Renee B. Drummond is a renown poetria and artist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the author of: The Power of the Pen, SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, Renee’s Poems with Wings are Words in Flight-I’ll Write Our Wrongs, and Renee’s Poems with Wings are Words in Flight. Her work is viewed on a global scale and solidifies her as a force to be reckoned with in the literary world of poetry. Renee’ is inspired by non-other than Dr. Maya Angelou, because of her, Renee’ posits “Still I write, I write, and I’ll write!” MS. RUTHA MAE HARRIS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (POEM) Thank you concerning the Movement, with your gift of songs, Thank you for knowing and singing “It Was the Blood” for me, while being done wrong! Thank you for singing about that “Old Time Religion”, that we so longed! Thank you for singing “Before I’ll Be A Slave I’ll Be Buried In My Grave” Thank you for singing “Just A Little Walk With Thee” while being brave, Thank you for singing “He’s got the Whole World in His Hands” While Non Violence was Dr. King’s message of the day! Thank you for singing our way in, and out of those jails, Thank you for singing “I’ve got Jesus and that’s enough”, with no bail. Thank you for singing: “He’s so Real” in times, when you were frail. Thank you for singing “We’ve Come This Far by Faith” can’t turn around, and we won’t go to Hell! Thank you for singing “Pass me not, O’Gentle Savior”, and hear my humble cry, Thank you for singing “Somebody Prayed for me” and told Satan GOOD-BYE! Thank you for singing “I won’t Complain” which made our oppressors wonder why? Thank you for singing “Walk in the Light” while always prepared to die! Thank you for singing “Precious Lord Take my Hand” while you took that stance, Thank you for singing “How I Got Over” while taking that chance, Thank you for singing to kids “I’ve Been In A Storm” and “Respect Yourself” in advance, Thank you for singing “I’ve Got A Testimony” to President Barack Obama, as you ‘RUTHA MAE HARRIS’, do your Holy Ghost dance (In Song)! Dedicated to: Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, and White Men who bled and died For The Civil Rights Movement! Published@ The Metro Gazette Publishing Company, Albany, GA. All Rights Reserved@2015 Rutha’s Freedom Still Dreams! “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” (John 8: 36 KJV) Rutha, those songs motivated the marchers to march on with a King, But we shall overcome someday ‘STILL’ needs to be ‘sung’. Or has we shall overcome; come and gone? Just ‘Sing’ Freedom Singer, Just ‘Sang’ on, for all wrongs! …So ‘SANG’ on Ms. Rutha Mae as if it’s the last song. …Dance like David danced with all your might. Your chorus rings out for those of us who are frighten. Your melody is in tune with none other than the Triune. Your Godly chant stops Satan’s unwanted blues. Your hymns teach us of the Father’s Good (Infallible) News. Your track record is impeccable with ballads to choose. And with God before your solo- we simply can’t lose. …So ‘SANG’ on Ms. Rutha Mae as if, it’s the last song, …and then dance the dance of David, while ‘You’ long for ‘our’ dreams of freedom, within those songs! Rutha, You smelled freedom in the 60’s, You tasted it in the 70’s, You touched it in the 80’s, You saw it in the 90’s You ‘sang’ about it in the 2000’s …and ‘I hear’ in ‘2017’… …just like David’s Psalms; Rutha’s Freedom Still Dreams on… I love you Ms. Rutha Mae Harris. FOREVER ‘YOUR’ Pittsburgh Author: Renee’ B. Drummond-Brown Dedicated to: Songbird/Activist, Ms. Rutha Mae Harris, Original Freedom Singer of the Civil Rights Movement THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE! ‘Let Freedom Sing’ Freedom Singers “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.” (Psalm 100 KJV) Now ‘sang’ while you dance the dance of David with all your might; hard as you can! Let that heavenly skillful choir back you and sing a ‘melody’ orchestrated by none other than: Dr. Martin Luther King. The “I Have a Dream” song will be on your soundtrack Freedom Singers; so, just ‘sang’! However, the music orchestration is the written ‘Word’ by The Script (ure); the arrangements of His musical composition should have never been tampered with! I too, someday, would like to join that heavenly choir in that upper room. But, I must first learn to ‘sing’ in the right key, without missing His beat; while staying in tune. Cordell Reagon, will assemble the backup singers at those pearly gates. The tenors, will consist of Malcolm, Medgar, Mandela and that’s not all you just wait. “Governor Wallace” led by Charles Delbert Neblett, sung in bass would be just great. Can’t leave out the Altos song “Been in the Storm Too Long” led by Bernice Johnson Reagon. I can envision the Father listening from heaven and sharing t‘HIS’ music with His ONLY Begotten Son. Aint ‘gonna’ let nobody turn you around from singing at ‘My’ White House Ms. Rutha Mae Harris. So, gather your sopranos and ‘sang’ your stories with steadfast bliss. Mahalia Jackson’s earthly voice once sung “I’ve Been Buked and I’ve Been Scorned”, but she too, joins the heavenly choir and now sings “How I Got Over” in that upper room dorm. Dr. Carolyn Mckinstry will Direct the ‘Heavenly’ Children’s Choir if you will~~~ That’ll consist of Addie, Cynthia, Carole, Denise and none other than Emmett Louis Till. Under earthy attacks Rutha's directed to sing, “We shall not be moved" just like in D.C., because, deep in their hearts they do believe “We shall overcome someday” you ‘see’; and with everything to gain and nothing to lose Freedom Singers will continue to sing. The development of ‘His’ music composition was pure genius, down to the film scoring, songwriting, music notation background; lest we forget! Freedom Singers, make a joyful noise unto the Lord until Heaven’s roll call rings. Continue to tell us the stories about The Civil Rights Movement and simply ‘LET’ Freedom Sing. Dedicated to: The Freedom Singers who ‘sung’ songs of hope and motivation during The Civil Rights Movement era; when others told us we couldn’t they were ‘ordained’ to ‘sang’ to the world that we could! SO, WE MARCH ON IN SONG. Thank you. A B.A.D. Poem
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Rutha Harris
3/20/2017 04:11:00 pm
I am interrsted and purchasing this book of poems.
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