Keeping It Real

By Sheryl A. Jones

This is my dream poetry collection that will take you on a journey to many places.

As you read the poetry in every section, know that I was just keeping it real!

You will see the social injustice and a celebration of our Black culture in the section. All lives matter, but Black lives are being targeted.

Next you will go into the land of relationships and family. See the hardships and the love we embrace with ones who are dear to us.

You will finally finish the collection on a high note by worship and praising our savior Jesus Christ.

It is only by his grace and mercy that I was blessed to put down on paper what he gave me to write.

I hope the poetry will find a place in your heart to always be true to yourself and keep it real!


A vessel used by the Holy Spirit,
Sheryl Ann Jones

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664161511

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Copyright © 2021 by Sheryl A. Jones.

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Rev. date: 04/15/2021

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Contents

BLACK LIVES MATTER

A REFLECTION OF OUR CULTURE

ALL LIVES MATTER

BLACK PRINCESS

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

AT LEAST THIS IS A START

CALIFORNIA TRAGEDIES

CLASSROOM CHRONICLES

WHAT WE NEED NOW

THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT

ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

INHALE AND EXHALE

INTEGRATION: SILENCE IS SO LOUD

OUR CULTURE

PLEASE SEE US AND HEAR US

DOUBLE REACTION

JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR

JUSTICE FOR JACOB BLAKE

JUSTICE IS BLIND

OUR BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM

TAKE A GOOD LOOK

THE SOLUTION

WHO WE ARE

OPPOSITE MEANINGS

GET IN GOOD TROUBLE

NATION

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE

WE THE PEOPLE

WE JUST WANT EQUALITY

KEEPING IT REAL

A LETTER FROM A BLACK MOTHER

WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU

A MOMENT WITH A KING

FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS

A HOUSE IS NOT NECESSARILY A HOME

ABUSE

EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY

EXPIRED RELATIONSHIP

WHEN THE NOVOCAIN

FAMILY

MASQUERADE

REVERSE WHY ME

UNCELEBRATED

MY LITTLE PROFESSOR

ME AND MR. JONES

THE AWESOME MS. CASSANDRA ANN JONES

MY PHENOMENAL SON CJ

GOOD NEWS

MY REDEEMER LIVES

GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET

GOD SHOWS NO FAVORITISM

GOD’S WILL

I HAVE WORTH

TRIALS TRANSFORM TO TESTIMONIES

IN YOUR PRESENCE, LORD

MASTERPIECE

FREEDOM

LEANING ON GOD’S EVERLASTING ARMS

GOD IS WORKING

I KNOW GOD

SWEET JESUS

THINK ABOUT IT

9/11

REMEMBER

COVID-19

First, I would like to dedicate this book to my mother and father who raised me to believe in God. My mom read to me every night, and my dad taught me to be true to myself. Rest in peace, John and Lola Hall.

Secondly, I want to dedicate this book to my family who are very dear to me. They have been with me through the sunshine and the rain. Love you, Charles, Cassandra, C. J., and Gregory Jones.

Finally, I want to dedicate this book to my little sister who gave me the title of this poetry collection to minister to others. Rest in peace, Connie Reese.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

A REFLECTION OF OUR CULTURE

A reflection of our own truth

We want to be known in history in our own true culture.

We stand on the shoulders of step and fetch it and

Blackface—

Roles that some of us found disgraceful.

But in that time and season, it had its place.

Hattie was the first Black woman who won an Academy

Award. Stop hating because she played a maid.

That was a platform to observe

Because of her humble beginnings.

She paved the way for film and TV

To open the door for Black actors and actresses—

To be heard and to be seen.

Generation after generation is it, we entertain and educate.

The days of dancing and singing on the plantation is no

Longer a debate.

We will keep on reflecting