i
sing  Birthday praises to

Dr.
Mama Diva-Poet Margaret Walker

who
spoke so they might hear in

the
miasmic air of Mississippi who

wrote
so we could get clear on

who
we are from Alabama to New Haven.

i
want to sing of her like she did of

Kissie
Lee, and claim her as my literary

auntie
– grandmomma and i don’t think she

would
mind  but ain’t got the quality time
right

now
except to say

Dr.
Margaret Walker sung me from

wannabe
to done; took us all into

visions
of splendor and love she 

”
kissed the sky” and

formed
our Universe.  Ashay.

– doris
davenport 

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