Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BESSIE SMITH'S FUNERAL, by ALVIN BERNARD AUBERT First Line: The brief procession Last Line: Her song is news, begins the dispensation %of the blues Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Blues (music); Funerals; Jazz; Music And Musicians; Singing And Singers; Smith, Bessie (1894-1937) | ||||||||
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAST AFFAIR: BESSIE'S BLUES SONG by MICHAEL S. HARPER HOMAGE TO THE EMPRESS OF THE BLUES by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN BLUES FOR BESSIE by MYRON O'HIGGINS BESSIE by ALVIN BERNARD AUBERT OF WALTER WHITE'S FATHER IN THE RAIN by JR. HOUSTON A. BAKER DREAM SONGS: 68 by JOHN BERRYMAN BALLAD OF LADIES LOST AND FOUND by MARILYN HACKER LAST AFFAIR: BESSIE'S BLUES SONG by MICHAEL S. HARPER OFFERING by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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