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    At Last: Poetry of Expressions from the Heart
    At Last: Poetry of Expressions from the Heart
    At Last: Poetry of Expressions from the Heart
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    At Last: Poetry of Expressions from the Heart

    By Edward F. Potts

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    When you open this book, it will take you on a journey of my life, relationships with family, friends, and my introduction with God himself. When life deals you a bad hand just know there is healing in the hands of the most high God. And that's why i can share this book with others who might not know forgiveness brings forth love and graduates you to the next level of life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateNov 16, 2011
    ISBN9781452095615
    At Last: Poetry of Expressions from the Heart
    Author

    Edward F. Potts

    Elaine is a spiritual, loving woman of God. She takes each step of life with self-control and guidance from God. Her voice is soft spoken. But her words of Poetry is powerful. This book is so full of strength, you will be able to embrace it with understanding of where she has been and where life is taking her. Trust me, Elaine will take you on a rollercoaster ride. So, fasten your seat belt.

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      Book preview

      At Last - Edward F. Potts

      Contents

      70 Year Old Chicks

      277

      A Mother’s Generation Prayer for Her Daughters

      A Mother’s Cry

      A Mother’s Prayer

      Again

      Ain’t Nobody Business

      Anniversary

      Another Chance

      Answer Prays

      At Last

      At Last 2

      At Lasts

      At The End of The Day

      Bless

      Born Again

      Changed Man

      Children Day

      Chosen Sisters

      Clueless

      Control

      Cotton Hands

      Crown Voices

      Dancing Spirit

      Dip Potatoes

      Earth Sisters

      Enough

      Farewell Celebration

      Forgiveness

      Free

      Freedom Rings

      Friends

      Generation At Play

      Get On Board

      Girls Night Out

      Given Name

      Good Blues

      Goodbye

      Grannie’s HoneySuckle

      Happy New Year

      Happy Sad

      Heaven Awaits

      Hell Down Here

      Hold Up

      Home Alone

      I Cry

      I Dance

      I Have Survived 365 Days

      I Remember

      I Remember Grandma Grannie

      I Wish You Well

      If

      Jamie James Smith

      Last Words of Impressions

      Left Over’s

      Life and Death

      Life Death

      Love

      Mamma Angel

      Mamma’s Babies

      Measures

      Men

      Midnight Rapper

      Miss You

      Miss You So

      Mister

      Mother May I?

      Mother Writes, Son Raps

      My Cross

      My Gift

      My Good Old Elementary Friend

      My Strength

      Name It

      No Man Island

      No Peace

      No Shame Blues

      No Strings

      No Words

      Old Bitter Pain

      Old Time Love

      Penny Candy

      Pillow Talk

      Pretty Please

      Rap On

      Remember When

      Rescue

      Restless Soul

      Revelation

      Rolling Thunder

      She Cried

      Shout It Out

      Sisters

      Slave

      Soldier

      Soul Food

      Soul Food Dinner

      Spiritual Sisters

      Still Waiting

      Strong Brew

      Summer Time

      Tea in the Spirit

      Thank You!

      Thank You 2

      Thank You 3

      Thankful

      Thanksgiving

      The Cleansing Spirit

      The Gathering

      The Hallelujah Beat

      The Harvest

      Time

      Today

      Treasure Friendship

      Trouble Suicide

      Turn Over Shoes

      Uncovered

      Untold

      Vacation

      Voice

      Wash Me

      My Lord

      Wasted

      We Dance

      Wedding Vows

      Weeping Mother

      What’s Going On

      What’s going on 2?

      What’s Going On 3?

      What’s Going On 4?

      What’s Going On 5?

      What’s Going On 6?

      What’s Going On 7?

      What’s Going On 8?

      What’s Going On 9?

      Why Me?

      Wisdom

      Wisdom Speaks

      Wisdom Speaks 2

      Wise Old Woman

      Yet I Smile

      This book is long overdue. Yet, it’s time to share God’s Blessings with others. My life has been happy, sad, disappointing, disrespectful and most of all Blessed to its fullest by God, as I share my poetry.

      If it had not been for the Lord on my side, these words would not have been poured into my Spirit to write it, say it and pour it out of me to share with you all.

      At times, I didn’t know how to explain or expressed it myself. Yet, through my pains, my up and downs I made it with the Grace of God.

      To my family, my friends and those I don’t know, just remember I’m blessed by God Almighty himself, that’s why I can share it all with you and know, you will know it was not in vain.

      Enjoy my book; I love to hear from you at:

      www.theseoldpots@yahoo.com

      70 Year Old Chicks

      Lady, Lady, with your silver white hair

      That glows in the night

      While you sit by the Light!

      As the moon shimmer lightly upon you!

      Yet, I see the twinkle in your eyes

      As the wisdom traveled by slowly, slowly

      You stood the test of time gracefully

      Like the Lady you are

      Yet, you stood up,

      Never, ever giving up

      Yet, the deep river you swam ashore

      Never, ever giving up

      Always looking up hand in hand

      The pain, the hurt, the trust

      The tears, the births, the joy, the happiness

      Yet, in the sorrow of yester years

      Buried deep in the grave

      The loss, our loss again together.

      We stood the test of time

      Our mother, our brother, our children

      Yet, God smiles down, down, down

      All the way down and the light

      From above pouring everlasting Blessing on you

      My mother!

      My friend, my aunt, my friend

      Queen Irene

      Queen Pauline

      I crown you

      As I salute you openly and proudly to all

      For you are 70 years old

      And what’s really going on

      Much love

      I Love You

      I Love You

      I Love You.

      * * *

      277

      The building in the middle of the block

      Where I use to live

      A walk up

      I climb the stairs four to five times a day

      Maybe more

      The floors were cracked,

      And the stairs where dirty

      Most of the time

      Spit on the hand rail and on my hands

      Why complain?

      My grandmother walked up those stairs with bags

      In her hands for years

      Walking up to the 5th floor

      And didn’t complain

      Rest between the floors each and everyday

      Made it to the top and drop her bags

      Took a deep breath

      Washed her hands

      Took out those heavy cast iron pans

      Made something good to eat for her family

      Sat down

      Drop her head

      For those eyes lids were

      Wanting to rest

      Ate her dinner

      Ironed her clothes.

      277 the building, where I use to live

      Something is going on there

      Each and every night,

      Yelling, cussing, swearing, and drinking

      In that hallway

      Drugs, sex I’m sure is going on

      A few over doses in my life time,

      Their babies crying, people dying

      Broken bottle glass on the stairs

      Better watch yourself

      Before you fall

      Lying Landlord

      Non fixer upper

      Big rats the size of a cat!

      No hot water, No steam,

      In the building 277

      Where I use to live

      On my way to school,

      I had to go down those stairs,

      Passing somebody

      Excuse me they would say, moving aside

      And letting me by

      Nothing but the best of ladies lived in 277.

      There was Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Savage

      And Ms. Anderson on the 5th floor

      Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Hamilton on the 4th floor

      Mrs. Washington on the 3rd floor

      And Mrs. Ada Savage, Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Alice on the 2nd floor

      And Mrs. Alice and Mrs. Baby Sister on the 1st floor

      All those strong women

      Holding their own weight

      Minding their business

      Passing one another in the hallway

      In that building 277

      Where I use to live

      The building in the middle of the block

      277 on 118th street.

      Still standing strong

      There are a lot of stories

      In that place I walk by

      And give it a smile

      And a high five

      That’s the building where I use to live

      I love that building 277

      My grandmother and mother lived there

      So did my brothers and sisters

      Uncles and aunts.

      The best place I ever lived, ask anybody

      I’ll never forget it

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