*lindamichellebaron* comes to *Queens College*

lindamichellebaron

was

wonderful!!!

she burst through the door,

arms waving wildly in the air,

& proclaimed, "I'm hear ya'll!

I'm famous!"

Animal-print jacket with red trim!!

the suede booties!!

...and it was raining out!

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She performed several of her poems, including:

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If I Were Music

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If I were music

I'd be jazz

So real you'd feel my pure pizazz!

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Snazzy, jazzy...boiling ice

I'd never play the same way twice

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When He made me

God closed his eyes

Heard the music

And improvised.

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other poems she read were:

The Way to Start the Day

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Even Weeds Have Needs

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Daddy's Little Girl

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You Talking to Me?

*and*

Yes, I'm Talking To You

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a list of her poems can be be found here.

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and for your absolute reading pleasure,

lindamichellebaron's

BOOKS

are entitled

The SUN is on & For the Love of Life

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i'm convinced that

if you read from these books

before laying your head down to sleep,

you will dream lovely, lively, spirited dreams...

...she was that magical.

she also wrote these words on the board:

"Gonna do it Got to do it

Gonna more than try --- Gonna make it

Got to make it

Get my piece of the sky"

she was clapping,

& while she 'sang' these words, she had us

bop our heads & swerve our necks...

...made us believe the words & the rhythm of the words.

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i left so happy to have met her,

& of course I harassed her for a picture [it was just one!]

& then pretty much skipped out to my car,

& hummed all the way home.

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when thinking about my future & my possible writing career,

i'm forever going to remember yesterday & lindamichelle B.

& try to stay focused

& remind myself

that I just:

"Gonna do it Got to do it

Gonna more than try---Gonna make it

Got to make it

Get my piece of the sky"