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]
Some Blesséd Duty

Some Blesséd Duty 
 
Why should I e'er betray my bed's blanket
To face the frigid frost before my door?
When Mother Nature had the frankest fit
And plopped a foot of snow, which I abhor?
Oh, some did grovel, beseeched her with dance!
And still she did ignore their earnest pleas.
Tis clear they with this goddess had no chance,
Although this weather brought them to their knees.
Yet I, despite this cold, shall boldly rise,
Shovel and shuffle o'er some path towards work.
I cannot hope from Heaven compromise,
Though I would ne'er some blesséd duty shirk.
Some seem care not if I this duty love,
Nor if the olive bough comes with a Dove. 

Copyright 2022 Bernard A. Quarterman, Jr.