Sable Lit Reviews

If Mississippi’s in you, It’ll always be that way; It matters not how far you go, Or how long you stay. If Mississippi’s in you, It always plays a part; In how you live and move and breathe, And in every notion of the heart. If Mississippi’s in you, It’s in you through and through; [...]

When I went off to school in Boston, I realized why Southerners have a slower pace; When the weather’s not so frigid out, There is no need to race. When the weather’s nice and toasty, You can take time to slowly walk; When you don’t feel you’ll freeze to death, With your friends, you can [...]

There’s nothing like a Southern man, He’s a man that you should know; He’s one to whom you’ll find no equal, Anywhere you go. He has a sweet, molasses talk And a slow, smooth, gliding walk. He’s got strong, firm hands that let you know, Real work is nothing new; He has no problem with [...]

If the baby has the sniffles, Or an all-out whooping cough; If your throat is sore or neck’s in pain, And you need to throw it off; If your chest is tight or or breathing’s bad From some sort of pollution; The answer’s simple for country folk, There is but one solution. Vick’s Salve is [...]

A real country po’folk’s breakfast Is in these days quite rare, It’s certainly not your typical Bacon and eggs type affair. There’d be crispy fried chicken, WIth all the parts there to eat; The usual ones represented, Plus the neck, back and feet. There might be some country ham, But not the thin sterile kind; [...]

As soon as you begin reading Patricia Neely-Dorsey’s book of poetry dedicated to her life in Mississippi, you immediately know you can’t do her lyrical rhymes the injustice of reading them silently. Her words are meant to be read aloud, each syllable savored as they roll along your tongue. If you are not southern you [...]