City Blues: Urban Poetry

By Latashia Edmond

City Blues is a book that realizes the limitations of ones struggle in the ghetto, a world of foolishness and poverty.
Throughout my experiences, there is always a pinch of happiness and success, then boom, reality sets in, and you are back where you have left off.
I have been writing City Blues for a few years now. Through this process of writing City Blues, I have developed a strong sense of determination and self-discipline. Whatever the circumstances are, acknowledge that God is with you. It is difficult to achieve your goals and focus on your vision without him. So if you know struggle like I have known struggle, keep him close.
City Blues helped me to overcome troubles and doubts and brought imagination, lifes wonders, and truth to life through my book of poems and imagery.
Coming from where I have come from, you witness and acquire life and death, beauty, wisdom, pain, and self-determination. My poetry will speak to you. Come walk with me through the journey of City Blues.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 9, 2013
• ISBN: 9781493106042

Latashia Edmond

My name is Latashia Edmond. I was born in Wichita, Kansas, on June 18, 1983. I am now residing in Atlanta, Georgia. I am a young African American woman with two beautiful daughters and a son on the way. I have a loving and beautiful sister by the name of Veronica Edmond. My mother’s name is Sheila Edmond. I have an AA degree in liberal arts. I am a once-published author of the book Fire Child: Poetry from the Heart of a Black Woman. I am passionate about writing poetry, with much of my inspiration derived from the great Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. One of my favorite hobbies/pastimes is playing poker. I am eager to share with the world my vision of City Blues.

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Copyright © 2013 by Latashia Edmond.

Library of Congress Control Number:            2013917491

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-4931-0603-5

                Softcover        978-1-4931-0602-8

                Ebook            978-1-4931-0604-2

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Rev. Date: 10/08/13

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Contents

Acknowledgments

City Blues

If Walls Could Talk

Shaker

Church of Mississippi

I Shot the Devil

No Words Just This

On My Block

Only Money

I Want to Be

Rose with Wings

The Bird in the Tree

He’s Taking Every Soul

Abortion

No One but the Dead Can Know

Do It for Jesus

Big Fred

Old Man Winter

Doctor Voodoo

Ugly Boy South

My Harlem Blues Lover

Highshaw

Josephine

Cotton Tree

Mother Moon

Older Is Beauty

First It Starts with a

Woman’s Mind Stimulation

Ain’t Nothing Happening

Ringless

Bare

Flo

Ronnie

Never Had Shit

That Damn Car

He’s is Gone

Older

The Streets

Pretty woman

Money

The Wire

Father

Frank

He Loves Me Not

No More Kids

Love Don’t Live Here Anymore

Heartbroken

Feed My Children with Education

What’s Your Dream?

Embrace Yourself for Change

Mykaila Pannell

Junk Man

Reflection

Right On

Grandma Didn’t Raise No Bitches

Why Is My Heart

Danger

Deceived Eyes

Regis

Purple Beauty

This achievement is dedicated to

Mykaila Pannell, London Brown,and Rome Brown—my children.

City Blues is a book that realizes the limitations of one’s struggle in the ghetto, a world of foolishness and poverty.

Throughout my experiences, there is always a pinch of happiness and success, then boom, reality sets in, and you are back where you have left off.

I have been writing City Blues for a few years now. Through this process of writing City Blues, I have developed a strong sense of determination and self-discipline. Whatever the circumstances are, acknowledge that God is with you. It