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Louis Armstrong, 1936. photo by Maud Cuney-Hare, 1874-1936, via Wikimedia Commons
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Across The Years
absent from the domicile
…………….save one
………………………….reveling in …silence
‘til a choice was made
…………….to turn ON
………………………….& tranquility became
fractured by
…………….the scorched blue
………………………….West End trumpet
one Mr Armstrong plays
…………….fronting Mr Hines & his
………………………….Hot Men associates
sparking controlled flame
…………….spreading embers
………………………….that continue to ignite
would that such
…………….fluent arsony
………………………….be the disturbance
leaders seek
…………….to burn
………………………….down the house
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Listen to Terrance Underwood read his poem
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Terrance Underwood is a retired Gas Turbine Package Engineer whose career offered opportunities to work all over the world. A devoted jazz enthusiast, his first memory operating a mechanical devise was a 4-speed spindle drop record changer for his father’s collection of 78s.
Click here to read Proceeding From Behind: A collection of poems grounded in the rhythmic, relating to the remarkable, by Terrance Underwood
Click here to read his collection of poems “With Ease in Mind”
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Listen to the 1928 recording of Louis Armstrong performing Joe “King” Oliver’s composition “West End Blues,” with Earl Hines (piano); Jimmy Strong (clarinet); Fred Robinson (trombone); Mancy Carr (banjo); and Zutty Singleton (hand cymbals). [Columbia Jazz Masterpieces]
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