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Cheryl B Sellers

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Freedom Quilt
by Cheryl B Sellers → (All Poetry by Cheryl B Sellers)
  
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quilts of life and love
spread out on fences post
pointing the way to safety
northern star, shining bright
Safe haven for the night
fingers sewing into twilight
hopefully patching a new life,


monkey wrench patch, told of tools
gather your tools of new live
let it be of courage and awareness
bring along the crafted as well


Bowtie said to one and all
dress in your best you have
you will be met  by freemen
given, clothing to fit in have no fear



so the journey starts at the sighting
of the bear paw, follow his trail
GO NORTH


drunkard's path pattern
reminding the soul journer
to zig and zag,
make your capture not easy


all this a lore told time and again
a spoken oral history passed on  by men
children, hear me now
before the written word we had
Griot who told our lives in word and song
let not some na sayer bring you down
hear the words of fore fathers
for stories are to teach, not preach
learn that we may never
need to run again


 


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 Reviews of "Freedom Quilt"
Reviewed on August 18, 2003
This is truly beautiful.

Reviewed by Floreann Cawley
Reviewed on August 18, 2003
Beautiful*****Floreann

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on August 17, 2003

dittos

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on August 17, 2003
Thanks for sharing this Cheryl in such a wonderful poetic form, such an important piece of history, that should never be forgotten!Well done!

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on August 17, 2003
this is so wonderful I love the journey of the freedom quilt.
PJ


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