Long Louis armstrong Poems

Remember what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Don't stop believing in the strength that lies inside,
get up, stand up until you can stand no longer.
You gotta be strong against the fools who misguide.

Don't stop believing...

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"YES! THERE ARE MANY SINGERS WITH GREAT VOICES...
JUST THEIR MERE SOUND, ALONE, TELLS US THAT THEY CAN HOLD A NOTE AND CONFIDENTLY "CARRY A TUNE!"

BUT...

WHAT ABOUT A SINGER, WHOM WHEN THEY ENTER A ROOM, OPEN...

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#Here WE are, There WE were...

I AM Your Seed. 

Today, I won't UNRAVEL the Damaged Weeds...
There's An ABUNDANCE Of New Ones That Multiplies At OUR Feet....
STEADFAST. 
"THEY'LL OUTLAST US."

Where A ROSE And A BEE
Once JOINED,...

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Have you ever written anything without sub combing to tears ?
        
    My Family portrait in my mind , 2 older sisters , 2 brothers
...

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Late to the party we arrived at seven
At least we showed up before eleven
Sweet Ginette, joined us both at the door
A bottle in my hand ready to pour

Off to the kitchen to see the Birthday...

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Especially one courteously wrapped ably
anonymously gifted to
an aspiring gourmet Chef Boyardee
i.e. not surprisingly... revealing mystery
person none other than...
yepper namely me.

Moost anyone can show
off culinary karate chop
suey, whether schooled among
fishy creatures either
from black lagoon,
or privately tutored,

(this...

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What's go great about New Orleans, Louisiana, is that of its jazz music and its voodoo culture. The city has been known as "The Big Easy" since the 1800s. It seems that all of the...

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Way down here
In the swamps of Dixie,
Where I learned to dance
With gators grinning,
There’s music like none
You’ve ever heard.
It laces the bayous
In passionate tones,
Enough to make you
Want to move your feet.

There’s more history
In this place
Than you...

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deep and late into the hem of night
my thoughts question uncertainties,
                        ...

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Old empty bed...springs hard as lead
Feel like ol’ Ned...wished I was dead
What did I do...to be so black and blue

Even the mouse...ran from my house
They laugh at you...and scorn you too
What did I do...to be...

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Tag words: advertising, bebop, bird, bottle, Charlie 
Parker, Coca-Cola, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie,
door, flag, heart, jazz, light bulb, Louis Armstrong,
Miles Davis, palette, Pepsi Cola, pluralism – found
object, retablo painting, sculpture

Arbitrary or subconscious, Saunders picked six.
Man...

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Chops for Pops 
(a Blues response to Black n Blue 
for Louis Armstrong)
By ‘bro. zayid’

Put a lock n chain
on yr dreams ygfolk
‘cause they will sure try to take it
Put a lock n chain 
on yr...

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Two things you don't want		9.1.15

If I appeared slightly under the weather
     or if he just wanted a little fun, 	
my dad would ask if I had
     the...

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A Little Knowledge

My son just started big school and now he knows it all
He says that all the laws are made by bloody Sid E. Hall
We frowned at his bad language and that made him...

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Is my awareness limited by my bad habits?
Within the absence of engine sounds I find time to sigh
I should be searching for the cultivators of my net dreams
Instead I’m buying paper for the books I...

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Louis:  How are things down there? Hear the Northern and Southern States are 
having quite the disagreement. Congrats for becoming president.

Abraham:  You're right about the unrest. I just hope a war doesn't break...

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Ever have a quiet night like this?  
the bluejays and mockingbirds tucked away under crapemyrtle leaves
winking stars whispering goodnight to lovers kisses

I'm sitting here in low-light listening to Louis Armstrong.  My breath warm...

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When you play a little Marvin Gaye,
And you mix it up with some Tupac.
You throw in a little Whitney and then
You add just a little Mariah Carey,
Some Ludacris, Some Mary Mary.
Throw in some Fred Hammond,
Aaliyah,...

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Quote:""One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Louis Armstrong

In my mind, depths transcend, 
Music weaves, divine blend, 
Sorrow, hope, intertwined, 
depths transcend, In my mind. 
 
Melodies seal,...

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INSULT   FREE   MUSIC 

It will be  a politer world when we reach the stage
Of  California  never  forgetting  the Little Deuce Coupe, you know, 
And the suntanned...

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Hot can be
cool, and
cool can be
hot, and 
each can be 
both.  But
hot or cool,
man, jazz is
jazz			-- Louis Armstrong


Jazz is
cold feet on the
kitchen floor
or

a hot slow dance
amidst unfinished
pasta and dirty dishes 
or

Jazz is
peace 
driving to...

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Okay time for some happy upbeat stuff

And I'm just the guy that can bring it

Mr. Happy is what some people call me

Is there any other way to be

The world is filled with nasty stuff

There's enough...

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Okay time for some upbeat stuff
And I'm just the guy that can bring it
Mr. Happy is what some people call me
Is there any other way to be?
The world is filled with nasties
There's enough of that...

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From afar a sound of "Blues" so tender
Like Satchmo strumming his trumpet
His loud voice calling us together
Makes me in verses break into yesterday

Oh Louis...raise your voice to everyone
Make the trumpet's call sound loud
Chase away the...

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