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 ![]() Sistah Joy was appointed as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Prince George's County, Maryland on September 18, 2018. since 2003, Sistah Joy is known for messages of social consciousness, inspiration and empowerment. She has blazed literary trails for over 25 years through her impassioned activist poetry. In 2002 she received the Poet Laureate Special Award from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities “for her outstanding contributions to the art of poetry in Washington, DC.”
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