Millard Lowe Poet Prose Poetry

Apropos the Word

APROPOS THE WORD
   (FOR MAYA ANGELOU, 2001)

There is something about the word
     You give life to; a sense of
Urgency flowing from the womb
     Of mind.
There is something about the way 
     You gather the word
Into full bosoms, nourishing legacies
     Of well traveled dirt roads
Often paved with blood debts to be paid.
There is something about the way
     You carry the word up and deep
Peeking through shades of his story;
     Imaging life on the canvas of time
Traveling over and back across tracks;
     Down to the Quarters 
Where Sons and Daughters can dig deep
     While they weep: filling holes in their souls.
There is something about the way
     You form the word into a quick pregnancy;
Birthing life over steady black bridges;
     Teaching prayers in dances of dreams;
Revealing profound simplicity only God can bestow:
     That the word should be heard in ebony visions
Of timely decisions of Queen Mother Maya Angelou!
     And that’s word!

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