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People are hungry, yet people continue to waste food. Her meals were from partially eaten sandwiches thrown in public trash cans. She watched a child throw away a sandwich one bite out of it. Getting sandwich from can immediately would be her evening meal. People are hungry, yet people continue to waste food. An apple, a pear, a peach, some cherries Some grapes to help provide nutrition To help curb appetite Praying to God above, never to give up Ferocious fight. People are hungry, yet people continue to waste food. A project for many years, helping my Mother Make sandwiches in our kitchen with Family and Friends Taking sandwiches to organizations, like S.O.M.E, So Others Might Eat brings on cheers, chants yea food is here. People are hungry, yet people continue to waste food. Standing on Main Avenue in freezing cold And snow, holding sign stating HELP ME FEED MY CHILDREN, IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT!!! People are hungry, yet people continue to waste food. All across the world people die from hunger and malnutrition to ignore this plight would be a ridiculous selfish shame. People are hungry, yet people continue to waste food. What can you do, what can I do, what can others do, to end this international plague? The answer is blowing in the wind, doing Something consistent, we can all PITCH IN. People are hungry, yet people continue to waste food. (c) By Sylvia Dianne Beverly (“Ladi Di”)  Sylvia Dianne Beverly (Ladi Di).
A collection of her work is housed at George Washington University's Gelman Library. Ladi Di celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Host Grace Cavalieri, reading on her show "The Poet and the Poem" at the Library of Congress Experience. You can contact Ladi Di here.
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I dine on matzah brei smothered with strawberry jam or grape jelly in the Spring of each year. Though I attempt to eat slow, too soon it disappears. It takes me back to a younger day. But there is something else that hangs heavy in the air to remind of a time when my ancestors fled their captives with no time for their daily bread to rise. As I eat this as a breakfast treat, I recall a time when my people were not free. I too was a slave. (c) By Richard (Dick) Epstein  Dick Epstein helps guide the Memorial Day Writers Project held at the Vietnam War Memorial each Memorial and Veterans Day holidays in Washington, DC.
The Flyer Grocery giveaway Free food for the elderly Please bring a bag A neighbor handed it to her At the bank It lay on her kitchen table For two weeks Before she taped it Inside her bare kitchen cabinet Closed doors hide more than empty shelves Even more than empty stomachs Today pride took a step To the back burner So potatoes, carrots and onions Simmer on her stove once again Pots boil freely As aromas rise Drying proud hands and tear-filled eyes On an apron accustomed to hosting family dinners for years She wipes away tears, Then picks up the phone Time to place a thank you call To a good neighbor (c) By J. Joy ‘Sistah Joy’ Matthews Alford Here is the video of Sistah Joy reading her poem The Flyer: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NaO8dcbXD8&t=12s  J. Joy ‘Sistah Joy’ Matthews Alford was appointed as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Prince George's County, Maryland in 2018. Deeply involved in poetry work since 2003, Sistah Joy is known for messages of social consciousness, inspiration and empowerment. In 2002 she received the Poet Laureate Special Award from the Washington, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities “for her outstanding contributions to the art of poetry".
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