Out of Bounds in an Inbound World: A Book of Poetry

By Y.B. Taylor

What a wonderful resource for a teacher of the gifted or any teacher who enjoys poetry. - P.W.

Y.B. Taylor feels she best expresses herself in written words. History, personal challenges and experiences, as well as observations and stories told to her by older family members and friends, are reflected in her writing.

Life without purpose is not living.
Living without purpose is not meaningful.
My purpose in life is to live meaningfully!
Y.B. Taylor

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491846506

Y.B. Taylor

Y. B. TAYLOR resides in Richmond, Virginia, the Civil Wars second and most permanent capital of the Confederacy. She was born the same year as the U.S Supreme Courts landmark decision, Brown v. the Board of Education. In 1966, she was one of six black students who integrated Albert H. Hill Junior High. As a result of legislated busing, her last two years of senior high school were spent in the newly annexed area of the city of Richmond. At Huguenot High, she claimed a place in the schools history as its first black varsity cheerleader, first black homecoming queen and first black to have a regular column, Yonnie Bees Bag, in the student-run newspaper. Y.B. Taylor received her B.A. from the University of Virginia, 19-years after Walter N. Ridley became the universitys first African American to earn a degree and 4-years after undergraduate admissions was fully open to women. A temperamental writer, she enjoys expressing herself in written words. History, personal challenges and experiences as well as stories told to her by older family members and friends are reflected in her writing.

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

•   READY TO WRITE

•   BACK TO BASICS

•   PASSION & DESIRE

•   WHO I AM

•   CONFRONTING LIFE

•   EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT

•   UNFURROW MY BROW

•   NOT YO’ BAGGAGE HANDLER

•   NOT MY FORTE

•   PERHAPS

•   NOT AN ABERRATION

•   MAN

•   ROLL CALL OF INNOCENTS

•   PERP WALK

•   WHY ME?

•   MY PRAYER

•   APPRECIATE

•   BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

•   WOULD IT BE

•   TIME OUT IS NOT FOR KIDS ONLY

•   WHAT IF, . . .

•   I WISHED IT TO END

•   I AM A DIVA

•   LET’S TALK!

•   STRENGTH

•   GOTTA GO!

•   WELCOME BACK!

•   YES, YOU CAN!

•   LONG JOURNEY

•   HANGING

A FINAL WORD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ENDNOTES

Also by Y.B. Taylor

and available as eBooks

"What I Know . . . Poems of Life"

© 2009 Y.B. Taylor

(ISBN 978-1-4389-7007-3)

Journeys of Freedom © 2011 Y.B. Taylor

(ISBN 978-1-4634-2815-0)

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To my father, Archie Bernest Burrell (1928-2003)

You remain an inspiration for many of my poems.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

There are countless family members, friends and acquaintances that deserve recognition for encouraging me to express myself through writing. I dare not list names, as I will surely commit the grievous crime of omitting someone. Rather than being guilty of such an offense, I am sharing a few words of encouragement that found their way to me after the publishing of my first and second books.