Hiram Sims
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10: 53 am Contraction
10: 59 am Contraction
Your Mother is having me time these for the doctor, but I will probably turn this into a poem.
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What Shall they say in demise?
Shall trumpet roar, and drummers blare
the country’s pain upon their snare?
Shall roses pour into the wind
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I love the Police. Even the word sounds so sweet Po-Li-Ce
I love the way they flash that bright white light in my face when they ride pass me- checking to make sure I’m black, and fortunately for me in a car with other black men.
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In Life there are those things which God creates
That which he fashioned with his touch Divine
Knowing with certainty the things he made
Would never falter, stand the test of time
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Sometimes God grants me blessings, some so profound, you see
That I cannot begin to know why God gave them to me
But I receive them gladly, and pray the Lord won’t choose
To take away the precious things I can’t afford to lose
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I find it a privilege to be among the breathing
To walk among the inhalers and exhalers of these latter days
And having gone to sleep and woken up 9490 mornings in a row
I look forward to the heaven and hell that waits for me at my front door
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I write these words to God and him alone
Surveyor of my soul, my prince of peace
Who pours his blessings on my troubled soul
and grants forgiveness for my heart’s release
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I sho nuff hates a man hoo wastes his lyfe duwin nuthin
Whaches dat box all day instead wukin lyka man aught too
Dese young peoples tuday whonts evathang handed to ‘em
But dey aint willin to wuk fo it
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Everyday I think of what I need
Those things I know for sure God will provide
Because he said as long as I loved him
He’d never see my humble needs denied
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Hail to James Ragan, King MPW
Retired now, but not from memory.
The first poet to have a steady job
teaching young troubled minds by western sea.
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Dreams are for the dreamer, treasures of the mind
Hopes are from the healer, vision for the blind.
Peace is for the mobile, trudging toward the goal
Life is for ambition, motive for the soul
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Let Poetry surround your humble frame
and Letters form the contours of your name
Let all your days be overcome with rhyme
and song mark the occasion of your time
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Hiram Sims Biography
Born and raised in various parts of Los Angeles, Hiram Sims is a poet, essayist and adjunct English Professor teaching at Cal State University Los Angeles, Long Beach City College, and Compton college. He first discovered poetry at the age of five when he plagiarized a decorative poem on his mother’s bathroom wall. In his 4th grade English class, he was proclaimed the “Captain of Limerick Poems.” He later went on to the University of Southern California to receive a B.A. in English: Creative Writing and a Masters of Professional Writing in Poetry. In addition to teaching essay writing, creative writing, and literature, he is the founder of the Urban Poets Society. He has published three collections of poetry, including Poems of a Young, Troubled Mind, Write or Die, and PHOTOETRY: Poetry and Photography from South Central. For more on Hiram, visit hiramsims.com)
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Contractions Poem
10: 53 am Contraction
10: 59 am Contraction
Your Mother is having me time these for the doctor, but I will probably turn this into a poem.
We are waiting for you patiently, knowing your arrival is on the Horizon
We have cleaned
We have organized
We have saved, and we are ready
We have in our small space
A dresser full of onesies,
A closet full of diapers, a basinet full of swaddling blankets, and an ocean of love waiting.
We are ready
11: 04 am Contraction
As I write, we are watching baby shows on the delivery channel, so we know what to expect.
Your mother studies these experiences of other women and weighs them against her own.
Your mother got her hair done so she would be beautiful when she meets you.
I have put on a T-shirt with a baby picture of your mom that says “My Baby”
I think we are ready now.
She asks me ridiculous questions like, “Would you like to go through this part for me? ”
I sarcastically say, “sure”
You are moving right now.
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The Dr said when the contractions are 5 minutes apart, your on your way.
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