Introduction and Table of Contents
Introduction and Table of ContentsThe Proud BumblebeeA Fine MareReflectionMy RosesSome SecretsBlack Churches BurnThe FoxMy ZenithA Present DearBlack Lightn'gWhen Dearest Sleep Betrays My Restless MindEden AgainSome Blesséd DutyDehors ParisThe Lady and the LordShe Gazed Into My Eyes...In London Now...The CriminalMLKBlack Moses At the RiverMichael Brown of FergusonA Gladiator's CryThe Sonnet of a Warrior MartyredMandingo FightingThis PimpKiwi and Cotton Balls' Cadence [aka Ulysses and the Sirens]Judging the "Justice"Mother EarthOn Romney's Vote to Convict [aka Integrity]Sonnet (Cadence) of the American Soldier [aka Heaven's Path Through Hell]
Eden Again

Eden Again
 
I once sought this primeval paradise,
Much like a salmon spawned eons ago.
The rugged path, the trek, were but the price,
Alas, to know what I thought I must know.
Midst lush and splendid forest, EverGreen,
Lies this world's purest waters, River Nigh,
And men who quench thirst here such wisdom glean,
They e'er maintain their youth and cannot die.
'Tis said, thereon its banks rare blossoms bloom,
From fair to dark, beauty beyond belief!
That there, is here, no sickness, gloom or doom,
A place of blissful peace, absent all grief.
Where all God's creatures frolic, play and coo,
In this world without woe, one can but woo.
 
Copyright 2021 Bernard A. Quarterman, Jr.