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Subject: Re: "There is a cure for the Blues..."
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by: Will Dockery - Sun, 29 Jan 2023 04:15 UTC

On Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 8:22:09 PM UTC-4, Heathcliff wrote:
>
> "There is a cure for the Blues
> [...]
> A white cabbie says there ain't never
> been no/great colored poets
> [...]
> and I think to myself man
> this cat is hip/ smooth,
> there's truth in his meter,
> so I sez to him I say, hey man,
> how come a professor like you
> is driving a cab?"
> -Ahmos Zu-Bolton, fair use excerpt from "Taxicab Blues".
>
> Ahmos Zu-Bolton II (October 21, 1948,[1] Poplarville, Mississippi - March 8,
> 2005[2]) was an activist, poet and playwright also known for his editing and
> publishing endeavors on behalf of African-American culture.
>
> Read more at:
> http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton

One of my favorites from Ahmos Zu-Bolton, a big influence on my poetry.

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Re: "There is a cure for the Blues..."	Will Dockery