Poetry For Everyday People
Maya Angelou
I have tried,
but your words
have not, for me,
Bukowski, Sharon Olds,
Alice Walker, Muddy Waters,
Amiri Baraka,
they saved me, I grab
their books, listen to
the blues,
Hendrix, Albert King,
they live with me, within
me,
Coltrane, Bird, Little Walter,
I wanna find you though,
I think I am missing something?
possibly?
yet,
entering ones mind
on a night of poetry
is as love.
but your words
have not, for me,
Bukowski, Sharon Olds,
Alice Walker, Muddy Waters,
Amiri Baraka,
they saved me, I grab
their books, listen to
the blues,
Hendrix, Albert King,
they live with me, within
me,
Coltrane, Bird, Little Walter,
I wanna find you though,
I think I am missing something?
possibly?
yet,
entering ones mind
on a night of poetry
is as love.
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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou