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    Got Something to Say
    Got Something to Say
    Got Something to Say
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    Got Something to Say

    By Janis F. Frazier

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    Got Something to Say is a compilation of poems written over many years by the author whose thought-provoking words speak to both the beauty and the ugliness of life.

    An active participant in the civil rights movement, her poems primarily reflect the injustices that plague African Americans and her desire to promote awareness. Her strong beliefs in family and God are well represented as well as her creative expression. Readers will find her language to be strong but sincere, meditative but uplifting, and angry but passionate as she presents her observations on life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMay 24, 2016
    ISBN9781524502263
    Got Something to Say
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    Janis F. Frazier

    The daughter of educators, Janis F. Frazier, along with her three brothers, spent her elementary years growing up on the campus of Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama where she later earned her BS degree in English. She also earned her MA degree in education from Azusa Pacific College in Azusa, California. Her career spans from Yonkers, New York, to Los Angeles, California, to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught in both private and public schools. Janis retired from teaching in 2015 and currently resides with her husband, Frederick, in Hebron, Kentucky.

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      Got Something to Say - Janis F. Frazier

      Copyright © 2016 by Janis F. Frazier.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2016908114

      ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5245-0228-7

                     Softcover        978-1-5245-0227-0

                     eBook             978-1-5245-0226-3

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 05/18/2016

      Xlibris

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      CONTENTS

      Day Dreaming

      I Saw a Poem Today

      Poetry

      Poetry?

      I Dance

      The Dance

      The Ballerina

      Beginner Ballerina

      Piano Poetry

      A Garden of Friends

      No Turkey for Me!

      Real Life

      Listen

      Fake

      On Opposite Tracks

      Loneliness

      Abuse

      Missing

      Uncertainty

      Baggin'

      New Friend

      The Mentor

      Stressed Out!

      The College Tour

      Tears

      Tears for Piggy

      I Need a Hug --- TODAY!

      S.O.S.

      The Beast

      Disloyalty

      Help!

      Loss of Innocence

      Hard Reality

      Declaration of Freedom

      My Countries, 'Tis of Thee

      Lack of Intelligence

      Racism

      2015

      Hands Up! Don't Shoot!

      Blood and Tears on My Street

      Unwelcomed Guests

      Poverty

      Killer Colors

      Caged Butterfly

      To Miss Lady

      Racism -- Black on Black

      How to Kill a King!

      After the Bullets

      Long Hair

      Sisters

      Thief!

      Mushy Stuff

      Your Call

      When Did We Fall in Love?

      The Call

      Loving You

      Words for Special People

      Abraham, Malcolm and Martin

      Ode to Barack

      Black Muslim Man

      Graduation

      Motivation

      Ms. Shula Motley, A Lady Grand!

      To a Special Ball Player

      Brotherly Love

      A Mother's Love

      To My Sons

      All in the Family

      The ME That I Am

      Generational Blessings

      Who Am I?

      It's About the Family

      Hey, Jack!

      A Father

      Memories of My Brother

      From Gloria

      What's a Mother

      Yes, I've Got Religion!

      Morning Glory

      Reflections on the Resurrection

      Today's Princess

      Baptism

      A Psalm

      Life After Death

      The Resurrection Could Not Be Televised!

      Elders' Tribute

      A Pastor's Wife

      Testimony

      A Change of Names

      We Are Praisers of the Lord

      The Little Brick Church On the Corner of Hall and Lake

      Dedications

      I dedicate this book of poetry to the following people:

      Felix James, my brother, who has always believed my words should be published and shared with the world;

      William Leggett who gave me lots of compliments and encouragement;

      The Black youths whose lives gave me reasons to speak out.

      Preface

      Growing up on a southern black college campus and walking among learned, well spoken professors engaging in casual conversations, my own father being one, always caused me to slow my gait. Their words fascinated me and gave me a joy for words, which inspired my need to put my own thoughts on paper.

      I write on multiple topics for multiple reasons, thus the various sections of this book. However, having grown up in segregation and participated in the civil rights movement of the sixties, my strongest feelings, and the issues for which I am most outspoken, are those regarding racism and injustice. For these words I offer no apology.

      Day Dreaming

      I Saw a Poem Today

      I saw a poem today,

      coming down through the hills.

      White lamb's wool floated

      over the city,

      brilliantly lit by the

      morning sunshine.

      And, as the cars sped by,

      no one noticing,

      I stopped in mid air.

      I could not let this

      beauty pass me by.

      Poetry

      Poetry is sissy stuff,

      All those fancy words:

      People think you're dipping snuff

      When you write and talk like nerds.

      But then I met Ms. Angelou

      Ms. Walker and Ms. Brooks;

      And after delving into their words,

      I took a second look.

      I heard them speak of Bean Eaters,

      And tell me

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