To Anita Poem by Sonia Sanchez

To Anita

Rating: 4.2


high/yellow/black/girl
walken like the sun u be.
move on even higher.
those who
laugh at yo/color
have not moved
to the blackness we be about
cuz as Curtis Mayfield be sayen
we people be darker than blue
and quite a few
of us be yellow
all soul/shades of
blackness.
yeah. high/yellow/black/girl
walk yo/black/song
cuz some of us
be hearen yo/sweet/music.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 01 May 2019

yeah. high/yellow/black/girl walk yo/black/song cuz some of us be hearen yo/sweet/music.....touching expression. Beautiful poem.

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Edward Kofi Louis 01 May 2019

Shades of blackness! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 01 May 2019

" walk you black song coz some of us be hearen you/sweet/music. An intriguing modern song of the day.Congrats.

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Kayode Are 29 May 2018

Blackness darker than blue; a song uplifting like sun.

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Dr Antony Theodore 01 May 2019

quite a few of us be yellow all soul/shades of blackness. yeah. high/yellow/black/girl walk yo/black/song.. a beautiful poem. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 03 August 2020

quite a few of us be yellow all soul/shades of blackness. very nice poem. tony

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Harindhar Reddy 01 May 2020

Yes the water and the sky are also colourless. Further the night is and white is also colourless. So what's there in the colour? Content, thoughts, matter, action etc are plays a predominant role in our lives...well said by the poet!

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Keith kb 01 May 2020

All souls are same colour, which colour we don’t know yet, but we will. Interesting poem read several times congrats on pod

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Mahtab Bangalee 01 May 2020

yeah. high/yellow/black/girl walk yo/black/song cuz some of us be hearen yo/sweet/music.//// poem written on woman awakening// beautiful womanhood poem

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Mahtab Bangalee 01 May 2019

sweet music can play the sweet heart black, white, blue, red, green skin doesn't matter!

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Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez

Birmingham, Alabama United States
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