Kenneth R Jenkins Poems

Is it enough
To being Black in America
To being in America?
First fired
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in memory of the children of South Africa


Freedom!
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Monday's child raised up in the morning
Away to school for another day.
Tuesday child makes ready for another day,
Making the best of what that may come their way.
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Save the babies
Save them all!
Save them before thy fall,
Keep them in the straight and narrow,
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Clouds gather together
Like a congregation gathers
Bunched together like it's one.
Then soon rumbling
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in memory of my aunt Ellie Mae Jenkins

We said good night for a spell,
as you start your journey onward,
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A social commentary
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Fresh is the day anew
And the sun arises with a new song
A new attitude
A new feeling so bold
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Just because you are young
Doesn't mean much to some
But because you are black
It means nothing!
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