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Wild Women Don't Have Da Blues
by Mitzi Kay Jackson → (All Poetry by Mitzi Kay Jackson)
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tribute to Ma Rainey (Ma/Maul it is a title as the younger folk say now Head Bitch Head Woman in charge)
tribute to Bessie Smith (The Empress of the Blues she displayed represented herself in gowns and crowns of a higher standard of what was expected of her) and all the women who sang as well as played the blues (devil's music)





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Maul danced baby she moved


Maul sang baby and she grooved


But it whatin’ till she got old enuf


Ta know bout what it was that she do


 Dats when she knew it waz her dat sung it


But wazn’t her dat waz gon have da blues


 


 


Devil opened up sky landed right on the land


Pumped up in the back


Way back as he can


Called out in the night for sinners dat drink


Pouring dat corn whisky changing gospel sheets


Lord dem sounds crawl out from the dark


Had stomping feet


Crawl out from the dark blazin pain underneath


Men noise sound much like country


But Maul poured her soul in to it


Stark black tall and funky


And her noise came out bittersweet


Though she sang it she ain’t had the blues


Nawl she proclaimed it


wild women don’t have the blues


 


 


they all started out young traveling


in tent open field shows


got thrown out of dancing lines


cause dey color you know


crowd wanting light to bubbling brown


first blues too dark to be parading around


to hear her wails was a different thing


to see her wails was a mesmerizing thing


whantin’ like anything most done saw before


dis here black women tall black women


put on a show


deck out in full gear she dress to a tee


standing there dark and beautiful was sumin to see


than she opened her mouth pouring out stories bout me


gave most of us dark ones hopes


of being and doing the best we can be


wailing loud bout her blues dat was purple too


cause she say all women cept wild women had da blues


 


 


you knowed it when you heard it first to lay it in tracks


you knowed it when you saw it waz no looking back


told waz to old to play it only wild women did dat


but it waz in her all along and she showed us dat


hands in the air feeling a rapturous mood


hands on her hips hipping us to da blues


feathers in her hair silky shinny black


first darks to have rhinestones flowing up her back


called out to dem square women and their complain wayz


but thanked them cause it showed the rest how to not behave


 


 


*if he put on airs when you all out in da streets


remember it is you dat cook his dinner meat


if he got women all along da side


den make sho when he come home dat you stay good and tired


 


 


 


naw even though she sang it felt it


all up in here


she whatin playin it cause wild women yawl


wild women don’t have da blues


 


 


 


*words from my blues songs under construction ;) i'm old school


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 Reviews of "Wild Women Don't Have Da Blues"
Reviewed by Rose Loya
Reviewed on June 11, 2007
You are such a beautiful writer. God bless, sweetie....

Rose

Reviewed by Aberjhani
Reviewed on April 2, 2007
And I sho nuff can hear Ma Rainey on stage belting out every single testifying line from this funky blast of blue gospel womanism called WILD WOMEN DON'T HAVE DA BLUES. ThankS for the fantastic treat and a gloriously happy National Poetry Month to you.
Aberjhani

Reviewed by Jeff Mason
Reviewed on March 22, 2007
i love the blues; and i truly enjoyed this very blues-y tribute. -- Jeff

Reviewed by Douglas Bentley
Reviewed on March 21, 2007
You can try to write it. . . .
You can try to sing it. . . .
To understand it
You have to live it.
You CAPTURED it!!

Reviewed by Dale Clark
Reviewed on March 21, 2007
Old school of the blues. Soulful

Reviewed on March 21, 2007
This is not only powerful, it's delightful!

Reviewed by Joyce Bowling
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
What a wonderful write my friend, your words are captivating and flow with beautiful rhythm and blues...enjoyed this much my dear friend! Masterfully written!
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
No they don't, they got da RED HOT! You know I like old school with real feel. Would like to hear it.

Ron

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
masterfully done!!

Love Tinka


Reviewed by E. Richardson
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
lady, I have said it before and will say it again...your work in some of the most unique I have ran across...its flows with a rhythm and power that is both uninhibited and shyly intimate...it is music and story...painting and poetry...in a word, it is outstanding.

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Dipped your quill in dreadlocks for this...is SOMTHUN Mitzi! Great tribute with the lingo in rhythm...the style is all yours, baby...

Sage

Reviewed by Ron (sketchman) Axelson (Reader)
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
enjoyed immensely...

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
you are an amazing talent-such a visual and soulful write

Reviewed by Debby Rosenberg
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
i feel like i've snuck behind the stage wrapped myself in their layers and swayed myself into a tizzy of the performance...loved it

Reviewed by Stan Grimes (Reader)
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
I loved the blues before white boys were suppose to love the blues. Marvelous write!

Reviewed by J M (Reader)
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Mitzi I love listening to Bess Smith and the Blues this is so wonderful so natural and a gem...............
Peace,
Joselyn

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
This is blues at it's best, the story telling, the down to earth real lyrics of a real world, and the heart and soul of life poured itno a song. Wonderful for sure Mitzi...you rock girl.

Fee

Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Well done, enjoyed as always...Hugsss

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Nor do Wild Boyz..Sounds like da place to be..

Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Mitzi,

Ain't it tha truth: wild wimmin know how to LIVE! And your verse is alive and jukin tha joint: love this spirited rendition.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on March 19, 2007
Your ability to mold vernacular fascinates me Mitzi. You write down where the rubber meets the road, and I respect that. This is a marvelous creation here. Well done.

Light and Wisdom ...


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