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    Keeping It Real
    Keeping It Real
    Keeping It Real
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    Keeping It Real

    By Sheryl A. Jones

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    This is my dream poetry collection that will take you on a journey to many places.

    As you read the poetry in every section, know that I was just keeping it real!

    You will see the social injustice and a celebration of our Black culture in the section. All lives matter, but Black lives are being targeted.

    Next you will go into the land of relationships and family. See the hardships and the love we embrace with ones who are dear to us.

    You will finally finish the collection on a high note by worship and praising our savior Jesus Christ.

    It is only by his grace and mercy that I was blessed to put down on paper what he gave me to write.

    I hope the poetry will find a place in your heart to always be true to yourself and keep it real!


    A vessel used by the Holy Spirit,
    Sheryl Ann Jones
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateApr 15, 2021
    ISBN9781664161511
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      Keeping It Real - Sheryl A. Jones

      Copyright © 2021 by Sheryl A. Jones.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Rev. date: 04/15/2021

      Xlibris

      844-714-8691

      www.Xlibris.com

      827349

      Contents

      BLACK LIVES MATTER

      A REFLECTION OF OUR CULTURE

      ALL LIVES MATTER

      BLACK PRINCESS

      ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

      AT LEAST THIS IS A START

      CALIFORNIA TRAGEDIES

      CLASSROOM CHRONICLES

      WHAT WE NEED NOW

      THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT

      ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER

      AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

      INHALE AND EXHALE

      INTEGRATION: SILENCE IS SO LOUD

      OUR CULTURE

      PLEASE SEE US AND HEAR US

      DOUBLE REACTION

      JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR

      JUSTICE FOR JACOB BLAKE

      JUSTICE IS BLIND

      OUR BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM

      TAKE A GOOD LOOK

      THE SOLUTION

      WHO WE ARE

      OPPOSITE MEANINGS

      GET IN GOOD TROUBLE

      NATION

      NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE

      WE THE PEOPLE

      WE JUST WANT EQUALITY

      KEEPING IT REAL

      A LETTER FROM A BLACK MOTHER

      WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU

      A MOMENT WITH A KING

      FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS

      A HOUSE IS NOT NECESSARILY A HOME

      ABUSE

      EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY

      EXPIRED RELATIONSHIP

      WHEN THE NOVOCAIN

      FAMILY

      MASQUERADE

      REVERSE WHY ME

      UNCELEBRATED

      MY LITTLE PROFESSOR

      ME AND MR. JONES

      THE AWESOME MS. CASSANDRA ANN JONES

      MY PHENOMENAL SON CJ

      GOOD NEWS

      MY REDEEMER LIVES

      GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET

      GOD SHOWS NO FAVORITISM

      GOD’S WILL

      I HAVE WORTH

      TRIALS TRANSFORM TO TESTIMONIES

      IN YOUR PRESENCE, LORD

      MASTERPIECE

      FREEDOM

      LEANING ON GOD’S EVERLASTING ARMS

      GOD IS WORKING

      I KNOW GOD

      SWEET JESUS

      THINK ABOUT IT

      9/11

      REMEMBER

      COVID-19

      First, I would like to dedicate this book to my mother and father who raised me to believe in God. My mom read to me every night, and my dad taught me to be true to myself. Rest in peace, John and Lola Hall.

      Secondly, I want to dedicate this book to my family who are very dear to me. They have been with me through the sunshine and the rain. Love you, Charles, Cassandra, C. J., and Gregory Jones.

      Finally, I want to dedicate this book to my little sister who gave me the title of this poetry collection to minister to others. Rest in peace, Connie Reese.

      BLACK LIVES MATTER

      A REFLECTION OF OUR CULTURE

      A reflection of our own truth

      We want to be known in history in our own true culture.

      We stand on the shoulders of step and fetch it and

      Blackface—

      Roles that some of us found disgraceful.

      But in that time and season, it had its place.

      Hattie was the first Black woman who won an Academy

      Award. Stop hating because she played a maid.

      That was a platform to observe

      Because of her humble beginnings.

      She paved the way for film and TV

      To open the door for Black actors and actresses—

      To be heard and to be seen.

      Generation after generation is it, we entertain and educate.

      The days of dancing and singing on the plantation is no

      Longer a debate.

      We will keep on reflecting

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