Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.133.146.237
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
My dear dearest Maya, This fellow poet and friend grieves so at your passing, You were a most wonderful world poetess, Still, you were much much more, That wonderful dancer in you gracing the stage, So many enjoyed your effortless swan-like movements, Then again, you were a champion of Civil Rights in America, Your awesome novels breaking the mind barrier of so many unaware, You were first African-American woman to write screen play that was filmed, Georgia, Georgia was acclaimed worldwide and nominated for Pulitzer Prize, Your award winning poem Just 'Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie' won the Pulitzer Prize, My dear friend your poetry quite literally changed the WORLD!, You were such a wonderful actress, Porgy and Bess was my favorite, Maya, your poem "On The Pulse Of Morning" was my favorite of yours, Although it was not acclaimed by those elitist critics made no difference to me, Your poem when recorded won you a Grammy Award, I was so happy to see you receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, You were this country and the worlds gift from God my dear, My father Albin who passed at 94 years young in 2009 was also your admirer and friend, As you know he was President of the California AFL-CIO for 36 years and a champion of workers, He used to sit for hours after he retired and read your wonderful novels and poetic works, I could say so much more Maya, yet just want to say I will also celebrate your life! We will have plenty of time to talk when I meet you in that heavenly eternity waiting, In the meantime, please embrace my father Albin and mother Dorothy when you see them. I love you dearest poetess and when I'm missing you will sit and read your magic words. Robert
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required