Ellington Poems - Poems about 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… ......Read the rest...

...My mirror breaks, I pick up a shard, But find it bizarre that all I see is nothing but scars, My veins filled with black tar, shaking, beaten and starved, I carve your name to my arm, put t......Read the rest...

...Aint Throwin my'self off no bridges God made the Ocean for the fish And at the risk of soundin' religious Suicide wont be gettin' his wish Sister Mercer, sister Bailey, Sing me through this ......Read the rest...

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

...Ellington, Ellington, bulldog of mine. How dare you have the sensitivities so fine? I’ll get to Grandma-sit you just this one time. I’ll dress you in robes of purple and lime. Ellington, Elling......Read the rest...

...Blow your gills out with Miles Davis, mellow n kind of blue relax in black 'n white ways 'n days all; all the jazz kit Go on a blues Holiday Billie away with the Jones’s Nora get some Rays ......Read the rest...

...I wish I was at home now drinking beer Sitting at my warped wooden table With a view of the village clock tower & the little dog snapping at fat Autumn flies I wish I could sleep through All th......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...Puttin on the Ritz - Just for You Remember when I used to be dead broke, and everyone laughed cause my dreams were a big joke? Well I married a rich fellow and......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...Danced with Conceived and born Sung to and nursed On a downy soft quilt Transfused with Vibrations of Ellington Basie, Crosby, Waller Goodman and Armstrong Skyrocketed spiritually By Ke......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...