Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson, raised in Harlem, a model ‘til beckoned by Broadway
African American women’s strength and virtue, she went on the big screen to portray
A myriad of awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in two thousand, sixteen
Soon after, an honorary Academy Award, her memoir, Just as I Am, soon to be seen…
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cicely, appreciation, beautiful, celebrity, farewell,
Form: Epitaph
Just As She Was - a Tribute To Cicely Tyson
Just a wisp of a girl, dainty as a rose
Dark as the color of bitter-sweet cocoa
From her short hair to her perky nose
A black queen from the Big Apple’s ghetto
As a girl, she often sucked her fingers
Obtaining that infamous, toothy overbite
The memory of the dirty slums still lingers
So gracious, sweet, and habitually polite
She got pregnant
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cicely, black african american, celebrity,
Form: Epitaph
Cicely Tyson
Rest in peace, Ms. Cicely Tyson
You embodied elegance and grace
Your portrayal of Ms Jane Pittman
was top notch, I bid you farewell
01/09/2022
Contest: A Celebrity Epitaph
Sponsor: Michelle Faulkner
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Categories:
cicely, tribute,
Form: Epitaph
Cicely
you walked into my world
wearing a cast
warm witty greeting
my third grade class
joseph medill school
nineteen hundred seventy one
the movie sounder debut
down town chicago
sensitive timid and shy was i
you were a rainbow
quite noble to my eye
a spoken chalice my heart ran
my soul escaped it seems
landing right into
my future hopes
my future dreams
ah as i
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cicely,
Form: Narrative
"cicely" Bonaparte, 1808
She's strikingly fair in the purest of red
Pearls grace her neck, a band on her head
Enthroned on a seat plush as is down
I just can't get over her brilliant red gown
Gazing like Jesus, her cheeks softly pink
She smiles like Mona, oh what does she think?
She reminds me of my dear Cicely
Somewhat straight forward, somewhat a
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Categories:
cicely, art, daughter, lost love,
Form: Couplet