Poems

A Darn Good Book

My husband says all I can do is clean and cook

So hit him in the head with a darn good book

I read and read and here is what I said

I am capable of much more than I look

In my face, he slammed the door

Later they drafted him, to the next big war

I had to take over his factory position

And manufacture all of the ammunition  

All it took was a darn good book

Bus

Yellow Bus gets me at the corner

White folks sittin in the front

Where it is warmer

I hate this arrangement I must be blunt

Black folks sittin the back

Why in the world is this law intact?

Resistance

All people are equally protected by law

This is not the conclusion we have come to draw

Things should have changed

But laws were maintained

Nonviolent forms of resistance was our new mission

And that lead to our point of recognition

Read about us in the history book

A bit of resistance was all that it took

Still Sitting

Disgusted with segregation

Four of us decided to take action with a new creation

It started with an order of coffee

A sit-in at the white’s only lunch counter with my posse

Service was refused and stressful

I remained polite and respectful

We will come and sit-in here everyday

At least until we are all treated the same way

Kennedy’s Stance

The president introduced a civil rights bill

He seized the moment to announce our new thrill

A dramatic opportunity to address the nation

Our country’s leader was tired of segregation

He spoke to the people about the golden rule

And be done with rotten ridicule