I Too Sing The Blues

The blues is my muse
My intricate thoughts fall prey
to smooth horns
and vociferous tambourines
Big Maybelle's
Candy howls
from the inside
of my chest
I am Big Mama hue
Dangling my ample bosom
in the ambiance of juke joint smoke
and highly potent quarts of scotch
scatting and screaming
at the top of my lungs
Motivating the women
and their men folk to slide
on to the creaky boards
and cut a rug
I am thugging this misery
Sometimes I think I'm a
Modern Day Tragedy
Stuck in a venomous cycles
Traveling in circles of repeated hysteria
Is this my only destiny?
When will my past dreams
and dreams about the past
become a present day reality
So I bellow my manifesto
my tedious prayers become my
Harmonious moans
My dress is the color of my spirit
Signifying my innermost feelings
As the pour out on to the asphalt
I am not holidays cheer
I spike my seasonal
egg nog with pessimism
I am far from dainty
More of a woman
I too sing the blues

By Samantha Campbell

Author's Note

not sure tha this is done something feels off any ideas ???

Reviews

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

I think the reason you fell that it's a little off, is merely becasue the flow is erratic in places, maybe that was on purpose becasue of the almost regained sense of plot, I'm ot sure, I'm going to re-read this one a few times to put my finger on it, it certainly makes the reader think.

[Coyote Poetry]

I like this poem. The poem described a good woman to me.
"I am Big Mama hue
Dangling my ample bosom
in the ambiance of juke joint smoke
and highly potent quarts of scotch"
Sometime the scotch must do. People can drive you nuts. New world we live in. We need more fun people. More long discussions and less worrying. Singing the blue is alright sometime. Mean we are still hoping and alive. Thank you for a excellent poem.
Coyote

[Ruth]

I love it! A pessimist is never dissapointed! lol Beautifully woven love...a fav!
We all need to address our somber shades of dress...nothing wrong with that lol
xx

[Libby]

Can't fault it. I think it's done. c: Great piece of work.