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My Hands Sing the Blues: A Poetic Journey into the Heart of the Blues

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The blues is a music of sorrow, joy, pain, and love. It is a music that speaks to the heart and soul. In My Hands Sing the Blues, [Author's Name] takes readers on a poetic journey into the heart of the blues. Through her evocative and powerful words, she explores the themes of loss, longing, and redemption that are at the core of the blues.

The poems in My Hands Sing the Blues are as diverse as the blues music itself. There are poems that wail with pain, poems that dance with joy, and poems that offer a glimmer of hope in the darkness. But throughout the collection, there is a common thread: the power of music to heal and transform.

My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey

by Jeanne Walker Harvey

4.6 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	11497 KB
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Print length	:	40 pages

In the poem "The Blues Is a Woman," [Author's Name] personifies the blues as a woman who is both beautiful and dangerous. She is a woman who can make you laugh and cry, and she is a woman who will never let you go.

The blues is a woman
With a voice like a siren's call
She can make you laugh
She can make you cry
She can make you dance
She can make you sing
The blues is a woman
With a heart full of pain
She can break your heart
She can mend your soul
She can make you whole

In the poem "My Hands Sing the Blues," [Author's Name] explores the power of music to heal. She writes about how the blues can help us to process our pain and find our way back to joy.

My hands sing the blues
They play the pain away
The sorrow and the loss
The heartache and the pain
My hands sing the blues
They heal my broken heart
They give me strength to carry on
They help me find my way

My Hands Sing the Blues is a powerful and moving collection of poems that celebrates the beauty and the power of the blues. It is a book that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt the blues, and it is a book that will offer hope and healing to those who are struggling.

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"My Hands Sing the Blues is a stunning collection of poems that explores the depths of the blues. [Author's Name] writes with a raw and honest voice, and her poems are full of passion, pain, and hope. This is a must-read for anyone who loves the blues or who is interested in the power of poetry to heal and transform."

—[Reviewer's Name]

"My Hands Sing the Blues is a beautiful and heartbreaking collection of poems that will stay with you long after you finish reading it. [Author's Name] has a gift for capturing the essence of the blues, and her poems are full of soul and emotion. This is a book that you will want to read again and again."

—[Reviewer's Name]

About the Author

[Author's Name] is a poet, musician, and writer. She is the author of several books of poetry, including My Hands Sing the Blues and The Fire Next Time. Her work has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, and she has performed her poetry at festivals and events around the world.

[Author's Name] is a passionate advocate for the arts and for the power of poetry to change lives. She is a founding member of the [Organization Name], a non-profit organization that provides free creative writing workshops to underserved communities. She is also a teaching artist for the [Organization Name], a program that brings poets into schools to work with students.

My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey

by Jeanne Walker Harvey

4.6 out of 5