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"There is one cure for the Blues..."
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Zod
2021-01-12 01:40:46 UTC
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"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

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Will Dockery
2021-03-02 22:10:14 UTC
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Post by Zod
"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.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
Zod
2021-03-03 01:53:29 UTC
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Post by Zod
"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.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
It is visible to me...
Will Dockery
2021-03-03 08:59:01 UTC
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Post by Zod
"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.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
It is visible to me...
I think so, definitely in the two poems of mine I cited, among others.
Will Dockery
2021-03-04 14:13:56 UTC
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Post by Zod
"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.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
It is visible to me...
A look at the poetry I was writing at the time, early 1976, could show how I was influenced by his consersational, natural style, his use of his real voice, which I wasn't exactly doing at the time.
General Zod
2021-03-05 03:39:19 UTC
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Post by Will Dockery
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Post by Zod
"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.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
It is visible to me...
A look at the poetry I was writing at the time, early 1976, could show how I was influenced by his consersational, natural style, his use of his real voice, which I wasn't exactly doing at the time.
I just bumped some of that late 1970s poetry of yours to the top tonight, for Pastor Corey...
Zod
2021-05-04 23:12:29 UTC
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"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.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
It is visible to me...
A look at the poetry I was writing at the time, early 1976, could show how I was influenced by his consersational, natural style, his use of his real voice, which I wasn't exactly doing at the time.
Yep...
W-Dockery
2021-12-24 01:48:19 UTC
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Post by Will Dockery
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Post by Zod
"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.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
It is visible to me...
A look at the poetry I was writing at the time, early 1976, could show how I was influenced by his consersational, natural style, his use of his real voice, which I wasn't exactly doing at the time.
Yep...
Thanks for posting the Zu-Bolton poetry, Zod.
Family Guy
2021-03-04 01:10:22 UTC
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Post by Zod
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
Was Bolton also a chain-smoking alcoholic narcissist troll with an ass leech pet?
W.Dockery
2021-03-04 02:29:56 UTC
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
Was Bolton also
His name was Zu-Bolton.
Zod
2021-03-04 02:54:46 UTC
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Post by Zod
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For Corey, an example of the style of poetry by Amos Zu-Bolton that influenced me.
Was Bolton alsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hush, troll...
Will-Dockery
2024-04-20 03:04:27 UTC
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Post by Zod
"There is a cure for the Blue
[...
A white cabbie says there ain't neve
been no/great colored poet
[...
and I think to myself ma
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 yo
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
Post by Zod
2005[2]) was an activist, poet and playwright also known for hi
editing an
Post by Zod
publishing endeavors on behalf of African-American culture
Read more at
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolto
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From the archives, Ahmos Zu-Bolton


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W.Dockery
2024-04-23 17:59:31 UTC
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Post by Zod
Post by Zod
"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,
Post by Zod
2005[2]) was an activist, poet and playwright also known for his
editing and
Post by Zod
publishing endeavors on behalf of African-American culture.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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From the archives, Ahmos Zu-Bolton.
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=660167574#660167574
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.
General-Zod
2024-05-19 20:35:51 UTC
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"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,
Post by Zod
2005[2]) was an activist, poet and playwright also known for his
editing and
Post by Zod
publishing endeavors on behalf of African-American culture.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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From the archives, Ahmos Zu-Bolton.
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=660167574#660167574
A fave...
W.Dockery
2024-07-05 17:01:05 UTC
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"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,
Post by Zod
2005[2]) was an activist, poet and playwright also known for his
editing and
Post by Zod
publishing endeavors on behalf of African-American culture.
http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Ahmos_Zu-Bolton
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From the archives, Ahmos Zu-Bolton.
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=660167574#660167574
A fave...
Same here.

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