E19 Sprin’ Fevah by Raymond Dandridge

Send us Fan MailDescription: An immersive reading of Sprin’ Fevah by Raymond Dandridge with reflection on spring fever, disability and polio.WorkSprin’ Fevah Dar’s a lazy, sortah hazy   Feelin’ grips me, thoo an’ thoo;An’ I feels lak doin’ less dan enythin’;   Dough de saw is sharp an’ greasy,Dough de task et han’ is easy,   An’ de day am fair an’ breezy,Dar’s a thief dat steals embition in de win’. Kaint defy it, kaint deny it,    Kaze it jes wont be denied;It’s a mos’ pursistin’ stubbern sortah thin’;    Anti Tox’ doan neutralize it;Doctahs fail to analyze it;    So I yiel’s (dough I despise it)To dat res’less, wretchit fevah    evah Sprin’. ReferencesThe Poet and Other Poems: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Poet_and_Other_Poems/yoYTAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover "Dandridge, Raymond Garfield 1882–1930 ." Contemporary Black Biography. . Encyclopedia.com. 26 Sep. 2022 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>."Dialect Poetry ." Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. . Encyclopedia.com. 6 Oct. 2022 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.“Paul Laurence Dunbar” Poetry Foundation. <https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-laurence-dunbar>. https://www.tarabrach.com/rain/ Baicus A. History of polio vaccination. World J Virol. 2012 Aug 12;1(4):108-14.H V W. Before the vaccines: medical treatments of acute paralysis in the 1916 new york epidemic of poliomyelitis. Open Microbiol J. 2014 Dec 12;8:144-7.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-31-he-esoterica31-story.html Emanuel MB. Hay fever, a post industrial revolution epidemic: a history of its growth during the 19th century. Clin Allergy. 1988;18(3):295-304.https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html