James A. Emanuel Stay Poems
- 1. Mahalia Jackson
« I sing the LORD'S songs »
(palms once tough to stay alive,
alarm clock on five).
... - 2. Fishermen
When three, he fished these lakes,
Curled sleeping on a lip of rock,
Crib blankets tucked from ants and fishbone flies,
Twitching as the strike of bass and snarling reel
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