Short Satchmo Poems

big satchmo
renowned jazz
pops



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




Also Entry For Brian Strand's Spetimal Fun Contest...

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Jamming geniuses - Wow!

                  Jitterbugging soul feels

        joyous, with not a care!

                          Jovial Satchmo swings,

            Joe Pass, Ella, Miles, Bird

    join: samba, bebop, blues -

                      Jazz, a heaven on earth!


Written 13 Oct 2020...

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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 by fans of jazz.
Bands play it with a lot of pizzazz.
It possibly has the most beautiful melody
with perhaps the exception of “Hello Dolly”.
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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 seated out front
As Satchmo delivers
when others exeunt

Timelessly treasured
he’d broken the mold
Of what sound can measure
—and a smile can hold

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023) 
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Just listen to Satchmo,
      Jams by Duke Ellington,
    James Clay's moving tenor
  John Coltrane's fine Post-Bop
       Joyous uptempo tunes...
         Jiggle hips like Jello!
   Jump and jive, why don't cha?




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Date written: 10/15/2020

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

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