I GOT NO POEM

 

I GOT NO POEM

I GOT NO ODE

BUT I GOT SEEDS

THAT AINT BEEN SOWED.

I GOT NO LINES

I GOT NO PROSE

BUT I GOT WORDS

SWEET AS A ROSE.

I GOT NO RHYMES

I GOT NO SONG

BUT I GOT RIGHTS

TO CHANGE FOR WRONGS.

I GOT NO BALLAD

I GOT NO TALE

BUT I GOT MEDICINE

TO MAKE YOU WELL.

I GOT NO LYRICS

I GOT NO NOTES

BUT I GOT MASTERPIECES

THAT AINT BEEN WROTE.

I GOT NO POEM

TO READ TONIGHT

BUT I FEEL ONE A-COMING

SO THAT'S ALRIGHT.

 

by Rhonda  Jackson

November 11, 1982