| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Rusty C Arquette on 12/09/02 at 02:10 PM Finds the groove and carrys you... A Tom Waits asyncopated growl can been heard layered over the lines...I can quietly revel in it's earthy beat - RCat |
| Posted by Robert Cameron Hazelton on 10/02/03 at 01:29 PM Wow this is really good. As a musician I can really relate to this. Good flow and excellent imagery. |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 05/21/04 at 11:42 AM there's no better toking than a blues joint and you light the place up with this holy smoke, Jadi Leadbelly thanks you and B.B. and all that strum of that glum. |
| Posted by Rula Shin on 01/07/05 at 09:37 PM Wow, dynamite writing JD, I’m so glad Mike turned me on to this piece. You’ve managed to create a tangible aura with this poem, capturing the mysterious sensations of “neon glow bleeding up the smoke filled staircase…melancholy squeezed through a tarnished tenor sax (damn good line!!)…Raspy Mississippi wail…basement juke from the rafters” – so each first line is another footstep into into this world of blues, raw, genuine, and somehow, achingly familiar. You walk through that door and get your medicines for a "bargain" - “blues for sale” indeed. And here in this land of soothing melancholy to 'dig deep’ is to “[buy]…a couple pounds” of the most beautiful misery to ever penetrate the soul...to sit back and enjoy the wailing…that’s how this felt to me. I enjoyed this thoroughly JD! :-) |
| Posted by Soulo Jacob Bourgeau on 03/27/06 at 09:11 AM JD - there's a tangible pulse to this piece, a bonus for any blues aficionado. I feel like to toe-tapping to John Lee Hooker or perhaps Morphine as I read this the third time. Absolutely fantastic tribute to the essence of of listening to live blues. I salute you and concur on your POTD. You not only deserve it, it's shamefully overdue. |
| Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 03/27/06 at 02:43 PM jadi, this is superb! It really conveys the mood and the rhythm of the music, and the imagery is vivid. It actually reminds me a little of the poetry of Yusef Komunykaa, who has written poetry about jazz and blues music. (Check him out if you haven't already.) This is going into my favorites for sure, and is certainly deserving of POTD - congrats! d:-) |
| Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 03/27/06 at 02:44 PM Spelling correction: Yusef KOMUNYAKAA. |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 03/27/06 at 10:50 PM Congratulations on poem of the day Jadi. Funtastic...Charlie |
| Posted by H.M Stevens on 03/28/06 at 01:37 AM I'm digging this JD. Nice representation. |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 03/28/06 at 10:18 PM jadi, nothing like the blues. Your sure get down to the heart and soul of it. Congratulations on POTD (even if I am a day late).
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Graeme Fielden on 03/29/06 at 12:00 AM belated congrats on this wonderful POTD. You sure sold me. You had me from the strad's moaning... |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 03/29/06 at 03:12 PM Blueskies perfect pitch-blue wonderful POTD! |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 02/10/08 at 09:31 AM Man, I just got to stop and read more of your stuff. I just read this and, as a blues guitarist, can I relate! Brilliant capture of the visual and mood of BB Kings on Beale St. where I have sat many a night soaking in your very words! |
| Posted by Laurie Blum on 08/25/08 at 04:27 PM How lucky am I to have happened onto this poem... Ahhh sweet home Chicago... sounds like the old "Legends" with Buddy Guy over on Wabash. |
