Short Birmingham Poems

From Birmingham walls,
Revolutionary dreams:
King’s manifesto....

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From his prison cell,
Under a Birmingham sky:
His heart responded....

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physically caged,
thinking thoughts of a true King -
in mind and soul - free...

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insurmountable
opportunity
to inner freedom


for contest
From a Birmingham Jail...

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If this be my last
nonviolent “Sit In” chance,
well then, “so be it!”

For “From a Birmingham Jail” contest...

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Arthur&Georgina Gaskin
skilful&innovative from Birmingham
Arts&crafts was their life
a very creative husband&wife...

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Never violent
Only hopes for unity
Incarcerated dreams


* For Abe's "Birmingham Jail" Dr. Martin Luther King challenge...

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by heaven I dream
hell requires by open mouth
might well be my head

For: FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL
Sponsored by: Abe Lopez...

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Deep concentration
Mind overflows with ideals
Thoughts expressed in words

© Apr 24 2010 For Abe’s “From a Birmingham Jail”...

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The Marmite Man from Birmingham
Is also called Tom Cunningham
His Vegemite ban
Produced from Japan
Chocolate and banana jam...

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A heart of reason
   pondering thy ignorance
      "shall they ever rise"  ?



"From A Birmingham Jail"
   A Abe Lopez Contest...

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In Birmingham Jail
Dr. King Ponders and writes
Nine thousand word letter.


*Written for Abe Lopez's contest "From a Birmingham Jail"...

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A Birmingham flasher called Mac
Staged a Bull-in-the-Ring attack
He tried all night
But all took flight
No one wanted a late-night snack...

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Guards singing the " Blues"
Bars can not enclose a King
History in cage...

www.scripca.com 


for Abe Lopez's contest " From a Birmingham Jail"...

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I know a woman in Birmingham
Her marriage is a pitiful sham,
She plays around
She tries new ground,
And gives it up, not giving a damn.

Written October 2, 2022...

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I went on to Birmingham
and you went on to Crewe.
Soon you married Cedric,
and I wed Mary Lu.

Was I beneath your station?
To me the truth is plain.
Our chosen destination
brings manifold in train....

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And she was a friend of mine
Well maybe if we had had the time

Long blonde hair and not a care
So Birmingham was where 
I saw and fell in love with Jill's long hair

Love you Blondie

Mine was longer though

X...

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words chosen carefully
from the throne of God
tell of hope of destiny
nothing strange or odd
mailed to the outside
where eyes waited patiently
told of these great words
they were made for publishing

(for Abe Lopez contest letter from the Birmingham jail.)...

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Behind cell bars, he
wrote that letter with wisdom... 
revealing his dream.

Desiring justice,
he condemned unfairness...
confronting evil.

Without violence,
He spoke loudly and clearly...
the Nation listened.


Entered in Abe Lopes's contest,
" From A Birmingham Jail "...

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Four walls and iron,
Bars can't stop my mind and thoughts;
Freedom and money



~~~Who took this picture??
How long did he stay?
Why was he arrested?
Thoughts to ponder.
For Abe Lopez's contest on a photo of MLK Jr. sitting in a Birmingham, Al. Jail like the 
thinker, where he wrote several papers on various subjects....

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So darn poor

Even the slaves took pity

And the devil stole my moonshine

Swing me down to the river

Blue monday mothers child

The world left behind
turned it's back on

Cotton picking corn husk fingers

Brother of the necklace rope

Swinging from the Joshua tree

Tennessee , Mississippi , Louisville

Sweet home Alabama

In Birmingham they sure do love the governors...

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evening train from Marylebone,
by the door looking forlorn,
a fresh red rose in her hand,
homeward bound to Birmingham.
tearful eyes, tale of romance,
a short parting from her beau?
or breakup point of no return?
the real truth will never know,
the reason why her tears flow,
yet it triggered the muse in me,
to pen the verse that you see…


1/10/21
Written in the train
from Marylebone...

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Premiered at The Red Wheelbarrow Comedy Roost, 
Marlton , NJ – 6/18/2009	                 

ACT 1

Birmingham Grace
Dark Stockings 
Muse
Same Drop of Rain
In Other Words
Blacksmith’s Lament

ACT 2

Silhouette
Oral Sex
Silent Siren
Dangerous Cargo
All I Can Do
Sleeping
Dreaming of You
Beaumains in the Wilderness

ACT 3

Indian Summer
David and Bathsheba
Pennsylvania Fieldstone
Common Law Proposal
Somethin’ Right...

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