Long Satchmo Poems

"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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Lady Ella, Queen of Jazz:
      you brought so many songs to life.
   Forget the words? Just make up new ones
        ...

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As I dusted off an old jazz LP
A musical genie appeared to me
With seven notes in his hand
And a  wish for each one
So I  wished  to see some singers and bands

Then I...

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JJust an old trumpet player with a worn out horn –
Seems he had played it ever since he was born.

Sometimes his lively music put dancing in your feet.
Then there were times he rendered tones so...

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Sang like a whippoorwill, up high on a hill
   Played trumpet like Satchmo, with panache and skill
To watch that man tap-dance, gave even Gregory Hines a thrill
   As Ella Fitzgerald told...

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Etta was predicting
Stormy Weather
As Ray freed his
Seven Spanish Angels
Roy asked are you still 
Running Scared
But Ella was smiling and 
Watching Over Me
Peggy gave me that look asking
Is That All There Is
But Kris stepped in to
Help...

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Ya Need to Treat Me Better I'm Old But Not Dead Yet---

I don't need your pity;
I ate no OLD bitty;
Don't serve me no soup or smashed peas
I got this, child keep me a steak, these...

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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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