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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. . . . To the tune o’ those Weary Blues. With his ebony hands on each ivory key. He made that poor piano moan with melody.
«The Weary Blues» es un poema icónico de Langston Hughes, uno de los escritores más destacados de la literatura afroamericana del siglo XX. Publicado en 1925, el poema es un retrato conmovedor de la vida de los músicos negros en el Harlem de la década de 1920.
Langston Hughes's “The Weary Blues,” first published in 1925, describes a black piano player performing a slow, sad blues song. This performance takes place in a club in Harlem, a segregated neighborhood in New York City.
"The Weary Blues" is a poem by American poet Langston Hughes. Written in 1925, [1] "The Weary Blues" was first published in the Urban League magazine Opportunity . It was awarded the magazine's prize for best poem of the year.
- Langston Hughes, Carl Van Vechten
- 1931
29 de feb. de 2024 · Reseña en clave personal del libro Weary Blues de Langston Hughes; poemas de jazz y de blues donde el autor "nos ofrece una visión única de la época en Harlem, del blues y el jazz, y el dolor ligado a la vida del afroamericano. Sus palabras siguen calando hondo y son de rabiosa actualidad." #BlackHistoryMonth.
‘The Weary Blues’ describes the performance of a blues musician playing in a club on Lenox Avenue in Harlem. The piece mimics the tone and form of Blues music and uses free verse and closely resembles spoken English.
The Weary Blues Lyrics. 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...
