Blake
Eventually
I’ll get over you
Eventually
& you will too
eventually
Eventually, my
“I, me & new boo”
will make it through.
Eventually.
He won’t be you
But he’ll love me too,
Eventually.
When I get-over-you
Eventually
& you do too
Eventually
We won’t have to be
So
Alone…
Dirge
Don’t you hate it
When the love goes wrong
When the words don’t fit
When the sentiment
Is just a song
Don’t you hate it
When the good times change
And the vows we made
Fail to hide the tears that stain
Once familiar
strange
Don’t you hate it
When all the words
Won’t change the sound
Of the song.
Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, PhD (Cultural Anthropology), M.A. (Anthropology), MFA (Theater), Graduate Certificate)Women's Studies, B.A. (Journalism); is an Associate Professor in the Theater Department at Temple. Along with Eugene Martin (Film), William Witherspoon is a recent recipient of the Provost’s Seed Grant for Interdisciplinary Work ($50, 000.);the 2003 Provost’s Arts Commission Grant recipient; a 2001 Independence Foundation Theater Communications Group Grant, the 2000 winner of the PEW Charitable Trust $50,000 fellowship in scriptwriting, and the 1999, winner of the DaimlerChrysler "Spirit of the Word" National Poetry Competition (Seattle) at the Unity'99 Conference, Kimmika Williams has also been the recipient of a host of awards and honors, including: the DaimlerChrysler Regional Poetry Contest (Philadelphia), the 1996, Lila Wallace Creative Arts Fellowship with the American Antiquarian Society and a two-time returning playwright with the Minneapolis Playwrights' Center and Pew Charitable Trusts Playwrights Exchange.
The author of The Secret Messages in African American Theater: Hidden Meaning Embedded in Public Discourse” (Edwin Mellen Publishing, 2006) Williams was, at one time, Arts Producer for public radio, WXPN-88.5, reporter and columnist with the Philadelphia Tribune and television editor for the Chicago-based "Maceba Affairs Media Review Magazine.
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