| Description |
xi, 111 pages ; 19 cm |
| Contents |
Heritage (for Walter Leonard) -- Bread -- Bears in spring -- Baby west -- A poem for Joanne (all the time) -- Space: our frontier -- Nikki Giovanni: a look at the development of this small business -- A poem for Morris -- A haiku for Mars -- Ashley Bryan (on the joyous celebration of his ninetieth birthday) -- If I have to hospital -- Lincoln heights sits -- Education early on -- Volleyball: a ballet (for #17) -- There is a school -- The past...the present...the furture -- Konko in the rain (for and in debt to Kwame Alexander) -- Toure's feet -- Thirst -- For Ruby Dee -- Fisk: the class of 1964 -- Fathers (for Jack) -- Big Maybelle -- The tassel's worth the hassle: an introduction -- The fly on the wall -- Epicure (for Joe who cooks) -- On a snowy day (for Morgan who braved the weather) -- Black lives matter (not a hashtag) -- Step a little closer -- A poem (for Ethel Morgan Smith and Lucy) -- I married my mother -- We, too -- We marched (celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the sisterhood of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority) -- The diamond anniversary -- Rita Dove (at furious flower 2014) -- The old man of the mountain (for Charles Steger) -- Morning breakfast routines -- Poseidon hears his baby boy crying -- NYC (then & now) -- Surveillance -- Autumn soup (for President Timothy Sands) -- Hokie stone (for Tom Tillar) -- Introduction for Tim O'Brien -- Let's call it love -- L.E.A.P. for bridges (for Donna Maria Smith) -- Afeni (b.22 January 1947-d. 2 May 2016) -- Remembering Maya -- A sincere apology -- Remembering Maya for Ebony magazine -- At times like these (for Maya Angelou) -- Summer storms -- Even as a little girl -- I play football (for Kevin Jones) -- The museum (at last).z |
| Subject |
Aging -- Poetry.
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Life change events -- Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| Genre |
Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9780062399458 : HRD |
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0062399454 : HRD |
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