[JPL] For 50th Anniv. of Billie Holiday's death-July 17

[TomtheJazzman]

Who wrote "IF Dreams Come True"?  Thanks  ALOHA  Tom

Carole Weatherford wrote:
> July 17, 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of Billie Holiday’s death. In honor of Lady Day, my muse, I aim to enlist 50 jazz hosts to read a poem on their shows or post a poem on their blogs (during the week of July 12) from my award-winning book, Becoming Billie Holiday (www.becomingbillieholiday.com). The poem, “If Dreams Come True,” is pasted below. If you prefer another poem, I’ve provided links. I also welcome interviews. Let me know if you'd like a review copy. Please share this with other hosts and jazz fans. 
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> Many thanks,
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> Carole Weatherford
> www.becomingbillieholiday.com
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> If Dreams Come True
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> I will bathe in spotlights 
> and sleep on satin.
> Gardenias will bloom 
> year round in my backyard.
> Sadie’s rib joint will make 
> rich folks lick their fingers.
> “Prez” and I will do ten dozen duets.
> Crooners will sing my praises 
> between the lines of songs.
> Hornmen will trumpet my arrival
> and claim me as their own.
> Piano players will secretly 
> pine for me as my solos 
> move them to tears.
> Singers will try but fail 
> to mimic my tempo and phrasing.
> My biography will light 
> the silver screen; my myth, 
> inseparable from my music.  
> Cats will groove to my blues 
> long after I’m gone;
> a legacy in wax.
> History will hail me
> in the same breath as Duke 
> and Count—jazz royalty.
> I will reign over Swing Street
> and have found the love I crave.
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> Links to more poems 
> http://bethrevis.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-tour-carole-weatherfords-becoming.html 
> http://smallbranchespoetry.blogspot.com/ (April 6, 2009)
> http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1432
> http://wordswimmer.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-deep-is-ocean.html
> http://blbooks.blogspot.com/2008/07/poetry-friday-review-of-becoming-billie.html
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