Loving Me.......Finally

By Ebony Queen Freeman

EBONY QUEEN FREEMAN IS A SELF TAUGHT WRITER AND A VERY INSPIRATIONAL POET. SHE USES HER REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS. SHE HAS BEEN WRITING POETRY SINCE SHE WAS 9 YEARS OLD. HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE BEING PUBLISHED IN NUMEROUS ANTHOLOGIES FROM INTERNATIONAL POETS SOCIETY, FAMOUS POETS SOCIETY, ILIAD PRESS, QUILL BOOKS. IN 2005 SHE RECEIVED A TROPHY FOR HER POETRY FROM INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF POETS. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF 7 WONDERFUL CHILDREN WHO HAVE SHARED WITH HER FIRST HAND ALL THAT SHE HAS ENDURED TO BECOME THE STRONG WOMAN WE HAVE TODAY. SHE RESIDES IN ALBANY N.Y. WHERE SHE WORKS AT ST. ANNES INSTITUTE, AS AN OVERNIGHT SUPERVISOR. BECAUSE OF HER LOVE FOR THE YOUTH OF HER COMMUNITY.

SHE IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF NU-POET PRODUCTIONS IN NEWBURGH, N,Y. WHERE SHE AND HER PARTNER DID NUMEROUS EVENTS SUCH AS TALENT SHOWS, TRIPS, UNITY MARCHES AND A HOST OF OTHER THINGS. HER BIGGEST DREAM IS TO SAVE THE YOUTH OF HER COMMUNITY AND SHE TRIES TO DO THIS BY BEING A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 20, 2007
• ISBN: 9781465328120

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EBONY QUEEN WANTS TO THANK:

FIRST AND FOREMOST I HAVE TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE TALENT OF THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN WORD. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY CHILDREN FOR BEING, PATIENT WHILE I CREATED THESE POEMS.

THANKS TO MY FOSTER PARENTS WHO LISTENED TO ME CREATE AS A CHILD( R.I.P.) THANKS TO CHRISTOPHER D. SULLIVAN WHO INSPIRED ME TO BECOME A TRUE EBONY QUEEN, TO LILLIE HOWARD THANKS FOR ALWAYS BEING A MOTHER TO ME,

TO MY NU-POET FAMILY, WE HAVE GROWN SO MUCH AND ACCOMPLISHED THE IMPOSSIBLE, MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.

TO OMARI SHAKUR, WHO HELPED ME CREATE MY FIRST BOOKS AND FOR JUST BEING YOU, ( KEEP YA HEAD UP) AND I WISH YOU MUCH HAPPINESS.

TO MY FAMILY AT IT’S ALL GOOD SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO USE THE JINGLE I WROTE? MUCH RESPECT TO YOUR. TO MY HUSBAND TO BE,( MIKE) THANK YOU FOR COMING INTO MY LIFE AND STAYING AND ALWAYS LOVING ME.

TO MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS, I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANKS FOR ALWAYS BELIEVING IN ME WHEN I WAS SCARED TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF

TO MY COUSINS DANETTE AND GLENN, WOW I’VE FINALLY DONE IT, TO ALL MY GIRLS AT ST. ANNES INSTITUTE,( HUBBARD AND NAZARETH HALLS) AUNTIE LOVES YOU ALL, GOOD LUCK NADIA.M, TRiiNA.C, JAZZY.H, ASHLEY M, JALESSA S., & MANY MORE. HOPE YALL GET OUT SOON AND STAY POSITIVE AND MAINTAIN. TO MY MANY NEICES AND NEPHEWS, MAY GOD BLESS YOUR IN ALL YOU DO. AND TO ALL MY FANS, I APPRECIATE YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT, MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE WHO BUYS MY BOOK!!

The Libra Liberator

I am a proud Libra

Standing for freedom

I spread love and seek peace

Balance is the role

I will forever play

No commotions, no hassles

I will not tolerate the evil

To come into my circumference

I seek harmony, tranquility

Surround me with love

Flowers blooming, children playing

In the serenity of sweet freedom

I will always fight for the less fortunate

Who has been rejected

Ejected into a cold, harsh world

With no morals or reasoning

Lost in this unjust world

I know their pain

I will seek out those

Who fear life, run no longer

I will always be by your side

To fight on your behalf

I will take your pain

I will even out the harshness

And make it clear and peaceful

I am not afraid any longer

Today, I am much stronger and I am called . . . .

The Libra Liberator

Death of an Angel

Carrying my precious seed

Nine months of nurturing

Watering, loving, smoking

Feeling his heartbeat intensify

Sonograms every other month

Thump, thump, thump

Tiny fingers, tiny mouth

He was sucking his thumb

I knew his name already

I waited patiently, excited

My first child . . . .

Cigarettes invaded my womb

Turned it into his sealed tomb

Born with undeveloped lungs, his brain malfunctioned

I held him and watched him take

His first breath, never knowing it would be his last

He died 1 day old

And I will forever miss him

My life will