48 POEMS: Reflections Of A Poet »

48 POEMS is a highly stylized literary composition of electrifying poems, and may well be the most complete, comprehensive, and versatile book of its kind. There are 48 poems encompassing eight different genres: each genre containing six poems. The genres include: romantic, dramatic, Thanksgiving, tragic, comedic, ironic, Christmas, and children. Subtitled "Reflections Of A Poet," because it gives an in-depth look into the heart, mind, and soul of one of North America's "purest writers" of our time, who is bound only by the limits of his imagination and creativity. Romantic: Every man should read "Love Me With Your Heart" to his love one at least once. Dramatic: "You Can't Break My Spirit" is the quintessential story of the black man's conquest over slavery. Thanksgiving ... "Thank You For Giving" will warm your heart as if it was a flaming charcoal on a cool summer night. Tragic: Tragedy... like death is a constant reminder of our immortality and "Untimely Death" will evoke tears and drown your eyes with compassion. Comedic: "Ugly Like A Truck" begs for laughter as this woman describes her man as "Ugly Like A Truck." Ironic: nothing expresses irony like this prophecy, "A Messiah Is Coming" directed at President Barrack Obama. There's the poem "One Nation Under Oprah" which cleverly frames Oprah Winfrey's rise from the depths of the Mississippi Delta to the queen of talk show television, and her all girls' school in South Africa. Christmas: There is no other poem that expresses "Christmastime In New York City" like this poem. The children's genre ... seemingly every child claims to have had "A Fly In My Soup." 48 POEMS is a gold mine of love and language that is nothing short of a brilliant literary work that promotes literacy, academics and advances scholarship into the next millennium.

Contents

I Married Her In The Hallway....................iv
Preface....................viii
Special Thanks....................x
Acknowledgments....................xii
Copyright Infringement....................xv
Vernacular....................xvi
Introduction....................xix
48 POEMS....................xxi
Love Me With Your Heart....................2
Enchanted Island....................4
I Kissed Him On A Grand Piano....................6
I Kissed Her For The Very First Time....................8
I Love The Rose....................10
You Can't Break My Spirit....................14
Journey To The Unkown....................16
Dancing With The Devil....................18
A Victim Of Circumstances....................20
By Force Of Habit....................22
I Do What I Gotta Do....................24
Thank You For Giving....................28
On Thanksgiving Day....................30
Everybody Say Amen....................32
This Turkey Is For You....................34
Thank You For Being My Friend....................36
A Time For Giving....................38
Untimely Death....................42
The Forest....................44
We Must All Be Prepared To Die....................46
We Are Missing You....................48
I Forgot To Say I Love You....................50
A Broken Heart....................52
The Most Embarrising Moment....................56
My Mamma Won't Let Me Go To School....................58
Kill That Cat....................60
Now I'm Broke....................62
Her Lips....................64
Ugly Like A Truck....................66
A Messiah Is Coming....................70
Hate To See You Leave....................72
Shady Lawyer....................74
How You Like Me Now....................76
So They Made You A Judge....................78
One Nation Under Oprah....................80
Christmastime In The City....................84
Soon It Will Be Christmas....................86
It's Christmas Night....................88
On Christmas Night....................90
Christmas Day....................92
This Is Christmas....................94
My Little Doggie....................98
When The School Bells Rings....................100
He's So Cute, Mommy....................102
The Father I Never Knew....................104
A Fly In My Soup....................106
If I Ruled The World....................108
Synopsis....................110
48 Questions....................118
Glossary....................123
Copyright Thief....................126
Gregory L. Hudson....................127
Works by Gregory L. Hudson....................129
Monologues: Dramatic Monologues For Actors....................130