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Saturday, January 23, 2010

gloomy sunday

singing the blues to keep

the blues at bay

Allusion fusion; I'll explain later.

Dianne said...: hummm, singing always keeps my blues at bay,; 10:28 PM
Magyar said...: Confront the gloom... with the Blues. "Magnetic." _m; 7:54 AM
Frank... said...: Nice haiku; good use of the word "blue".; 8:24 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, Dianne, Doug, and Frank.

"allusion fusion." The only thing original here is the juxtaposition. Line 1, as many of you will have recognized, is the title of a Billie Holiday classic. According to legend, her recording has been found on the turntable at many suicide scenes. Lines 2-3 are a rough paraphrase of Albert Murray * on what the blues are for. Thus, a fusion of two allusions.

*Author of "South to a Very Old Place," "The Omni-Americans," and "Stomping the Blues," etc.; 11:11 AM
John McDonald said...: evocative for me Bill well done
john; 3:20 AM
T said...: Sophysticated!

This haiku reminds me "Dock of the bay."; 4:33 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, John and TAKKE.; 10:24 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Ah; signing the blues...well done

much love
gillena; 8:56 AM
Tikkis said...: blue Sunday evening --
vinyl player still
rolling rolling rollin; 12:38 AM
Bill said...: Thanks for the visit, Gillena and tikkis.; 7:00 PM
Emma Dalloway said...: very cool; 3:44 AM

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