And again Dr. Margaret Walker’s Birthday….July 7 2014

i sing  Birthday praises to

Dr. Mama Diva-Poet Margaret Walker

who spoke so they might hear in

the miasmic air of Mississippi who

wrote so we could get clear on

who we are from Alabama to New Haven.

i want to sing of her like she did of

Kissie Lee, and claim her as my literary

auntie - grandmomma and i don't think she

would mind  but ain't got the quality time right

now except to say

Dr. Margaret Walker sung me from

wannabe to done; took us all into

visions of splendor and love she 

" kissed the sky" and

formed our Universe.  Ashay.

- doris davenport