Fifty years ago...the age of self-reflection
Hollow crumbs, shadows of proud vestiges
As minneapolis' jim crow vanished slowly,
Painfully, no longer admired at country club
Cocktail parties celebrating ribbon-cuttings
My family was inside and unaware of history
Working class achievement,
First deli in marble edifice
To corporate greed,
Connecting the longest Minneapolis
Skyway North to Washington Ave.
Dallas barons, puppet-masters
Guilding their empire on the backs
Of working class talent, eager to eat the
Crumbs of capitalism
Spoon (Mr Witherspoon) slaved to achieve the
Pinnacle of jim-crow "shoe-shine" stands in
Pillsbury's new world headquarters
Admired in his community
Proudly placed out front, then moved
To the back of a hair salon, ignoble-crushed
Under the weight of boardroom glare
jim-crow lost it's shine
Spoon
Lost
His
Leg
4-18-25
5:55am
Categories:
witherspoon, racism,
Form: Narrative
(a disastrous morning Sonnet)
I am the very model of a girl who’s late for morning meal,
my charger failed, the printer jammed, the morning’s start has been surreal
I lost a scrunchy and a shoe, I had to use some dry shampoo
my Keurig had no k-cups too, so I’m feeling like a total shrew!
Our pre-dawn jog went really well, but now the morning's gone to hell
I couldn’t find clean underwear, I’m desperate to charge my cell,
I got some soap in my left eye, I stubbed my toe and nearly cried
While brushing teeth and hair in haste, I wonder why I even try.
Anna’s got an attitude; she’s not someone who’s normally rude
her hookup so ‘experimental’ has an irregular sleep-in schedule
how’s she going to get to class if she’s babysitting sleeping-lass
I guess I’m not the only one, who’s schedules simply come undone.
I woke her with a gentle voice and soothed her out—we had no choice
My morning happened to sideways go—but it fueled this grandiloquent tale of woe!
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A song for this:
Something Stupid by Michael Bublé and Reese Witherspoon
Categories:
witherspoon, angst, emotions, endurance, humor,
Form: Sonnet
Cal Flitter dumps litter in haste,
Ms Witherspoon savors the taste
of fast food, she'll throw
trash out her window.
Cal or Reese are just bad for the waste.
Written 23 Nov 2020
Categories:
witherspoon, humor,
Form: Limerick
Life
Life is hard
Life is not fair
Life is bad you may say
Even I have a bad day
Come to be nice and be fair
Even if you don't care
You should love life I do
But people who ask why I say I don't have a clue
Life is just good
Life is just amazing
I know it is to me
But what is life to you
That I don't have a clue
Life is Love
Love is Life
Life
-Adarah Witherspoon
Categories:
witherspoon, life,
Form: Free verse
Trump hates hearing from CIA
Can’t stand the things they have to say
So news he'll filter
To keep us off kilter
By singing, "It's a Perfect Day."
Author's note: The new national anthem lyrics are being changed to "It's a Perfect Day" as sung by Hoku on Youtube. It was funny for the movie with Witherspoon, but really? Is the world Legally Blonde?
Categories:
witherspoon, imagination, music, political, song,
Form: Limerick
Many days have gone by getting stronger or weaker
Loving with care or not
You may look at something but not really see it see it
You may here something but not listen
Coming in and out
This game called life
Making everyone you see and feel become historyand special
-Adarah Witherspoon
Categories:
witherspoon, care,
Form: Free verse
If in fact we are the same,
then there really is no one to blame.
You are like me,
I am like you.
We are as one,
just made up of two.
Inside of you,
I can see myself.
All my imperfections,
like a crowded shelf.
A reflection in the mirror,
a likeness of the past.
Awaken one morning,
to time flown too fast.
Real love’s touch,
seen only at a glance.
Once in a lifetime,
wish it could be a neverending dance.
All sorts of emotions,
thoughts entangled in your head.
Try to get some of it on paper,
before you go to bed.
This poem I wrote,
has no particular decree.
But I suppose if you got something from it,
then in fact you are, just like me.
Chris Witherspoon 10/16/13
Categories:
witherspoon, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Miss Reese Witherspoon
Has now turned her life around
Got rid of the clown!
Categories:
witherspoon, life
Form: Haiku