Satchmo Poems - Poems about Satchmo

Carlos Alcaraz

...Carlos Alcaraz
plays tennis the way Ol’ Satchmo played jazz;
so creative, so talented, having so much fun, 
and now he’s a two-time Wimbledon champion....

'What A Wonderful World'

...Louis Armstrong …
a class by himself
Not Dixie or Jazz
but much deeper felt

Growing better with age
his music enthralls
If fourteen or forty
his melodies call

Both Ella and Ray
are seate...

Hurt So Good

...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 ...

Satchmo's Trumpet - Homage To Louis Armstrong

...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
Mak...

A Most Thoughtful Balladeer, Endeared: Mr Tony Bennet Tribute

...
WHAT THEY LOVED DOING...
REACHING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THROUGH 
THEIR EXPRESSION AND 
{OWN* INNER LENS AND CORE SEEING!}


ALSO, THIS MAN WAS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHED PAINTER! {SMILE}

EVER SEEN HIS PORTRAIT OF 
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, FOR INSTANCE, 
A.K A. "SATCHMO"  YOU CAN TELL EACH PAINT STROKE,  *EVOKED* SO MUCH  ADMIRATION, GENUINE ELATION...WHAT AMAZING REGARD!!! "FAVALOSO! :-)"


"WHAT PROFOUND COMMUNICATION!!!"
WHAT MORE CAN ONE ASK FOR TO G...

A Poem For My Father

...#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."...

Jazz - Pleiades

...em>John Coltrane's fine Post-Bop
       Joyous uptempo tunes...
         Jiggle hips like Jello!
   Jump and jive, why don't cha?




Pleiades 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May
Date written: 10/15/2020

Note: "Satchmo" is the nickname of late, great Jazz legend, Louis Armstrong....

Jazz - Pleiades

...Jamming geniuses - Wow!

                  Jitterbugging soul feels

        joyous, with not a care!

                          Jovial Satchmo swings,

            Joe Pass, Ella, Miles, Bir...

Bright Flames of Jazz

...
Lady Ella, Queen of Jazz:
      you brought so many songs to life.
   Forget the words? Just make up new ones
         like you did on 'Mack The Knife'.

Satchmo Armstrong, so uniq...

Sammy Davis Jr, Pure Talent

...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 us, 'Sam...

Ya Need To Treat Me Better I'M Old But Not Dead Yet---

...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 are my real te...

Just An Old Trumpet Player

...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 t...

Old Lp

...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 traveled back in time 
On a C n...

When the Saints Come Marching In

...
This has to be New Orleans’ favorite song.
It was made popular by the late Louis Armstrong.
Although Satchmo is no longer around.
we can always hear this immortal sound.
The tune is beloved ...

All That Jazz

...big satchmo
renowned jazz
pops



In Loving Memory Of
Louis Daniel Armstrong   {Satchmo Or Pops}  
{Aug 4th 1901 - July 6th 1971}




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