Poetry Corner
By Jane Penn
I Search No More
As I walked along one dav
I thought and thought while on my way,
I thought of how I lived in sin.
I thought of how 1 searched for Christ
He bled, he died, he paid the price.
I searched so long, but not anymore
For he was knocking at my heart's door.
I search no more, I search no more
I'll get my wings, to Heaven I'll soar.
Sandra Potter
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clouds
sail great wings north
out of Mexico
over deserts and mountains
trail moisture nr\t inct
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rain, but drawing up rock
< into their winds, sun
beats those bars as on blades
they crash on Tucson without
declaring war, all those swift riders ^
generals on grey horses,
trees
that prayed desert prayers
for decades merciless under sun
s fall under sudden blasts
trunks
wind-ripped naked of branches
eucalyptus limbs white as anglos
pile against chainlink fence
roofs, too, and powerlines, they say, i
saw that eucalyptus stripped to bone, that
rainborne helicopter blade
change into grey horses mounted by iron wind
trampling down limbs
some hero wants to chase Pancho Villa
from his stone in a Tucson Park
gringo better watch those Mexican clouds
some guerrillas don't die easy
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"Shadow"
No place to go
All locked up inside
Want to come out
But, I am afraid
Where would 1 go
Who will unlock
My deepest within
And understand?
Claudine Robinson
"May I Come In?"
I look to the left
I look to the right
There is no one there
I look again
But, this time
I look to the front
I look to the back
No one is there
I walk with my head down
A tear in my heart
A question in my mind
Saying within
Is anyone there
As I wonder to and fro
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K Again, again, again
Wondering should I open up
Sitting quietly
Afraid to move
Wondering if someone is really there
Finally move
I open up the door
And HE was standing there
HE said
I am here
You're not alone
I've been here all the time
So please
MAY I COME IN?
Claudine Robinson
"Gossipers"
You can't stop people from talking, But you can live above
what they say.
Jayne Penne'
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Vanessa: T1
honor women and children but in
reality denies them basic human
needs. In this, the richest country
in the world, one in every four
children is poor. Seventy-five
percent of all black children
under the age of six live in poverty.
Children are poor when their
mothers are poor. While women
are underpaid and can't find job
training or safe, affordable day
care, they are promised money
and career advancement if thev
take off their clothes for the sexual
entertainment of men. Men
can also learn a powerful lesson
from your experience. Over 20
million American men of all persuaSsiorfs
suflbon ggjgtiWi y that*
Ask Yolond;
A Cap and Gown, But No
Diploma
Dear Yolonda: I'm a young lady
of 19, and I have a big problem.
I'm an '83 graduate of a local
high school, or so everyone
thinks. I participated in the
graduation ceremony with my
classmates. I wore a cap and
gown, and I walked across the
stage.
I also received a piece of paper
that looked like a rolled-up
diploma, but 1 didn't receive my
diploma because I was short
several credits. The principal
there allowed me to participate in
the ceremony for the sake of my
family.
I now work at the local
telephone company but I can't
seem to live down the fact that 1
don't have my piece of paper. I
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situation promptly. Romantic I
finally picked up by the weeker
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tendency to search out flaws in p
acknowledge her kindness.
BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK
You analyze situations carefull>
Logic is your middle name. Re<
gradually over the next month:
early in *83. but you can respon
time.
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actor Sean Connery; 26th, con
Martha Raye; 28th. actress 1
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his society's et
victimizes their sisters, wives and
daughters. These men are victims
too. They are coaxed to feel comfortable
sneaking away for impersonal
and often dangerous
erotic gratification rather than to
feel comfortable communicating,
their sexual desires to people they
love.
Your tragedy also points to
how calculating and uncaring
people can be when their sole
motivatioh is profit. It showed us
just how ruthless business is when
the veneer is stripped away. The
fact that it took 63 years for a
black woman to be named Miss
America unmasks a racial bias
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recently received a memo from
employee relations stating that
they wanted to see my diploma. I
have been avoiding answering the
memo because I don't know what
to tell them. When I applied for
the job, I lied and told them that
I was a high school grad. Please
tell me what to do.
Charlotte
Dear Charlotte: First, contact
your former high school
counselor and find out what
classes you need to make up, then
simply resolve to do whatever it
takes to fulfill those requirements.
Meanwhile, if your employment
office contacts you again,
you have no choice but to go in
and explain what happened. You
might tell them that you had an
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arrive by the weekend; spend time
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the weekend.
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ror work that you've done; correct the
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and are critical of even minor flaws,
cently established relationship grows
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sive morally than any transgression
on your part. Isn't it interesting,
Vanessa, that in this
country nudity is a disgrace and
racism isn't? Perhaps more than
anything, your painful experience
taught us all a great lesson: Every
step of the way we must consider
each decision we make and what
its consequences could be. You
inadvertently forced our
daughters to see the truth we've
been trying to share: For women,
this is a very dangerous society.
One that is obsessed with and exploits
female sexuality. But we
can change that by taking a
stand. We can begin sensitizing
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incomplete to make up, and it^
slipped your mind until now.
Generally speaking, if you're doing
a decent job otherwise,
employers normally give you a
little time to correct this sort of
problem.
A Reply Worth Considering
Dear Yolonda: I would like to
comment on the letter from the
husband who felt that his wife
had abandoned her marriage and
her family for the sake of her
religion. She was"a born-again
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was not happy because he was
not born again.
Unfortunately, too many dogooders
(like yourself) go out of
their way to keep couples
together, even if one of the parfbjT
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damages women and exploits
men's fear of'real intimacy.
Vanessa, you've been challenged
in ways tl at few ever are. And
you've stood strong. Bold.
You're a survivor. As you/move
on with your life, know mat as
your family supports you Vo do
millions of people, many of
whom have reached out to
Essence with letters and phone
calls in their efforts to comfort
you and your family during your
time of crisis.
We were filled with love for
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"ties is miserable and unhappy.
Maybe the best thing that could
happen for them would be for
them to split up. Then she could
find someone else who is born
again, like herself. I know this
because I went through this with
my ex-wife. Now she's happy,
and so am I.
Everett
Dear Everett: You may have felt
that I was trying to* be a dogooder,
but several other readers
wrote in to tell me that I should
have advised that husband to try
his wife's religion. At any rate,
thanks for giving us your inside
opinion.
Got a problem or a gripe? Ask
Yolonda Gayles, P.O. Box
19112, Chicago, III., 60619.
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