Her Beauty

HER BEAUTY

Her beauty is deep,

like the secrets she keeps.

Her heart is unknown

her body is fully grown.

The lady’s eyes are like diamonds,

as she glows

 the sun glows.

After the rain

 she leads you to the rainbows,

Then sun sets

And she’s gone.

But her love is like life that goes on

Oh yes her beauty is deep

Like a cycle of sleep

Oh her beauty,

Her beauty.

The Pain Of Fame

The  Pain of  Fame

I gave to world music,

 pop culture and a

 icon.

I made money the size of tons,

and when I died the world left me with nothing

but the pain of fame.

Dedicated to Michael Jackson

To Lose His Life Dedicated In Memory Of Trayvon Martin

Dedicated In Memory

Of Trayvon Martin

To Lose His Life

 Its amazing

that us black and brown

are caught up on stand your ground.

Can you feel the pain

of the family of a young man

who is slain.

Who do you blame?

It’s a shame

that so many die young

just because someone can own a gun.

Many say it was not the case

 of race

but in the first place

Trayvon Martin was of the human race.

So black, brown, or white

is only a plight

and color is in sight

but by the heart

it is right

so by the bloodshed

its color is the same red.

So to kill another

is to kill another brother

that to many may seem hard

but we are all children of God.

So for a young man to die

is an outrage

with prejudice as its own mental cage

not only to die

but to not see justice is a atrocity

which leads you to say where is the liberty

of this so called free land?

 Why is the right of proper action

not taken

but forsaken?

So for an outcry

all people rather black, brown, yellow, red, or white

it is a shame for any man to lose his life.

A Mother's Love

A Mother’s Love

A mother’s love

is from above.

Something that only the heavenly father could quilt.

My mother sang lullabies

as my cradle rocked,

reading me stories about Goldie locks.

In the morning she wiped

the cold out of my eyes with her spit,

even then I knew her love for me would never quit.

As I would be late for school,

 she would say “ Beat it all the way to classroom.”

as a child she always kept me well groomed.

Telling me “ I could do anything I put my mind to

and if I trust in God even my wildest dreams would come true.”

 It’s nothing like a mother’s love.

A mother’s love,

is from above.

It’s ingrained into my heart,

knowing my mother’s love

would never leave me or part.

And still today

the prayers that she prays,

sustain me from not going astray.

For a mother’s love

is a love that anyone

and everyone

can hold on too,

a mother’s love.

Runas C. Powers, III

Thanks Momma

Thanks Momma  

Thanks Momma,

there is nothing

I would not do

to transcend to the ends

of the earth for you.

For priceless

is your love’s worth,

it’s hard to imagine 

             for a man              

to understand

a woman at child birth.

So I say to you,

Momma God bless your life.

Thank you for raising me right

It’s you and Dad’s Godly insight

that keeps me on the right track.

As a your child and as a man

your discipline was always so stern

always teaching me to live and learn

and with pain and drama

we all take a turn.

So, I say momma

I love you

and that we are all due

the storms of life

that we all have to walk through.

But you are strong

and you will continue

to always to do

what you do

which is make it through

so thanks Momma and I love you.

Love, Coley

An Unsung Hero Of The Civil Rights Movement

An Unsung Hero Of The Civil Rights Movement

            As we know, the struggle for civil rights has been an ongoing and uphill battle.  The fight to improve racial equality has been a must vital cause.  Throughout the fight for civil rights, there are many soldiers who gave their lives for a better life for all people.  There are many unsung heroes who did much but never received their credit. As those who dedicated their whole lives to the struggle for civil rights and did not gain a lot of self -recognition, one name comes to mind E. D. Nixon.

            Nixon was a man who was always on the front lines of the civil rights battlefield.  Nixon was one of the most influential civil rights leaders that was never properly recognized. He worked alongside people such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Ralph Abernathy. Although, Nixon was in the company of all these famous civil rights leaders, he did not gain the fame that his contemporaries’ did.  The role Nixon played in the in the civil rights movement was huge.  It was Nixon who was one of the key players in the Montgomery bus boycott. His work was very crucial in the success of the Montgomery bus boycott but Nixon achievements went unnoticed.

            E.D Nixon was born July 12 1899 in Lowndes County, Alabama. Nixon was the son of a Baptist preacher. Nixon ‘s mother died at a very young age and with seven other siblings his education was very limited.  In fact Nixon obtained only 16 months of public school education. Even with very little education, Nixon became a successful leader.  He proved to be a dedicated civil rights leader.

             Nixon was a key figure in the struggle for civil rights but many other civil rights leaders over shadowed him.  In 1955 Nixon work with Montgomery bus boy cot was tremendous.  The boycott was very successful with Nixon’s help as an organizer and a planner.  It was Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson who began to find the right strategy to attack the bus system of Montgomery.  They needed actual witnesses to testify against the racial discrimination of blacks riding the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama.  It was Nixon who ultimately chose Rosa Parks for the task that was at hand. She was arrested because she refused to give her seat to a white person on the bus. Rosa Parks was a key witness in the case of  Browder v Gayle that proved that the Montgomery Bus system was unconstitutional. The segregation of the bus system was ended in 1956. Although, Nixon spearheaded the plan of action, it was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks who would later gain world fame for this great victory.

            As a life-long organizer and activist Nixon became the president of the Montgomery branch of the N.A.A.C.P. and he was highly involved in the Montgomery Welfare League, and was a leader of the local branch of the Brothers of The Sleeping Car Porters. which was the organization that Nixon himself helped organize.  Nixon also was very heavily involved in the Montgomery Voters League and in fact in 1940 Nixon organized a failed mission of 750 men march to the courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama to protest voters registration.

E. D. Nixon was a very well respected civil rights leader.  As a matter of fact, Dr. King thought very highly of Nixon and had these words to say about him.  King said that Nixon was “One of the Chief Voices of The Negro Community in the area of civil rights and a symbol of the hopes and aspirations of the long oppressed people of the state of Alabama.” This statement made by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. indicated the hard diligent work that Nixon had accomplished to bring hope to not only blacks in Alabama but to all other oppressed people around the world.  Nixon dedicated his whole life to the fight for the advancement of people who were disenfranchised and oppressed.  As an unsung hero Nixon did many great things and has never received much credit. He continued to work and serve those who needed not only a mouthpiece, but someone willing to take the much needed action to accomplish the task at hand.

The life of E.D. Nixon is the life of a great man who did many great things for which he received very little credit.   Although, his worked mattered much Nixon was a man whose life and legacy unfortunately is lost in history.  Although his life is recorded in the history of the fight for the civil rights movement, Nixon is hardly recognized as a civil rights leader that made a serious impact or contribution to humanity. He was responsible for the insurgence of Rosa Parks and how effective his strategy was in bringing down the segregated bus system of Montgomery, Alabama. While Nixon worked along- side of Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, he was just as important to the movement as they were.  Nixon promoted many changes to come for the world to be a better place for all people.  Nixon passed away in 1987, leaving a forgotten legacy behind.  Nixon was a man whose accomplishments are credited to many others.  He was an unsung hero of the civil rights movement. It is time to pay homage to this legend!

The Kid

The Kid

        Many call baseball, the American past time, a game that many love to watch.  When I think of baseball, I think of the great players of my generation such as Ken Griffey, Jr.  To me  Ken Griffey, Jr. was the greatest all around baseball player of my generation.

When watching Junior, I saw so many amazing plays from him in the out field or at bat that showed how gifted he really was.  He was the most complete player in his prime than any other player in my generation. When it came to hitting, fielding, and to base running Junior, was the most complete package.  He hit an amazing 630 home runs while bating a life- time average of 284.  He played 22 seasons and was a 13 time all star.  His play in the outfield was awesome as well.  Junior. was a tremendous center fielder.  As a great center fielder, Juinor won 10 straight gold gloves award.  Although Junior was excellent with the glove he was mostly known as home run hitter.  Junior.  hit  2,781 base hits with 1,836 rbi’s, which further demonstrates his expertise.

Some of the great stats that Junior, complied in his career was to hit 8 home runs in 8 consecutive games.  This record he shares with Don Mattingly, and Dale Long.  Junior played for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and the Chicago White Sox.  His career began with the Mariners in 1989 as a matter of fact in his first home game with Seattle he hit a home run at his first at bat.  Junior,. would play the game of baseball from 1989 until 2010. As a player Junior, earned the nick- name “The Kid” because of his career began at such a young age. Junior made history as the second youngest player to ever start in a major league all star game.  Despite a career full of injuries he left a legacy of greatness that only the games’ greatest could follow.

Although Junior. was a great baseball player, many would say that playing baseball was in his genes. His father Ken Griffey, Sr. had a stellar career as a baseball player himself with the Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, while completing his career with his Seattle Mariners. As a matter of fact the father and son duo made history together by hitting back to back homers in the same game. 

  

With the successful career of his father, Junior had tremendous pressure to live up to.  At one while the pressure became so intense that Junior, tried to commit suicide. Life was then difficult for Junior, as he tried to come out of his father’s shadow.  As a great baseball player, playing behind his dad was very difficult. Even with a suicide attempt and all the pressures of life, could not stop the greatness of “The Kid” on the diamond.

As Griffey, Jr. completed his career, his battle with injuries would take their toll on his ability to play the game of baseball.  He gave so much to the game of baseball, with so much enthusiasm and pride,  Ken Griffey, jr. to me is the greatest all around player of my generation