King of the Sticks
...He's King of the Home
in his high chair and gown,
taking his feedings with
dreams of being' downtown;
his jazz band was playing'
he'd blow and he'd sway;
he remembers those times
like it wa...
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Categories:
jazzmen, music,
Form: Quatrain
Fame and Glory Due
......to all jazzmen and women everywhere
There are those who improvise within a structure,
with four beats to the bar, or down home blues,
melodies and harmonies which stay within the fold,
embel...
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Categories:
jazzmen, music
Form: Quatrain
Pulp
...Pretty soon, night will fall upon the city,
And lives of crime animate spasmodically
As Gene Pitney croons “A Town Without Pity”
And the clubs and the gin joints open methodically.
Hepcat jazzm...
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Categories:
jazzmen, allegory, death, history, life,
Form: Rhyme