Or digest Langston’s treasures…
To outdo the views of Mister Hughes.
But poets who can show emotions,
With insights known isn’t easy to pursue.
These are the ones,
Who can do it making sense.
Inspirations they are…
With a knack to pen a clarity,
Once covered and thickly dense.
I am not trying to be a James Baldwin,
Or write the way an August Wilson can.
Or Tyler Perry…
Or a Robert Frost!
But like most writers who do write well,
Some are oft times ‘on’
And most times ‘off’!
A Stephen King I couldn’t touch…
He’s too much in deep mystery!
And Imamu Baraka is so totally profound.
I remember meeting him,
When LeRoi Jones had me spellbound!
I like things that motivate.
That keeps a process strong!
I like the fact that I’m aware of Nature…
And the ‘rights’ of human beings,
Who have been ‘wronged’.
I can sing and rejoice…
And love the sounds of other voices!
All day long,
If that is my choice.
It took me a while to read Lawrence.
I read Larry too long…
And he got in my way!
Today I say it,
With words I can only say.
And like the others mentioned here…
It is clear what was said remains,
In our minds to stay.
With messages that sustains! !
Yes…
It took awhile for me to read Lawrence.
Reading him is not as easy,
Since he reflects these times that change!
And depicting them quick before they slip…
To fade…
In a World where attentions
Are focused just for minutes..
Then in seconds drift away!
It took awhile to read Lawrence.
A task I asked for with uncertainty…
But with certainty I’ve stayed,
And have learned to embrace him,
With double entendres…
Ambiguously delivered.
In my aging days!