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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BLUES (MOOD) Matches Found: 15 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 34 BLUES, by CHARLEY PATTON Poem Source First Line: I ain't going to tell nobody : thirty-four have done for me Last Line: Oh lord oh lord : let me see your brand new year Subject(s): African Americans - Song And Music; Blues (mood); Blues (music); Depressions, Economic; Music And Musicians A DOS'T O' BLUES, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I got no patience with blues at all! Last Line: He's the same old color yit! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Blues (mood); Music & Musicians; Night; Seasons; Bedtime BLUES, by CLAYTON ESHLEMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Convexcavatious day Subject(s): Blues (mood); Concentration Camps BLUES FOR AN OLD BLUE, by WALKER GIBSON Poem Source First Line: Beneath this tent, clutching this glass of beer Last Line: Watches the hours go by, and mourns his losses Subject(s): Blues (mood); Music And Musicians; Reunions; Yale University BOUND NO'TH BLUES, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Goin' down the road, lawd Last Line: Fit fer a hoppin' toad. Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Blues (mood); Music & Musicians; Negroes; American Blacks ETERNITY BLUES, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I just had the old dodge in the shop Last Line: To reach me. I drove on. Then I bust out crying Subject(s): Blues (mood); Country Life; Music & Musicians GET UP, BLUES, by JAMES ANDREW EMANUEL Poet's Biography First Line: Blues / never climb a hill Subject(s): Blues (mood); Jazz; Music & Musicians GET UP, BLUES, by JAMES ANDREW EMANUEL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Blues %never climb a hill Last Line: Fly. %learn what it means %to be up high Subject(s): Blues (mood); Jazz; Music And Musicians GRAVEYARD BLUES, by NATASHA TRETHEWEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It rained the whole time we were laying her down Subject(s): Blues (mood) KITCHEN DOOR BLUES, by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My old lady died of a common cold Last Line: So for god's sake, lock that kitchen door! Subject(s): Blues (mood); Music And Musicians MOOD INDIGO, by IRA SADOFF Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've tried to trace the reverie Subject(s): Blues (mood); Music & Musicians MOOD INDIGO, by IRA SADOFF Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've tried to trace the reverie Subject(s): Blues (mood); Music And Musicians POSTPARTUM BLUES, by ELTON GLASER Poem Text First Line: Soon the glass angel must be Subject(s): Blues (mood); Music & Musicians ST. LOUIS BLUES, by WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HANDY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I hate to see de ev'nin' sun go down Last Line: If my blues don't get you my jazzing must. Alternate Author Name(s): Handy, W. C. Subject(s): Blues (mood); Music & Musicians TANGO WITH THE BLUES, by JACQUELINE JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Naked trees dance in the midst Last Line: I am not afraid Subject(s): Blues (mood); Hearts; Love; Music And Musicians |
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