Chris Hayden
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 11:52 am: |
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A Voodoo Sonnet for Lady Katherine Dunham FAITH be a woman who quotes Henry Duman And so armed steps to the sound of battle Alone or in company it don't matter To dare to struggle to win is glorious FAITH be a stompdown East Boogie woman With toes arabesque and a hoodoo mind Whose name is Mystery face is sublime And known cross the waters And kissed by the wind Adamantian willed Yoruba skilled Orishamamma of Political Drama And talent and pain and love and the drum Hear Mandinka thrumming of Freedom to Come A timeless griot with the laugh of a girl FAITH be a woman who lights up the world |