Hgeocities.com/jywanza1/Steps.htmlgeocities.com/jywanza1/Steps.htmlelayedxJ0× OKtext/htmlg b.HWed, 01 Jan 2003 16:06:27 GMTMozilla/4.5 (compatible; HTTrack 3.0x; Windows 98)en, *J The Steps of the Awesome Black Woman

Paintings by Sandra M. Stanton

The Steps of the Awesome Black Woman


They were women then
My mama's generation
Husky of voice-Stout of Step
With fists as well as Hands
How they battered down Doors
And ironed Starched white Shirts
How they led Armies Headragged Generals
Across mined Fields Booby-trapped Kitchens
To discover books Desks
A place for us
How they knew what we Must know
Without knowing a page Of it Themselves

Taken From: In Search of Our Mother's Garden