Duke Ellington Poems - Poems about Duke Ellington

... Today I’m thankful for swings for those feelings of freedom and flying that it brings… I think Duke Ellington understood the wonders that they bring… when he sang… Life don’t mean a thing… ......

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...Just listen to Satchmo, Jams by Duke Ellington, James Clay's moving tenor John Coltrane's fine Post-Bop Joyous uptempo tunes... ......

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...He plays jazz as if he invented it Arpeggios augmented, minored and majored Transferring from one chord to another Like flashes of lightning extracting emotional pearls all from from such a youn......

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...Kevin Solomon 9/9/2015 The Lion and the Crown Cobalt blue goblet and the spangled gown Black tie and high browns Puttin on the Ritz Flappers dancing the Charleston Jazz by Count Basie and Du......

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...Written November 17, 2013 Fields of flowers Rest around our heads While photos of blood Surround our beds On pedestals we stand Preaching to the world Something foretold By heretics in whi......

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...He wipes the tables clean Picks up the dirty wears Take out the garbage Stock the fridge with beers Cleans the bath room And mops the floors Sweep outside on the sidewalks Before he the doors Soun......

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...FAMOUS FATHERS George Washington was the father of our country James Brown the father of soul Duke Ellington the father of jazz Elvis of rock and roll Each one of these men was famous As ......

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...On the Seventh Day, it is often written, often said, that the creator rested....... I BEG TO DIFFER!!!! Fore I believe that on the seventh day, that he set at the helm of his creation calle......

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...i tried to notice without noticing. i tried to fit in by not standing out, but i knew i was different. their walls much bigger. their yards much nicer. in elementary it seemed everyone was in......

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