John M Edwards Jr
Bio
Born in San Francisco, CA. Son of a preacher. After committing my life to Jesus Christ, I noticed the letter I wrote to God had rhyming lines. That became my first poem.
Stories (37/0)
Deeds
Dragon dreamed Daffy drugged Donald down deep damp dangerous dungeon. Denouncing Daffy's dirty dreadlocks, Donald deepen demon dreams. Dragon dames dugged down deeper drowning dying diseased ducks. District didn't despise drug dealer's dollars. Dealer drove drunk dragging dove droves.
By John M Edwards Jr6 months ago in Poets
Confusion
Choose chance confirm class creamed cocoa coffee cup cookie crumbles croissant crumbs caramel creme cheese curls climbing cat closed cart cannot change cleft chin corn cobs charming canary concrete can couldn't chain cattle change committment chatty cheerleader complete choice convict closing coughing chairman conclusion
By John M Edwards Jr6 months ago in Poets
Mother
Dear Mother, First of all I want to say, I love you. I will always love you. I have great memories of you. Even though you gave birth to and raised 12 children, you had a life outside of raising us. You had the greatest voice. Every time we visited someone’s church; you were requested to sing. You would sing with such sincerity and meaning, that as you sung, I would feel a cool chill run down my back. I remember when you directed the Santa Rosa community choir that consisted of choirs from 3 different churches joined together as one. After the community choir performed at the Sonoma County Fair, we were asked to come to KDIA radio station to sing. That was an honor. I also think of us moving back to the San Francisco Bay Area and you pulling together the choirs of two different churches to put on Christmas Concerts at the San Francisco War Memorial building. Growing up I remember you performing as a part of a singing group consisting of about 4 or 5 women. You ladies really put on a show. After I became a young adult, you were still organizing, teaching and conducting choirs. You helped put together the West Coast Zion Singers. We were the first group that performed at a graduation ceremony for John Addams Community College. It was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape. I wish we could have got a copy of that recording from the school. That was one of our greatest performances, a 16-piece band ensemble accompanying us. Everyone really enjoyed you leading songs and the solos you sung. Too bad no one thought about pursuing a recording contract for you. You were one of the greatest singers that ever graced this earth, and I’m not just saying this because you were my mom.
By John M Edwards Jr2 years ago in Families
Who I Am
Ten Years later I found myself divorced. I wondered what happened to a girl friend I had not seen since about a year before my marriage. Being a supervisor of the mail forwarding department, I looked on the computer and found the address of my former girl friend’s mother. I sent my girl friend a letter.
By John M Edwards Jr2 years ago in Humans
