Plays, Puzzles and Poems

By Christine Gaylord Johnson

My inspiration comes from my alumni at The University of Virginia, along with my six sisters: Bernita, Gail, Donna, Venus, DeNichole and last but not least, Wanda!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 27, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493162284

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

SCRIPTURE 18

HE REMINDS ME

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY

GRAMMY 2009

DOUG ANGEL SHOW WORDS

MRS, ELLINGTON A RAP SONG

WAITING… THUG LIFE

THE NEW QUEEN OF THE BRITISH ISLE

THE NEW QUEEN OF THE BRITISH ISLE 1.TXT

PLAY YOUR HORN FOR ME…

THE NIGHT TIME BOAT PARADE IN MARINA DEL REY

SOUL TRACKS.TXT

GAYLORD A FATHERS DAY POEM

LIFE POEM

FOR MR. NIC ASHFORD,

PLAY YOUR HORN FOR ME…

MRS, ELLINGTON A RAP SONG

DEDICATED TO DOLLY PARDON

FOREVER SONG

MRS, ELLINGTON A RAP SONG

SOUL TRACKS

WERE GOING HARD RAP SONG

AS LONG AS MY MUSIC LIVES

REY VS RAY

FOREVER SONG

FLIP RAP SONG

STAYS JOHNSON FAMILY NEWS LETTER

GAYLORD A FATHERS DAY POEM

FOR MR. NIC ASHFORD,

RIDE OR DIE

THE 4⁴TH

REWRITE THE 44

MIKE ON BROADWAY

WAITING… THUG LIFE

TRIBUTE W/ MJ

SCRIPTURE 18

FOREWORD, FOR DUMMIES

PROUD LETTER

VET LETTER

LITTLE JESSIE

EIFFEL TOWER

REWRITE THE 44

BRIDEZILLA

THE AHN FAMILY DYNASTY NOVEL

JEFFERSON, ONNEY AND THE MAGIC BAKING COMPANY

HE REMINDS ME

MRS. ELLINGTON A PLAY

MRS, ELLINGTON A RAP SONG

SOUL TRACKS

UNITED NATIONS CLEARANCE

WERE GOING HARD RAP SONG

THE TRINITY OF THE NUMBER THREE

THE NEW QUEEN OF THE BRITISH ISLE

WAITING… THUG LIFE

BOARDGAME

UPS AND DOWNS BOARDGAME

GETTSBURG CONFEDERATES POEM

GURNEYMAN PUZZLE

VET LETTER

AS LONG AS MY MUSIC LIVES

FOREWORD

PLAYS, PUZZLES AND POEMS.

PLAYS, PUZZLES AND POEMS IS THE THIRD BOOK WRITTEN BY GAYLORD. THIS BOOK CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF POEMS, SHORT STORIES AND AN ORIGINAL PLAY, THE PLAYLIST, WHICH CELEBRATES THE CENTRAL THEME OF INDIVIDUALISM IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN. THE AUTHOR, WAS ABLE TO CONVEY THOUGHT PROVOKING SHORT STORIES SINCERELY COLORED WITH PRIDEFUL REMEMBERENCES IN COMMEMORATING DORTHORTHY HEIGHT, A CIVIL DEDICATED RIGHTS LEADER, MUHUMAD ALI, A WORLD CHAMPION BOXER AND ADVOCATE OF BLACK AMERICANS WORLD WIDE. IN ADDITION, THIS PUBLICATION HAS A MORE COMEDIC TWIST TO SOME EDITION OF THE SHORT STORIES AS THE STORIES, POEMS AND ALSO A BOARD GAME—POWER COUPLES 2ND EDITION—ARE ALL DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN THE SENSE AND MAKE ONE’S NORMALLY ROUTINE DAY MORE ENLIGHTENED. THE CENTRAL THEME FOR THE PUZZLE PIANO GIRL AGAIN REFLECTS BLACK WOMEN’S SUCCESSES, FAMILY AND REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS SUCH AS THE GRAMMY 2009 TRUE STORY SHE SPEAKS OPTIMISTIC OF HER NEXT BOOK, TBI: A BRAIN INJURY TRUE STORY (XLIBRIS PUBLISHING CORP). MEMOIRS OF INJURY. IS THE TRUE HORRIFIC ACCOUNT OF WHAT SHE EXPERIENCE BEGINNING IN LOS ANGELES AT THE FAMOUS HOSPITAL, CEDAR SINAI AND ENDS WITH HER MIRACULOUS RECOVERY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND CULMINATES, DUE FOR PUBLICATION IN 2012 AS AN ELECTRONIC BOOK. THIS MEMOIR IS A TRUE STORY OF A TRAGIC EVENT AND A TREMENDOUS, INSPIRATIONAL, AND REMARKABLE RECOVERY. SHE IS A BLACK POSITIVE FEMALE TO BE CELEBRATED. HER GOAL IS TO TURN THE PLAYS INTO BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS AND HER TRAGEDY INTO A FULL FEATURE FILM. AS A GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, AND LOS ANGELES VALLEY LAW SCHOOL STUDENT, SHE HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS STARRING ROLE ALL OF HER LIFE. I WISH HER LUCK AND CHI’.

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INTRODUCTION

I WILL BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN YOU. I WILL SING PRAISE TO YOUR NAME, O MOST HIGH. PSALM9:2

THE AUTHOR, A FORMER UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTESTANT, AND GRADUATE FROM THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, WITH A DEGREE IN RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS’ (MAY 87) BECAME A PUBLISHER AFTER A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (ADAM) IN OCTOBER 2005 WITH HER ORIGINAL WORK, GABBY GOES TO WASHINGTON. A CHILDREN’S BOOK, SHE WAS COMPELLED TO WRITE. SHE FELT IN ORDER TO NOT ONLY SURVIVE A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER RENDERING HER TOTALLY DISABLED IN 2005, AND AT THE YOUNG AGE OF ONLY 38 YEARS OLD, THIS IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL DROP OUT, SHE WAS ABLE TO MUSTARD ALL OF HER GOD GIVEN TALENTS AS A PUBLISHED WRITER. HAVING THE ABILITY WRITE, THIS ORIGINAL WORK, "PLAYS, POEMS, AND PUZZLES.

THE REOCURRING THEME IN HER WORKS SHOW WHAT SHE THE CENTRAL THEME BEHIND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS DEMONSTRATES DETERMINATION. DETERMINATION TO NOT ONLY FULLY RECOVER FROM A DISABLED STATUS, BUT TO A STATUS OF EXCELLENCE. EXCELLENCE. TO USE A FAVORITE WORD, EXCEL, FROM IVY LEAGUE GRADUATE ALSO (HARVARD LAW), HILL HARPER. I AM INSPIRED BY HIM AS WELL AS DR. MONICA TURNER, ALSO UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GRADUATE. AND THE THIRD PERSON THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY MET AND, AM INSPIRED BY IS DR’MAYA ANGELOU. I MET DR. MAYA ANGELOU IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. DR. ANGELOU WAS ATTENDING A BLACK TIE AFFAIR IN SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA. SHE WAS WITH HER SON AND IN ROUTE TO A CEREMONY HONORING MANY HER MANY WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS. UNKNOWINGLY AT THE TIME, DR ANGELOU, A FELLOW ACTRESS AND PUBLISHED WRITER, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRDS SING, AND OTHER FABULOUS ORIGINAL WORKS DR. ANGELOU ALSO H THE PLAYAD SUFFERED FROM A TRAUMATIC MEDICAL CONDITION. IN THAT CASE SHE COULD NOT SPEAK FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS, BUT RECOVERED. AND RECOVERED AND EXCEL SHE DID SHE WORK IN FILM AND ONSTAGE IS AWH INSPIRING TODAY. SHE APPEARED IN A TYLER PERRY FILM,? IN 2010, MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION AND DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. WITH HER AND SIX SISTERS, AND LOVING MOTHER I AM SURROUNDED BY WOMEN WHO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME. YO QUIERO TODOS THAT MEANS, IN SPANISH, I LOVE EVERYONE. PLEASE ENJOY MY SECOND PUBLISHED WORK AND LOOK FOR MY NEXT BOOK, PLAYS, PUZZLES AND POEMS AND MORE. THIS BOOOK WILL FEATURE MORE ORIGINAL PLAYS, A NOVELLA, A SHORT NOVELL,’THE AHN FAMILY DYNASTY’. THIS BOOK, THE AHN FAMILY DYNASTY IS WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI, WHICH OCCURRED IN JAPAN, MARCH 2010. THIS REAL LIFE TRAGEDY, KILLED OVER TEN THOUSAND CITIZENS