B B King
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He was born on a cotton plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi.
Among rhythm and blues guitarists, he was the best there could be.
Riley B. King came into the world in 1925.
Entertaining a...
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Categories:
bena, history, music, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Rainy Day ,In a Bus
...Nature but rough
Heat is less
Nature still tough
Rain pours and pours
Filling roads to ponds
Felling trees, killing lives
Gutters filled,shutters open
Nature showing faces
Hatred,anger,fury
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Categories:
bena, nature,
Form: Free verse
Beale Street Blues Boy
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Way down in Itta Bena
Down the Mississippi way
B. B. King was born
And boy could this guy play
This Beale Street blues boy
Watched T-Bone Walker strum
He said to...
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Categories:
bena, art, black african american,
Form: Rhyme