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Each piece of contemporary verse tells a story. Topics include social justice, spirituality, women and work, and others. Her delivery and spoken word presentation is like no other. Check here every now and then for an uplifting or thoughtful phrase or two.

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Singing Softly of Prosperity

6/14/2019

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​You know times is hard
when Black folks start talkin’
‘bout they shoes…
 
Didn’t have no shoes on my feet,
Mah shoes was all runned over on the sides,
Looking like a peacock,
       all dressed up, bad feet.
Scuffed up, no polish,
My feet was on the ground,
I had to walk,
I put newspaper in the soles,
You could feel the wet coming through…
 
And then I hear myself
singing softly,
...I got shoes…

​I'm good.
©Amy L.Freeman 2019

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Unencumbered

6/10/2019

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Picture
Seaweed washing up where it will,
beautiful unmanicured.
The ocean ships in new growth,
rebirth in waves.

Finally Freedom
from old traps,
low tide so revealing
everything in life
exposed.

When the water returns
I can choose
to hold on to reminders
of old scars
or allow high tide to wash
the slate clean.
Going forward into the next day

unencumbered.

Some life-forms are
designed to wait
patiently through loss and lack
of water,
of sustenance,
exposed to the air

knowing
the tide will return

to take them home.
© Amy Freeman 2019

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    Amy Freeman has written two books of poetry and has been published in ESSENCE magazine. Her next collection will focus on women, work and finding peace. 

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