- Purple
- Four Years Later
- Sonder
- When the Rain Falls
- Upon Further Review
- Here Now, Gone Later
By Amberia Shoemaker
Falling in love with you took no time,
We laughed and played like children.
And made catchphrases to make our names rhyme.
When I left, my world collapsed.
I held it inside, desperate to feel the void.
The uniform seemed to help curve the craze
If I had known the weight of your absence
I would have counted the days.
Luckily, I am still your number one.
I’ll love you forever.
Even if I must read our story from a notebook,
I hope for you, it was fun.
About this series
This poetry series was written for a final project in African American Literature at Pellissippi State. The author, Amberia Shoemaker, writes in the style of noted African American poet and playwright, Georgia Douglass Johnson, who was an important writer during the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance.
