‘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 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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