And Now We'll Have A Poem


Remembering Miss Ruffin and Mrs. Hicks




At Sunday teas and evening sings,
recitations set the tone.
All gussied up and smelling sweet,
hometown ladies would bring the poem.
Soprano sirens highly pitched
rhyming rhymic tight composures-
soliloquies on local mores.
Righteous reverent ways to tread
Rules to live by so to speak.
Vicissitudes of daily life.
Quirks and queer occurrences
seldom more quixotic
than fickle fate or dire misfortune.
Occasionally a precious cat
or pesky frisky wayward pup
might illustrate the woes of sin.
Symbolic treasure's wistful yearning
for love sublime or ample fortune.
Always ending slightly  cryptic
on a high note.

Sojourner Rolle
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