Saturday
the dusk
of dew;
63.
~~~
Naw cuz,
‘twaz’
1961
~~~
or
‘wuzn’t’ it
62?
~~~
‘Anywho’
>>>
skipped us
‘sum’
SERIOUS
school.
<<<
Mabey
it twas’
afternoon?
In the
black
Southern
comfort sun.
Or
‘wuzn’t’ it
Southern comfort
us ‘wuz’
‘drankin’ on?
???
WHO KNEW?
we’d
beg
borrow
an’
stole
us
some fun?
Down
at the
Juke joint;
‘smokin’
on
tobacco,
‘eaten’
‘dem’
pork ‘rhymes’.
Naaa!
‘Dats’
a lie!
We ‘wuz’
‘chewin’
on
‘sum’
fried CAT.
Fish
‘dat’
‘IZ’???
Chitterlings
an’ OH’ kale,
mustard greens
naw
dayze’ steamed,
ham hock
neck-bones
‘wit’ them
negro beans
an’
simply red
rice.
Spinach AIN’t there!
Now
‘dats’
mighty fine of you
and
‘sum’
cornbread
sounds
‘kinda’ nice.
~~~
Might add…
~~~
Christianly
too.
Grease ‘poppin’
foot ‘stompin’
shaking off
calories
and
them there blues.
‘Groovin’
to sounds of
herbie hancock
muddy waters
little walter
miles davis
louis armstrong
dizz gillespie
duke ellington
john coltrane
an
lest we forget
charlie parker
too.
ROLL CALL:
They don’t get A capitol?
‘Naw’
daze ain’t
hardly
‘IMPO’TANT’
just ‘acktin’
‘sum’
black fools!!!
But
‘dayz’ ‘due’
~~~
THIS TIME
~~~
get a pass;
~~~
unlike,
~~~
Me
an’ You!!!
Aw,
now ‘dat’ there’s
‘sum’
Cannon
‘kinda’
“Good News”
“be for real”
JAZZ, Rhythm, and Blues!
Oh my!!!
Naw,
dorothy and toto
‘wuzan’t’
hardly
there too.
There’s no place like home though
or
‘skippin’ us
‘sum’ school;
cross
the railroad tracks,
back
in
the neck of the woods
AKA
OZ
and/or
DA’
Juke Joint.
UNDERSTOOD?
harold melvin,
&
the blue notes
‘WUZ’ THEY THERE TOO?
Alright; alright
If you don’t know me
by now
You ‘betta’ ask ‘sumbody’
bout my poetry~~~
RENEE’S POEMS WITH WINGS ARE ‘FOREVA’
WORDS IN FLIGHT!!!
‘IZ’ ONE
JAZZY BABE,
and yezzz’
JAZZ
don’t mean A ‘thang’
if
Rhythm and Blues
ain’t got
that ‘swang’!!!
Dedicated to: You ‘betta’ ask ‘sumbody’ ‘bout’ my poetry~~~
RENEE’S POEMS WITH WINGS ARE WORDS IN FLIGHT!!!
A B.A.D. Poem
Other books by Renee’ Drummond-Brown:
~A B.A.D. Poem
~The Power of the Pen
~SOLD: TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
~Renee’s Poems with Wings are Words in Flight-I’ll Write Our Wrongs
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Biography
Renee’ B. Drummond is a renown poetria and artist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the
author of: The Power of the Pen, SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, Renee’s Poems with
Wings are Words in Flight-I’ll Write Our Wrongs, and Renee’s Poems with Wings are Words in
Flight. Her work is viewed on a global scale and solidifies her as a force to be reckoned with in the
literary world of poetry. Renee’ is inspired by non-other than Dr. Maya Angelou, because of her,
Renee’ posits “Still I write, I write, and I’ll write!”
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