sky readers / moon believers
before the sunrise prayers
Wisdom Born Mamas sew star, sun, earth, heart shaped
patterns on
quilts to warm babies
and free souls
hearing from the wind when to hang ’em
high on the clothes line
Before rooster crow / before master know
patterns on quilts mapped out which way to go
to wade in the water
Missing Rifle / Missing Woman.
**Dedicated to the courage of Harriet Tubman and the slaves and quakers that made quilts and hung them to slyly map the way to freedom**
from the poetry book, Pocket Honey, Wind & Hips
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sky readers / moon believers / before the sunrise prayers
Wisdom born mamas sew star, sun, earth, heart shaped patterns on
Quilts to warm babies & free souls
Hearing from the winds when to hang ’em high on the clothes line
Before the rooster crow / before master know
Patterns on quilts mapped out which way to go
To wade in the water
Missing rifle / missing woman.
from the book, “Pocket Honey, Wind and Hips” – nikki skies
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“Even Harriette
left her husband because of his fears
no going for cigarettes or bread story
she simply said,
You keep the banjo and the bed, I’m out!” -for Harriette Tubman by Nikki Skies
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I am a lover of perseverance. I am folklore. I am consistency and contradiction.
Nikki Skies 