Kenneth R Jenkins

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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To all who may hear me...

Get it straight from the heart
From this poet
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in memory of Melvin Jenkins--my Uncle

You're resting in Jesus' arms
From all safety and away from harm,
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After the rain stops,
And the thunder rolled,
And the clouds turned gray
By the voice of God
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to my wife Vanessa

I celebrate you---
For just being you and only you,
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A Social Commentary

Where is the truth?
Hiding in plain sight
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The stink of the city
And ain't it a pity?
Of the crimes that goes on there,
And how it sinks even the air
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Torn.
Battered.
Forgotten and even cast aside
Like anything else
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Daddy's Hand: Images

Big hands of this man
Who I remember as a child
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To Nikki Giovanni

Poetry and rhyme
And reason
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the splendor of night,
makes it seem so wonderful,
such is a delight
that makes up this moment.
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