I, Too by Langston Hughes
Hello again. Seems I've been a bit remiss about posting here lately. Sorry about that, but I have no one to blame but myself... and maybe my publisher. I've been working hard to get my latest book finished. It is book two of the Planet Alt-Sete-Nine saga, titled Planet Alt-Sete-Nine: The Lost Princess. We are hoping for an early 2021 release. I'll keep you posted.
In the mean time I'll be posting here hopefully with a bit more regularity. Since there are many more who can, and have said it better than I ever can, here is the first of poems from others that still hold a strong relativity today. And after all, isn't that what good writing is all about?
Enjoy,
BJ
I, Too
by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed---
I, too, am America.
For more about Langston Hughes: Langston Hughes
Thanks to poetryfoundation.org
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Monday, May 18, 2020
Graduation 2020 by BJ Neblett
Graduation
BJ
Neblett
©
1970, 2020
Out
of darken corners
Of
beauty and of light
We
send you forth our battles
To
fight with guns of knowledge
To
defend your wisdom walls
Built
upon books of learning
Mortared
by trials and falls
Of
ideas seeking ideas
Of
thoughts seeking minds
To
plant the seed of knowledge
To
seek and yet to find
The
war not nearly over
The
battle’s just begun
And
heroes being made of those
Who
dare to think as one
Congratulations and hang in there. You are the better world of tomorrow.
Peace,
BJ
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