Poetry N Poverty

Marchin 2 A Different Beat

This Madness has hit me again 

let the games begin college hoops

at its best

young gifted atheletes being

put to the test who is better

then all the rest

Sports fans gettin geared up hyped up

for them tournament basketball games

Folks readying themselves for that poetry

in motion on the hardwood floor

fans hollerin for more more

GO Uconn Huskies Men and Women 

do it again

Song for the March Madness Express is by Cheach and Chong title song Basketball Jones

Old Men Why Didnt U

Been have been at that stage of old age

The page just suddenly turned and like what just happened

I been doing this all of a sudden I cant

took me about 10 years to convince self hey man you

just no more can do then too all these health issues that

just pop up I never was sick what is all this

Old men why you never told the younger ones

bout all these changes waitin to ambush you

I mean u know like hip the next generation give

a heads up Didnt take me long to figure out

Old men didnt know he was askin himself why

the older generation didnt tell us bout this stuff

My song still my versatile running partner Natalie Cole title Old Man 

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

Death Angel busy in my neck of the woods

5 this month that I know complete surprise

in a few of them just outta the blue they gone

Dont wait to the last minute to begin reading

your Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

One of my top favorite LPs is by the great Willie Hutch many have never heard this LP Its titled Mark Of The Beast take a listen to the title song Mark of the beast youtube has it sometimes its more then just a song

Learnin And Funnin

One of my go to theme songs

from my very cut up days

This was absolutely me back

in the day runnin learnin funnin

straight out of Vietnam going to

business school Am one never cared  

bout money once you have been hit

with mortar rockets and sounds of AK 47s

Life and home all one cared about Truly

love the lyrics of this song my favorite 

line was I find fortune all I spend is time

The Song Compartments artist Jose Feliciano

like his music extraordinary performer you tube got it

Effort

A word to mull over

A word that causes some

to cower

If one wants some form of

accomplishment

this word must b implemented

Life does not flow ABC

takes Effort to help get things

the way U want them to b

Effort to get out of bed some days

though U were hurtin you just did

not lay

U got up not give up

Effort  Get Out And Vote

Being a  Warrior of the inner city backin the 70s my favorite group reminded us of our world the song World Is A Ghetto group War You tube has it

Whole Lot Of Flakin

Lookin out my picture bedroom window

big sno flakes twirlin fallin to the ground

pleasent surprise deep in these southern

country woods such a delightful beautiful

snow event sight doing my soul so so good

Everything so white uiet and so quaint

Snowfall on the Sahara nice one for me you tube has it too by Natalie Cole

Ice or Ice

Ice slick cold slippery dangerous

very dedly

We talkin this cold cold ice

storm weather or we talkin this

cold cold slick dangerous deadly

government Ice Ice Baby Government administration

Ice is dangerous b careful

A song for America titled American Pie by Don McLean Back in the early 70s this song was number one for weeks folks trying to figure the song out youtube has it 

Right Is Might

Right is might

might is strong

with right U cant

go wrong

without a doubt 

thats what right

is about

Do the right thing

make that your aim  

Marvin Gaye song Right On from his great LP Whats Going On covers just about everyone in that song May b my favorite youtube has it

2026

New year has kicked in

Folks civil rights Democracy

cradelin on the end

Military brutal armed uniform 

men in the streets of Us Citizens

harrassing deportin draggin killin

as they hide behind criminal masks

doin a corrupt cabinet and administartion

totally evil deeds

2026 America in a fix

maybe folks will next time

get out and vote

In God we trust surly 

our only hope

This is a song I always find fascinating cause its always so relatable even though recordedin 1969 by the Impressions Curtis Mayfield part of that group then song is Check out Your MInd as the song says been with you all the time You tube got it

Mean Streets

Been watchin the news them armed combat

men in the military kill gear out in the streets

bullying beating their neighbors fighting their community

killing fellow Americans in their homeland streets 

What have America come to

Listening to Edy Grat Electric Ave. Out in the street they were fighting like soldiers