Downbeat Poems - Poems about Downbeat

...He stepped down from the stagecoach kicking dust up with his boot He stood a while, he lacked a smile, his teeth gripped his cheroot His Stetson it was thick with dust, his guitar case was too He......

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...Andy O’(Snaps fingers rhythmically) The air hangs thick with midnight blue/And the city hums a graffiti tune/ a voice cuts through, a velvet blade/Andy O’, where stories are made/Poet, Musician, Bro......

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...Beyond the measure the traditions claim they sort and seek might they find, might they find ooh-bah-doo-bah: ah-ooh-ah! The backbeat was sorted from the "First tones" thats what she called it. ......

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...IX. In the ICU, machines create their own songo— ventilator, heart monitor, IV pump— forming an accidental orchestra the clutch of machinery holding time like a hi-hat choking i......

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...Hold the Applause – Pick a Title Vol. 52, 6-8-25, Sponsor Edward Ibeh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hold the Applause Hold the applause As the last note holds it’s breath Befo......

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...VI. We are all metric modulations of our former selves—changing time signatures mid-measure, learning to count in odd meters when life refuses to conform to 4/4 expectations fi......

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...I. In the beginning was the Single Stroke Roll— left-right, left-right, the primordial heartbeat of existence itself, each alternation a binary choice between being and non-being......

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...The ties of friendship Life without friends is incomplete. An important ingredient for the recipe of life. They make life beautiful and downbeat. Gives a boost of excitement and thrill for the jo......

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...(Snapping fingers rhythmically) Cobham's downbeat/ A thunderclap birth/ Shorter's sax, a comet's fiery girth, blowing jazz-poet notes, a furious chase, too quick for the tongue, lost in sonic space......

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...Spoken Word Poetry: JAZZ ALIVE Man alive, and this ain’t no jive, I’m diggin’ on jazz to stay alive/ East Coast rhythms from the 50’s and 60’s, in the heart of the city, where the music breaths/ ......

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...Say, dig what I say Talkin’ bout a new jazz vibe/ Man, move over/ the Jazz Cookers are hittin’ their stride in the groove to stay alive/ Eddie Henderson/ Cecil McBee/ George Cables,Billy Hart ......

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...Yo Bro Sound It Out/Tony Adamo Yo bro, you got to sound it out/ let the spoken words roll/ let yourself go/your words are in and out of the rhythm track/ It’s the downbeat groove/ man, hit that word......

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... Once we were a matching pair, some days we’d get downbeat as we both couldn't abide the stench of sweaty cheesy feet! Our male owner would pop us in the washing machine with wa......

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...I’ll apologise here at the start For this verse won’t appeal to your heart. So banal, it’s a shame But I’ll shoulder the blame ’Cos it's not rude, nor funny, nor smart!......

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...I adorn your flesh in trivial words and heat, The quartz in each brushwork may deplete. Ashy blossoms under shattered feet, In the dusk, inspired by optimization accrete. Deep-set......

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