood As An Instrument
...Your moods are like sounding boards.
You can sound serious or sad like a cello or double bass,
you can sound aggressive or violent like a bass drum,
heavy and repetitive like a marching drum;
but...
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Categories:
double bass, character,
Form: Prose Poetry
Still Life Instrumental
...Allegro
Crystal decanter, wine in a glass.
Tabletop woodwinds court candlestick brass.
Fine sterling service, stems in a vase.
High-tone enamel meets low double bass.
Pale yellow roses, peaches...
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Categories:
double bass, art, music,
Form: Lyric
Appassionato
...APPASSIONATO
He made overtures to her,
With the time-honoured chat-up line,
“We could make sweet music together;
I want to make you mine.”
She conducted herself quite cautio...
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Categories:
double bass, love, music,
Form: Rhyme
Love Acts of Music
...The cello and I
we sustain
in each other
while we play
the melody
The violin caresses
my shoulder while
we execute the work
musical,
the double bass
squeezes
my chest
when together
we a...
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Categories:
double bass, feelings, happiness, music, poetry,
Form: Free verse
2 Dollars of Whiskey Burbon American Epic
...2 Dollar's of Whiskey Bourbon
My sweet Jubilee,
To toast
My throat is drier
Than Country Music Heartache
And tired double bass
In downtown New Orleans's
Backwater Blues
Scratching Co...
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Categories:
double bass, music,
Form: Free verse
We'Ll Definitely Be Back
...Glissandos
with a twist of tangy lime
arpeggios
in starched cuffs and gleaming buttons
sparkle from the ivories
of a Baldwin baby grand
leaving the root notes
for the double bass to play
It...
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Categories:
double bass, music,
Form: Free verse
Randomized Attack
...Should I get back
To the randomized drum attack
Or what would you let
Me survive and drum
Upon a double bass drum dream...
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Categories:
double bass, america, music,
Form: Free verse
Love Letter
....
My dear miss Camella, you move with such grace,
And your lips are so sweet, flies swarm round your face
When you first smiled at me, i foolishly grinned.
Then ...
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Categories:
double bass, funny love, nonsense,
Form: Couplet
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