Liberian Literary Magazine Promoting Liberian literature , Arts and Culture
Baltimore C . Verdier
Life Is A Sweet Sorrow
We must learned to take the bitter with the sweet We must take the joy with the pain Mend the the broken pieces and move ahead
So as we live , so we must die The dark days and sun shining days Be happy for the rain , sunshine and the darkest night
Because it is what life is all about It is what love is all about Life is a sweet sorrow So we must learned to take the bitter with the sweet
Renee ’ B . Drummond-Brown
Some say
BLACK for no Apparent Reason
I ’ m way too loud Some say I ’ m wild Some say ‘ Imma ’ beast Without A beauty inside Some say I ’ m ‘ EVIL ’ Some say I ’ m too fat
Some say I ’ m bald Nappy , ugly and ‘ BLACK ’ Some say I ’ m too skinny ‘ Wit ’ Big poppy eyes Carmel coated On ‘ da ’ inside ‘ NAW ’ I ’ m ‘ Jus ’ ‘ BLACK ’ Some say I ’ m too ‘ yeller ’ And don ’ t Quite fit in Not enough ‘ BLACK ’ Not enough white For acceptance By anyone ’ s kin But … ‘ I ’ z ’ ‘ sayze ’ I ’ m ‘ jus ’‘ BLACK ’
For No Apparent Reason ( At all ).
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