Best Blues Poems
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1.
"The Malcolm Calling Blues," by Estella Conwill Majozo
22 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
2.
"Oakland Blues," by Ishmael Reed
12 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
3.
"Blues for Dante Alligheri," by Kim Addonizio
9 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"Our room was too small, the sheets scratchy and hot--/ Our room was a kins of hell, we thought,/ and killed a half-liter of Drambuie we'd bought."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points
4.
"The Weary Blues," by Langston Hughes
8 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"The singer stopped playing and went to bed/ While the Weary Blues echoed through his head./ He slept like a rock or a man that's dead."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points
5.
"Good Time Charlie's Got The LA Blues," by Kay Murphy
7 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"Calloway flashes electric teeth white/ when he closes with Some Gotta lose/ but Some gotta win tap his white suede shoes/ That blaze in the wake of The LA Blues."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points
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"Blues for Robert Johnson," by Kim Addonizio
6 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"Give me a pine of whiskey with a broken seal/ Give me one more hour with a broken feel/ I can't sleep again and a black dog's on my trail"
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points
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"The Things-No-One-Knows Blues," by Terrance Hayes
6 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko - 1 comment
Comments:
"I filed for bankruptcy in the borough of luxury./ I suspect it's time I eat my poetry...I believe B.B. fingered/ Lucille like the back of a pretty woman's knee,/ but no one seems to agree."
Added 15 years ago by danielleblasko, 0 points
8.
"Workingman's Blues #2," by Bob Dylan
4 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
9.
"Thinking Woman's Blues," by Kay Murphy
3 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
10.
"Any Woman's Blues," by Sherley Anne Williams
3 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
11.
"Black Crow Blues," by Bob Dylan
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
12.
The Weary Blues
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
13.
"Riverbank Blues," by Sterling A. Brown
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
14.
"Immigrant Blues," by Li-Young Lee
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
15.
"Computer Blues," by Raymond R. Patterson
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
16.
"Wanda's Blues," by Jane Cooper
0 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
17.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues," by Bob Dylan
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
18.
"MIssing Boy Blues," by Kim Addonizio
-1 point - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
19.
"Talking' New York," by Bob Dylan
-2 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
20.
"Freight Train Blues," by Bob Dylan
-2 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
21.
"Po' Boy Blues," by Langston Hughes
-2 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
22.
"Mongrel Death Blues," by Joshua Weiner
-4 points - added 15 years ago by danielleblasko -
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