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by: Faraway Star - Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:25 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 2024 at 3:15:08 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> 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 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
> Topic of the day, Ahmos Zu-Bolton
>
> 🙂

Right on

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by: W.Dockery - Fri, 8 Mar 2024 08:20 UTC

Faraway Star wrote:

> On Friday, February 17, 2024 at 3:15:08 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> 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 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
>> Topic of the day, Ahmos Zu-Bolton
>>
>

> Right on

Good morning again my friend.

Every time I think I know where it's at, they move it.

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Subject	Author
Re: "There is a cure for the Blues..."	Faraway Star
Re: "There is a cure for the Blues..."	W.Dockery