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Music and poetry share many commonalities. Most prevalent is the ability of both art forms to cut through outer layers of experience and touch the very soul of the listener or reader. Both music and poetry awaken our senses, renew our passions, enlighten us and help us encapsulate feelings from the most mundane to the ethereal.
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"The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
I heard a Negro play.
Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light
He did a lazy sway . . .
He did a lazy sway . . .
To the tune o' those Weary Blues.
With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.
O Blues!
Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool
He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool.
Sweet Blues!
Coming from a black man's soul.
O Blues!
