On "The Weary Blues" In The Big Sea Hughes reported that his "Weary Blues," which won him his first poetry prize, "included the first blues [he's] ever heard way back in Lawrence, Kansas, when [he] was a kid." In "The Weary Blues" Hughes dealt with the blues singer and his song in relation to the speaker of the poem.
Because Miranda was gay and her mom was not supportive
Maybe the answer is in oregon, I'm not exactly sure.