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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: "There is a cure for the Blues..." Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 14:32:41 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <fcaffa5fc55e65349519d78751234b39@www.novabbs.com> References: <e5b0d138-d28e-46a5-ab9a-9eb879ec22f8o@googlegroups.com> <dc109d2e-c129-4c17-a825-4037681fcf68n@googlegroups.com> <9aa7ac9f-01f6-4cb2-a0f4-0a45361afcacn@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3388398"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Vf9CM7g99yqfGvzEHTw0bhrjcIfvzYBBhUuRma0rLuQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: acd0b3e3614eaa6f47211734e4cbca3bfd42bebc X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$UYsEyAXcET0Z/W.11WaxUOtANI8PPdd0HIwkRhWmvVA2WbavEZBky X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Zod wrote: > Will Dockery wrote: >> 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 >> Good find. >> >> :) > > As you know Ahmos Zu-Bolton poetry is a rare find on the internet.... Yes, that's correct.