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    Strength Like Yours: Poems by Maurice Mcfadden
    Strength Like Yours: Poems by Maurice Mcfadden
    Strength Like Yours: Poems by Maurice Mcfadden
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    Strength Like Yours: Poems by Maurice Mcfadden

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    With words that edify, entertain, and provoke thought, Strength Like Yours gives its reader a personal eye view into the life and times of a modern-day black man with sensibilities that are solid, traditional, innovative, urban, culturally and spiritually conscious, and always real.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateDec 20, 2012
    ISBN9781452564784
    Strength Like Yours: Poems by Maurice Mcfadden
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    Maurice McFadden

    A native of the Bronx, New York, Maurice McFadden began his career in the entertainment business thirty years ago. Maurice advanced his creativity to another level as a published poet in 2012 with Balboa Press a division of Hay House. "Strength Like Yours: Poems" is an eminently human collection of poetry that serves as a timely reminder that there are certain conditions, fears, and joys that we all share, regardless of our heritage, social status, or life path. McFadden's first children's book, "Blessings Are For Dogs Too," is a true story about Oliver, his adopted cocker spaniel.

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      Strength Like Yours - Maurice McFadden

      95 PLUS

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      I’ve asked god to bless me with your longevity

      I could never imagine you not here with me

      Wisdom and knowledge come out of you

      Like sweat dripping down foreheads

      As a kid riding around with you in your Sanford and son truck

      Excited about my visits to Winston-Salem

      Our Sunday morning conversations

      While you cook your dinner

      Renewed your driver’s license this year

      And still cruising through town

      En-lighted me about our ancestors

      Lizzy and Sanko who make up our African and Caribbean roots

      Some in our family call you Frisk

      I just call you granddad

      The closest thing I have to God walking on land

      It’s not too many that see four generations grow strong

      Birthday parties every five years to keep you going on

      Mama, my great grandmother

      And your mother lived to be 104

      Your 95 plus and striving for more

      ABUSE IS NOT AN OPTION

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      What makes you

      Tick, tick, tick, tick

      What turn’s the arm on your clock

      Does making someone else miserable

      Make you happy

      The power

      The rage

      The threats

      The apology

      I’m sorry baby

      It will never happen again

      Been there, done that

      For by the grace you are saved

      It is a gift of God

      That a bullet is not engraved

      In your brain

      God forgive me

      AIDS VERSUS WARS

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      From nation to nation

      I throw my hands up to pray

      What’s going on in this world today?

      Sex, Aids denial we all suffer the hurt

      We all know the world is in a state of alert

      Governments paying more in debts

      Than they do in health

      Can we just sit around and watch the future die

      We ignore and act like we don’t hear the world cry

      Does life mean so little that you just don’t care

      It’s a worldwide epidemic

      So we must stop the

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