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befo' I'll be a slave / lay me down / to sleep rock me

in the bosom of Abraham / in that great gettin' up mornin' I'm gonna shout

 

 

Book by Jeannette Drake

 

Journey Within: A Healing Playbook

 

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Poem for Rudy

  By Jeannette Drake

The limp

be

the music

the bunions

that still

ache

the heart

with gas

that burns

 

etches names

we thought

we'd long forgot

faces we never

want to see

whispers torn

from screams singe

free speeches

in our brain

 

befo' I'll be a slave

lay me down

to sleep rock me

in the bosom of Abraham

in that great gettin' up

mornin' I'm gonna shout

all over God's heaven

 

listen to the lambs

a cryin'

a cryin'

a cryin'

all a cryin'

the limp

be

the music.

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posted 13 February 2005

Jeannette Drake, a licensed clinical social worker, specializes in Dream and Expressive work in group settings. She has conducted individual and group sessions with adults, adolescents and children in schools, colleges, hospitals, prisons, churches, shelters, and art galleries as case worker, counselor, psychotherapist, teacher, tutor, and writer.

Her writings have been published in Honey Hush! An Anthology of African American Writer's Humor, Callaloo: A Journal of African American Arts & Letters, The Southern Review, New Virginia Review, The Book of Hope & The World Healing Books, The Sun: A Magazine of Ideas, Richmond Free Press, Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers, DisabilityWorld, a bilingual international web-zine and other journals and magazines.

 

She has performed as a gospel soloist, acted in James Baldwin's The Amen Corner and leads a monthly book discussion and creative writing group at her church. Her visual art has been exhibited at Richmond City Hall, the Carillon at Byrd Park and the Richmond Public Library (July 1-August 3, 2005). A graduate of Hampton University and Virginia Commonwealth University,  she lives in Richmond.

 May 2005

Journey Within: A Healing Playbook

By Jeannette Drake

Journey Within: A Healing Playbook is a fun tool for anyone interested in personal growth, learning how to be more creative or gaining a deeper insight into The Divine. Section One includes 13 original color abstracts that invite the viewer to intentionally go on a playful, inner journey. An optional guide of play instructions is included.

In Section Two the author's spiritual autobiography provides an inspirational explanation for each drawing.

This Book Is for Someone You Love!

 

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