True American Music
Saxophone wails,
washboard scratch,
drums beat percussion.
Dobro twang,
bass guitar licks,
harmonicas howl.
Juke-joint piano,
spoons click,
fiddles and accordion groove.
Soulful hollers evolved into lyrical sound,
Sex, hunger, work, love—
life’s rhythmic celebrations.
Three-chord progressions
in endless improvisation.
12-bar blues.
~Linda Joyce