AuthorsDen.com  Join (free) | Login 

  
 Visited by 1,400,000+ people monthly.
 Popular! Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry
Where Authors and Readers come together!
 Signed Bookstore - Enjoy!

Signed Bookstore | Authors | Books | Stories | Articles | Poetry | Blogs | News | Events | Reviews | Videos | Success | Gold Members | Testimonials
Featured Authors: Steven Rage, iCarole Piller, iEric Pinder, iPeter Abrahams, ilynn hones, iAllen Epling, iTerry Verduin, i
  Home > Poetry > Poetry
Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry     
J. Joy Matthews Alford - Sistah Joy
• Become a Fan
 • 28 titles
• 58 Reviews
• Share with a Friend
• Save to My Library
• Add to My Favorites
• Member Since: Apr, 2007

   Sitemap
   My Blog
   Contact Author
   Read Reviews
Books
• From Pain To Empowerment - The Fabric of My Being

• Lord I'm Dancin' As Fast As I Can


Articles
• Champions, Heroes & Icons - Ten Who Stood Tall

• Books by Sistah Joy - Order Form

• The Big Read

• Creating Verse to Inspire Social Change

• Camp Springs woman transforms pain into poetry

• From Pain to Empowerment - The Fabric of My Being

• Camp Springs-Temple Hills-Fort Washington Community Reading Party

• Words as Work - Reflections of A Poet (3/1/2009)

• An Overflow of Poetry at Annie's Art Gallery - (8/1/08)

• Verse, Vibes & Bites Poetry Soiree Ends at Barnes & Noble (3/2008)


Poetry
• I Stand Tall

• In The Quiet Time

• In Search Of

• Train Ride To Hope

• A Poet’s Crystalline Moment

• Remembrances

• The Discovery of Connectedness

• As They Pierced His Palm

• Dawn At The River

• Queen

         More poetry...
Events
• Open Mic Night at Annie's Art Gallery (2/19/09)

• Cafe Groove (Teen Poetry Coffee House) (3/6/09)

• Open Mic Night at Annie's Art Gallery - 3/19/09

• Women Artists / Women Healing: Multicultural Artistic Narratives of Trauma

• Open Mic Night at Annie's Art Gallery (4/16/09)

• Camp Springs-Temple Hills-Fort Washington Community Reading Party

• From Pain to Empowerment - The Fabric of My Being

J. Joy Matthews Alford - Sistah Joy, click here to update your web pages on AuthorsDen.

Recent poems by J. Joy Matthews Alford - Sistah Joy
• I Stand Tall
• In The Quiet Time
• In Search Of
• Train Ride To Hope
• The Discovery of Connectedness
• A Poet’s Crystalline Moment
• As They Pierced His Palm
• Remembrances
• Queen
• Dawn At The River
• Freedom's Echo
• Strong Hands of Mother Africa
           >> View all 13
Ants to Ancestors
by J. Joy Matthews Alford - Sistah Joy
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Rated "G" by the Author.

Share   Print   Save Become a Fan

This reflective poem speaks to the issues of faith and the brevity of life.

Ants to Ancestors  © 4/1/2008

By J. Joy “Sistah Joy” Matthews Alford  

 

 

Yesterday and tomorrow

Those twin harbingers of time

Laugh as we

Like frantic ants

Sandwiched between the two

Dance to distant drum beats

Planting our feet and faith firmly

Hoping to defeat our mortality

Knowing in the end

Only ancestors

Can perfect this dance

 
Sistahjoy.com

Want to review or comment on this poem?
Click here to login!

Need a FREE Reader Membership?
Click here for your Membership!



Reviewed by Stan Stewart 7/1/2008
Very deep and insightful, bringing to mind the circle which is Alpha and Omega and the connectivity that forever binds us to those who have walked this plane before us and those who will follow. And reminding us that we must both blaze new paths while helping others find existing roads we have been led to by our foreparents.
Reviewed by Debra Baker 5/27/2008
Our footsteps feed the wisdom of the petals of our souls, we hand them down with hope our predecessors' will continue the dance...
Beautiful wise words of wisdom...
Reviewed by Michelle Mead 4/3/2008
Such wisdom in these words and it feels like they were passed down from ancestors which gives this a great quality-enjoyed. Michelle
Reviewed by Karen Palumbo 4/2/2008
Well said! And the beat continues.....

Be always safe,
Kren
Reviewed by Reagan Rothe 4/1/2008
I truly enjoyed reading this poem! It is quite the piece!

We would like to use this particular poem in the Black Rose Poetry Book (www.blackrosewriting.com). We are not paying royalties on this specific book, but you will never pay anything. Plus, you will retain copyright and are free to use your poem again with any of the publicity or advertisement that comes from our publication.

We look forward to hearing from you!


Popular
Poetry (Poetry)
  1. preferring to overcome ...
  2. You Wandered Into My Mind
  3. Give thanks for your life
  4. Second Sort'a Senses
  5. REMINDER OF ALL THAT (HE) IS
  6. Tabula Rasa
  7. Like a Geisha
  8. Giving Thanks
  9. from Russia with words ...
  10. Conspiracy
  11. Moo Over and Out!
  12. Love is Like a Flower
  13. The Liar
  14. Dreams Do Come True
  15. I Remember Her





You can also search authors by alphabetical listing: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Bookmark this page to your Favorites

Featured Authors | New to AuthorsDen? | Add AuthorsDen to your Site
Share AD with your friends | Need Help? | About us


Problem with this page?   Report it to AuthorsDen
© AuthorsDen, Inc. All rights reserved.