AFRO-INDIGENOUS FOLKLORE
Myths, Legends, and the Wisdom of Ancestors
~Cutting Ties~ Poem
Sometimes...
you gotta let go of hands that once held you,
just to hold on to yourself.
Miss Mae Remembers
Miss Mae remembers the small crowds
when you came in as Ma Rainey left town,
taking with her all their money and their hearts;
but huge crowds for her - and Bessie's - closing shows.
And I'm Done
Your noose of deaf zeal is
As tight as the stem of strange fruit
As damning as the rod spared
As stifling as the bleached white hood of night
Can’t Classify This
A little boy had read numerous stories in his children's books about different life and death struggles between a Man and a Lion. But no matter how ferociously the lion fought, the Man emerged victoriously every time. Puzzled, the boy asked his father: "Why is it, Daddy, that the Man always beats the Lion, when everybody knows that a lion is the toughest cat in all the jungle?" The father answered, "Son, those stories will always end that way…until lions learn how to