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03 Aug 01 - 01:11 PM (#520494) Subject: Blues and Poets From: rea Looking for names of poets whose proses has the same "feel of blues music (for a friend). Any thoughts? |
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03 Aug 01 - 03:51 PM (#520617) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: Lonesome EJ Alan Ginsberg? Langston Hughes? |
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03 Aug 01 - 03:58 PM (#520630) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: Sorcha Some of Dylan Thomas? |
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03 Aug 01 - 03:59 PM (#520632) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: Matthew Edwards Don't let Max see this post! He, and many others, will tell you that the lyrics of blues songs are pure poetry in themselves. You can't improve on perfection. |
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05 Aug 01 - 11:25 AM (#521367) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: Matthew Edwards rea; I didn't mean to kill this thread with my previous post, but it's hard to tell what you and your friend are looking for. If you want short poems which express emotionally intense feelings in a concise few lines, Emily Dickinson might answer your search. Carl Sandburg's poetry often seems to demand reading with a blues or jazz rhythm. On the other hand if you are looking for poems expressing misery because your man has just mistreated you, your mojo won't work no more, you ain't got a dime or a friend in the world, and the hellhound is on your trail.....etc etc you get the idea. |
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05 Aug 01 - 11:53 AM (#521384) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: Amos Call high schools and ask for their literary annuals. Almost every teenager with any poetic bent starts out writing poerty that is just a bunch of blues. A |
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05 Aug 01 - 03:46 PM (#521479) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: Mark Clark You might try "Mexico City Blues" by Jack Kerouac. It's a book length poem in 242 chorses. You can read the 211th chorus here. - Mark |
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06 Aug 01 - 04:34 AM (#521729) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: Brian Hoskin Try Sterling D. Plumpp |
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06 Aug 01 - 08:15 PM (#522254) Subject: RE: Blues and Poets From: rea Thanks! I'll look at all of them. And yes, I think music is poetry, too, but my friend wants to try some of the 'traditional' not yet to music stuff. :) |