"Sound of Afrika" by Faith Bertha Knox Gilkey Pamoja Prep Academy @ Cole City of St. Louis, MO Read the poems of every 2015 winner at www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.
"Sound of Afrika"
Faith
Bertha Knox Gilkey Pamoja Prep Academy
@ Cole
St. Louis City, MO
“Dust earth drums/beat the falling rain.
Now whisper murmur/louder strain.”
Slender, Slander drumsticks/ancient drum
Beat mellow music/bidding life to come.
Chords of earth awakened/notes of greening spring.
Rise and fall triumphantly/over everything.
Slim, Silvery drumsticks/beat long tattoo.
“God, the great musician,”/calling life anew.