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    Hurry! Hurry My Children
    Hurry! Hurry My Children
    Hurry! Hurry My Children
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    Hurry! Hurry My Children

    By Labertha Darensbourg Mccormick

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    The book gained a five-star rating from D.A.M, a reviewer, who said, “The poetic phrases are candid, swift, engaging, profound, and colorful.” Another reviewer, M. Dwyer, said, “The content of the poems has strong, literary merit for many readers. The creativity and the skill of the author shines through loud and bright.&rd

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGlobal Summit House
    Release dateMay 15, 2019
    ISBN9781646067237
    Hurry! Hurry My Children
    Author

    Labertha Darensbourg Mccormick

    A dramatic performing poet and writer with a folk vernacular; also, winner of the Golden Crawfish Award for the motion picture "Four Big Easy Pieces: Women of New Orleans" (a film documentary highlighting extraordinary women with exceptional talents). "As a poet dramatist, because of your genuine support, I have become the poet that I am. Wholeheartedly. I thank you my people."

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      Hurry! Hurry My Children - Labertha Darensbourg Mccormick

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      Hurry!

      Hurry My Children

      Labertha Theresa Darensbourg-McCormick

      Also known

      As

      Mama Lulu

      Illustrations by Labertha McCormick

      Cover Photograph by Lawrence Clark

      Copyright © Labertha Theresa Darensbourg-McCormick.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review.

      ISBN: 978-1-64606-724-4 (Paperback Edition)

      ISBN: 978-1-64606-725-1 (Hardcover Edition)

      ISBN: 978-1-64606-723-7 (E-book Edition)

      Some characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

      Scripture taken from the National American Bible (NAB).

      Book Ordering Information

      Phone Number: 347-901-4929 or 347-901-4920

      Email: [email protected]

      Global Summit House

      www.globalsummithouse.com

      Printed in the United States of America

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Little Old Lady

      A Tribute To Rudy

      Fore-Word

      Memo Letter

      Hurry, Hurry My Children

      IF’s

      An excerpt letter

      Listen To The Elders

      Hurried Help

      Grand Ma’s Feet

      Healing Powers

      Speak Easy

      Nappy Headed

      Common Woman

      You’re Stuck

      I Am The Black Woman

      What Should I Tell My Child Whose Head Is Long?

      My Child

      Lazy Boy

      A Shuck Time Poet

      No Time For Poetry

      A Nice Party

      Calling All Po’ Folk

      I Ain’t Got Nobody…

      The Lucky Ones

      The Wind

      Twinkle, Twinkle

      —Walk—

      I’ll Be Damned

      Butterfly

      Broken Promises-

      Eyes

      Dust Lust-

      Good Woman

      Baby

      Be To Me As Music

      The Strong

      The Bloated Womb

      Ninny Knew-Nots

      Blessed Be The Babe

      The Fall

      Goose Egg

      Fat Mama

      Katherine Scott Florent

      Black Star

      Before The End Of Time

      The Time is Short

      Garbage Man

      People Don’t Be Meaning What They Say

      No Matter What They Say

      Poetic Pleas

      The Project

      Mama’s Lil Ugly Baby

      Sister to Sister

      Smile

      People Of The Rain

      My Mansion

      Can’t Nobody Boogie Like Black Folk

      That Bone

      God Bless The Dog

      Divine Advice

      Speak It

      Smile

      Shame on You, America

      The Ship

      I Would Have Been The One

      This Old Slave

      Dirty Ole White Man

      Scars Of Sacrifice

      Calvary Echoes

      African Woman

      Black As I Am

      To All Mankind-

      Anyway

      Carry On

      Tales Untold

      An Old New Orleans House

      A reading from the book of Sirach

      So Mo Hair Baby

      I’m Not Really Crazy

      I Got There

      My People

      When The Trumpet Sounds

      I came

      Tomorrow

      Silence

      This Old Body’s Gonna Die

      Endowment

      Let Me be a Poet

      Comfort Zone

      Hurry, Hurry My Children! translations

      Faith Keeper translations

      I Want To Go Outside

      Big Bubba Lil Bubba

      Mama’s Plea

      A Letter to My Children

      A Kitchen Woman

      Age

      Courageous Men

      Desiderata

      Birth Blooming

      He Speaks

      My Genealogical History

      My Heart

      Nothing Lower

      Only A Child

      Problem Solver

      Shackles

      They Don’t Care

      WARNING

      Wastin’

      Waters

      We Still Stand (After Katrina)

      Your Big Bald Head

      Why Retire?

      Gender Benders

      Make Haste My Children!

      Still I Smile

      The Spirit of Joy

      Quotes From Jeremiah Concerning Life

      Poetic Works:

      Hurry, Hurry My Children!©2010

      An Anthology, Book I and Book II

      May, I have your Attention Please©1994

      Whisper From Within ©1993

      Winner of Poster Contest for NAACP, 1970

      Books & Publications:

      The Tribune Of New Orleans

      The Cricket Magazine of New Orleans

      American Legion Hall 1987

      University of Lafayette Magazine 1994

      Louisiana State University

      The Daily Reveille

      In The Bend of River, & Word Up

      —by Kalamu Ya Salaam The Chicken Bones Journal:

      African American Periodical

      Artistic Works:

      Murals of New Orleans Cultural-

      (Corner of South Claiborne Avenue and Columbus Street,

      New Orleans, LA 70119, circa 2003)

      Some Mo Hair Baby

      The Gossipers

      Women of NOLA—Local Broadcasting Cable Network,

      Channel 49, circa 1991

      Perseverance Hall, Armstrong Park, 1988 ©

      Films:

      Women of New Orleans Golden Crayfish 1991,

      —Award Winner

      Mother of The Ninth Ward Spirit Warriorz

      Artistic Performances:

      The Neighborhood Gallery

      The Universal Thread, with Tim Davis

      She is the Root, 1991

      Ashe Cultural Center

      The Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans,

      1989-1994

      New Orleans Public Schools

      1990-1999

      Delgado University of New Orleans

      Xavier University Of New Orleans

      Tulane University of New Orleans

      Junebug Performance Theater

      Word Dance,1996

      Ebony Square

      Copasetic Community Book Center

      Community Book Center

      Borsodi’s Coffee House

      Inroads Internship for Minorities

      —St. Louis, Missouri, 1996

      Xavier University Graduate

      Additional studies at St. Mary’s Dominican College

      This book is dedicated to Mrs. Zenobia Yolanda Harris

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      Whose persistence and inspiration led to the completion of this Book. Your Golden years of Wisdom have brought forth new Horizons of awareness . . .

      May your diligence in helping to pursue the dreams of others be reflected back to you in an abundance of blessings. Thank you, Lord for this vessel.

      Acknowledgements

      To my dear and loving parents Percy Jr. and Barbara Darensbourg: Thank you for having given me life and the opportunity to fulfill my uttermost desires and the hopes that you both had for me. And, Yes, within your saintly state of existence, I hear your applause.

      To my husband, Ransom McCormick: Thank you for your patience and giving me support for all of my odd projects, including this book. May we continue to love and tolerate each other until the end of time, also, special thanks for the clan.

      To my children:

      Rowena McCormick-Robinson and her husband Russell, Tammy McCormick-Broussard and her husband Jarrod, Ransom McCormick and his wife Veda, Percy McCormick and his wife Tameka, Jonah McCormick, Bianca McCormick-Johnson and her husband Jerry, Josiah McCormick and his wife Akira, Damani McCormick, Diarra McCormick, Jeremiah McCormick, Naderah McCormick, Ngozi McCormick and Adesola McCormick

      To my siblings:

      Sr. Rita Darensbourg SSF, Dolores Darensbourg-White, Don and Joyce Darensbourg, Byron W. Darensbourg, Wanda A. Proctor, Jerome Bias

      I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my faithful friend, Ann Washington Cooper, akeia auna leia, who has been a genuine companion to me in the writing of this book. I salute her for always holding me and my work in such high esteem. Without counting the cost in time, effort, or money, Ann has stayed up many hours typing this document. Her sustained support has given me the courage to persevere in getting this book to the finish line. For the blessing of this friendship in action, I am extremely grateful. I roll out the red carpet for her.

      Percy and Doris Edwards of Antelope, CA, Darcel Mason, Dorothy Nell Brown, Leola A. Rankins, Michael Stanton, Wanda Stanton, and Mark Edwards

      The Darensbourgs, Dixons, McCormicks and Edwards extended family.

      Ministry Church Family

      The Late Fr. Michael Jacques SSF, St. Peter Claver Church

      You commanded the pulpit by bellowing biblical truths and lashing life-learned I told you so’s. You led your flock with soul-stirring charm and galvanized your motivated parishioners for a greater Christian and community good. We will miss your electric persona, fiery speeches, fearlessness and gentle love which are the indelible elements of the legacy you leave behind at St. Peter Claver Church. Your personal connection and love for families has been a great attribute to your character—reflecting that of a saint. Need I say more?

      Diane French Cole.

      A dedicated community activist whose undying efforts helped to save, direct, and protect our youth through her sacrificial efforts of servitude.

      Fr. Jerome LeDoux, S.V.D.

      Just your very existence helps lighten life’s burdens by knowing your character is still radiating its charisma. Thanks for your non-tiring efforts to reach and embellish the lives of people through your numerous and continuous (over many years) column writing: Louisiana Weekly, The Word, Magazines, etc. Your writings have touched and enriched lives; counseled the youth; unraveled calamity; saved marriages; advised on health; given hope to the bewildered; shed light on ignorance; guided the wayward; broken barriers; accepted the rejected; displayed unending patience; passed on a preserved legacy; and brought chuckles and cheer to the weary-hearted to the max.

      Deacon Allen and Edith Stevens of St. Peter Claver Church: remembering to walk by faith

      Bishop Levy Q Barnes Jr.: One who glorifies God with song

      The Rev. Dr. Vanessa Landry Prelate: Your love for others and passion for the Word will be rewarded.

      The Rev. Dr. Marlene Thompson Prelate of Bethel Temple of Deliverance: You are the ship that has rescued many a drifting rafts. Stay on your mission. We need you.

      Pastor Gilbert and Joan Singleton of Community Church of God in Christ: Remembering to tell God thank you all the time!

      Apostle Darryl G. McCoy of Trumpet in Zion Fellowship: making sure we hear God’s message through his powerful delivery Pastor Charles Garrison of New Genesis Bible Church: saying gospel truths with humor, Hallelujah!

      Pastor Eugene and Evangelist Susan King of First Thessalonians Church of God in Christ: exemplifying the Holy Ghost through invincible song and dance.

      Minister Doniel Irvin, Vanessa Chavis, Deacon Lawrence Houston, and St. Peter Claver Staff.

      Joshua and Sandra Berry Walker: With heartfelt praise and acclaim, I wish to show my appreciation to Joshua and Sandra Berry Walker who allowed the curtain of the Broadway Stage to be drawn back for me. They gave amateur people a chance to perform in the presence of an audience. In the comfortable and cozy surroundings of their Neighborhood Gallery living room, many dormant talents

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