Short Louis Armstrong Poems

universal awe
brilliance is omnipresent
love in its splendor

Song:  It's A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Date: 2nd September 2019

Contest: Sing Me A Senryu
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy...

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louis armstrong
given a diplomatic license
what a wonderful world
blue berry hill
moon river
hello dolly
summertime
mack the knife
cheek to cheek
when the saints
memories
go missing


stan sand...

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"Pops" is gone
Master of the trumpet
  He dazzled 
         with his artistry
  We listened 
and watched
    The man could rip 
out a tune.....
But if the truth be told 
He is gone
He's with Bix, Miles 
   and the others
"Gone from the world"...

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Reverse this polarity, my hormonal engine
Playing my body like a baby grand
Rough and rugged, Jerry Lee Lewis
Succumbs to Louis Armstrong in Platinum
Blues verses boogy woogy
An invariable blender, shaken not stirred
Keeping me up nights
Tapping my toes to the teardrops


entered for consideration in MJ's contest, "Let's get untwisted"...

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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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now is all there is,
that's the nature of the beast,
relatively speaking
advantaging 'those' who control time...
now is a situation of absence and meaning
'those'...are us and our day to day routines
slowing down, to take advantage of the scenery...
remember the most wonderful childhood song,
'what a wonderful world' by louis armstrong...
well, now is all there is and it is a wonder(full) world...be strong...

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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?




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....

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