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I this hot weather bearable because you put your pens to
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Nervously we both tried to act as adults
Y>u definitely knew what 1 wanted.
I between here and there
Agreeing with your every word,
1 loving you over and over in my
subconscious mind.
You pretending not to want my love,
Forcing the ac* to go to my conscious
mind.
Forcing myself on you tenderly,
Clumsy but carefully with the
professional touch.
1 beware not damage your innocent trust
in me,
I, loving your beautiful black body.
You, innocent of the old and touched,
You unfamiliar of me young and untouched.
You beautiful young Black goddess, resisting all
temptation,
The best you knew how
1 finally seduced you my way]
Where did you come from, where are you going?
Will you ever return?
Your lips thick, abnormal to the normal Your
eyes round, very large which
Sat in your skull like
black gold!
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they seemed
To glow from the fire that burned
and burned in my heart!
Your legs seemed to be carved out of ivory.
So smooth your copper skin So
pure without any blemishes!
My God how I would like to possess
her very soul
This saintly loveliness!
My body aches with pain r
We do not speak, yet all words of love
aj^spoken "G/ve
njiLall^of you, soul and body or
Fr^e me from this torment you Black Goddess!"
Where are you going?
Where did you come from?
Will you ever return?
My beautiful Black Goddess!!
Now, this Miss Jones osks...
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By Diane C. Jones
Where have all the children gone?
They're dead, my dear - what a fright!
The children have disappeared,
Both in the daytime and at nights
Where have all the children gone?
Why, it was just yesterday The
air was filled with
The happy sounds of children at play!
Where have all the children gone?
Their relatives and friends are sick with grief,
The whole world is shocked Filled
with disbelief!
Where have all the children gone?
They've left us one by one.
Another desk at school is empty -
Another assignment will not get done.
Where have all the children gone?
About the, Jesus said as a sample;
"Forbid them not to come unto me, for of such
is the Kingdom of Heaven."
With the children all gone from where can we
take this example?
Where have all the children gone?
To take heed, we should bother For
aren't we all children of the world
with God as Our Father?
Where have all the children gone?
My dear, I'm afraid to say
The number is ever increasing I
just heard on the radio
that another dead child was found today.
Prolifically yours now readers...
A Song Of Hope
By James L. Lassiter, Esq.
Sure it's tough this Atlanta living
But I keep hope because God keeps giving.
Wit-h God's own children, both Black and White
I know God's power will make bad things right.
The people helped God by forming a community scarth
That blunted the edge of Kl$psmen and people like
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Joan Armatrading has
received great praise for her
musical talents, but when a
describes her as "stretching
the boundaries of pop
music," they're talking
about a process that is
mainly the result of Joan's
own hard work. Born on
tne Caribbean island of St.
Kills and raised in Birmingham,
England, the A&M
recording artist's musical
craft was largely selftaught,
and against rather
difficult odds.
"t didn't have anyone to
teach"me guitar," confesses
Joan, who Gentleman's
Quarterly observed, "plays
a mean acoustic guitar."
"I had to teach myself,"
Joan relates. "1 suppose
that's why 1 sound dif-~
ferent, because 1 didn't
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didn't learn from a book. 1
searched out notes, and if it
sounded good 1 kept it."
When Joan arrived from
St. Kitts in Birmingham to
join her parents at age
seven, there already was
music in her family. Her
father -- a fireman and
carpenter -- played parttime
in a band. But despite
the fact that her father
played guitar, Joan had to
face a considerable
obstacle.
"My father would be
playing guitar around the
house," explains Joan,
"but when 1 came around,
he'd stop." Obviously anxious
for his daughter to pur
sue something other than
music, Joan's father would'
"hide the guitar on a shelf
high above my head and
slam the door of the room
'so 1 couldn't get it."
But Joan's determination
won out. "The fact that my
father had the guitar made
me really determined to
play," she confesses. Finally,
swapping two baby carriages
for a guitar in a
second-hand shop, Joan
began to apply herself
earnestly to music.
Despite the fact that she
was mainly occupied with
cooking and carmg for Iter
brothers -- two older and
iwu yuuugci -- cxnu younger
sister, Joan spent her spare
time learning music, starting
to write songs soon
after she taught herself to
_p'ay^
"My mother bought
herself a piano as a piece of
furniture." she s a v s
Assigned to the task of
polishing the instrument," I
also started to make things
up on that." Joan's
homegrown talent was so
impressive that when at age
18 she went with a friend
who was auditioning for
Hair, it was Joan's off-thecuff
audition that won her a
part.
Today, what the Boston
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"brilliant unorthodoxy" as
a musician has earned her 19
discs in eleven different
countries, with sales totaling
close to six million
albums.
"This is extraordinary
music from a most extraor
dinary woman," said New
York's Daily News ot
Joan's talent. Extraordinary
too, because Joan's
sound stems from her
strong desire to make
music, and a determination
to succeed that proves the
power of perseverance.
A Man
Of Skill
And Tnlpnt
"You can dig a hole with
a teaspoon or a shovel--it
just takes longer to do it
with a teaspoon," says
Roger E. Mosley, a man
whose determination, skill,
and talent have enabled him
to succeed not only as an
actor, but as a leader in
community affairs. His
ability to get a job?done
stems from his willpower to
stay with projects he
believes in. Once committed
to a worthwhile cause-whether
it be acting,
teaching drama classes,
coaching the Watts Swim
Club, or working with the
little league football teamMosley
neve^stops worki ,
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Physically imposii ,
Mosley stands 6*2" tall and
has a muscular and powerful
build that reflects his
athletic prowess. His rugged
good looks complement
his usually serious demeanor,
and his smile,
which appears spon- taneously
and unexpectedly,
communicate great
warmth.
credits are very impressive.
He has received rave
reviews for his acting in the
title role of the David
Frost/Marc Merson film
"LeadbeHy," directed by
Gordon Parks for Paramount.
Noted critic, Arthur
Knight, wrote "1 offer the
highest praise for
"Leadbelly"...No small
part of this is due to the extraordinary
charisma of?
Rogber E. Mosley, playing
the title role...Mosley...in
his most important outing |
yet...proves himself more
than equal to the challenge.
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together."
Mosley's opportunity not
only to be seen and heard,
but to be admired and successful,
came when he attended
classes taught by
Raymond St. Jacques atMafundi
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was planning to embark on
a career in radio and broadcasting
when a friend told
him about the Mafundi acting
class. Mosley attended
and, encouraged by Raymond
St. Jacques, began
pursuing an acting career. It
wasn't long before he landed
a part in television's
"Night Gallery." Mosley's
television credits now include
such shows as "Baretta,"
"The Rookies," "McCloud,"
"Kojak,"
"Delveccio," "Streets of
San Francisco," "Sanford
and Son," "Cannon," and
NBC Big Event Movie of
the Week, an ABC Big
Event Movie of the Week,
"The Other Side of Hell,
"Cruise into Terror,"
Maya Angelou's "1 Know
Whv the Caned Bird
Sings," and "Jericho
Mile." Mosley was most
recently seen in a starring
role in "Attica."' Mosley
has recently signed to star in
'the new CBS television
series "Magnum, P.I." and
completed a guest starring
role in series "Stone," both
arc soon to be aired.
An independent thinker,
Mosley does whatever he
feels he should. He believes
in and likes to be involved
with- "good" projects.
Whether they be motion
pictures, television, stage
productions, or community
projects. Says Mosley, "My
actions are dictated by what
I can live with. Other people
might not agree with
some things I do or say but
I can get up every day and
know that I feel good about
Roger E. Mosley."
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