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This is a collection of articles relating to Blues Poetry, the Poets
and Poetry about the Blues and Blues Artists.
We hope to add to the collection over time, so if you have any
articles about Blues Poetry and would like to contribute, please email
alan.white@earlyblues.com
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Here is our introduction to the collection:
Poetry and The
Blues
- by Christine White
"There are two words that are
particularly difficult to define in the English language; 'poetry' and 'blues'.
To attempt to classify these two together is even more difficult yet a large
number of blues critics claim that blues lyrics are poetry. This paper proposes
to examine the definitions of 'poetry' and 'blues' and to consider the extent to
which it is justified to link the two".
The Blues and Jazz Poetry of Langston Hughes
:
A Personal Appreciation- by Ray
Smith
"Langston
Hughes’s first published poem, ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’, was in a
1921 issue of The Crisis magazine. This was to become one of his most
famous poems, later appearing in Brownie’s Book and he included it in
his first book of poetry, The Weary Blues in 1926".....
This personal appreciation of Langston Hughes' poetry is
published in instalments......
Introduction
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Bluesman - A Poem by Dave Alan Walker
"He's just
Any old man" ....
In The Words Of Bluesman Jack - A Poem by Dave
Alan Walker
"From bar to bar
I play my life story" ...
The Blues And Me -
A Poem by Dave Alan Walker
"As I sit here
with my guitar" ...
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