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by: Will-Dockery - Sat, 20 Apr 2024 03:04 UTC

> Zod 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 in 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
>
> **************************************

From the archives, Ahmos Zu-Bolton.

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by: W.Dockery - Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:59 UTC

> > "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 in 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
> >
> > **************************************

> From the archives, Ahmos Zu-Bolton.

> This is a response to the post seen at:
> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=166471734#166471734

Ping Rachel, here's an Ahmos Zu-Bolton poem.

Ahmos Zu-Bolton was a friend of Barfield in 1976.
Barfield would bring him to the class as Poet In Residence.

Subject	Author
Re: "There is one cure for the Blues..."	Will-Dockery
Re: "There is one cure for the Blues..."	W.Dockery