Reverend Dr. Elbert P. Green

Tuskegee, Alabama

Elbert has been writing poetry since 1972 and became a serious writer after he retired from the US Army as a major and began teaching in a high school at Indianola, Mississippi. He is a licensed ordained minister who saw his works as an opportunity to reach people through putting his sermons into poetry. His works have been successfully diseminated by inclusion in twenty-nine different anthologies of poetry and published by thirteen different publishing companies. He has also been published in several newspapers, magazines and in one history book. He is the author of three books of poetry, "Poetry is Soul" "Poetry is Gold" and " The Light of The World Is Poetry". Elbert holds many honors in the field of poetry to include Who is Who in Poetry, World Of Poetry Press. He is also a life honorary member of The International Society of Poets. Elbert has been called upon to write for weddings, funerals and special occasions, His educational credits include a doctorate of philosophy in education, a doctorate of metaphysics and a honorary doctorate of divinity. He is also on two audio tapes "Sounds of Poetry".

Lonesome Lady

You find the lonesome lady always hanging around.
On the surface she seems liked where-ever she is found.
Fellows treat her after midnight just as if she is a clown.
It is obvious to a sensible person where she id bound.

At four in the morning she is still on the square.
All night she stays out and doesn't seem to care,
She is so lonesome for attention that she can't understand
These fellows are not serious and will abuse as they can.

The lonesome lady is in fact not a lady at all
She displays a low moral character while the guys have a ball.
She is pitiful alright although she doesn't know it.
There are opportunities out there but for sure she will blow it.

We pity that lonesome lady who is up all night
No man in her company will really treat her right
Guys make her feel accepted but fooling her say
She gets what she deserves and it's her fault anyway.

So lonesome lady take some advice
Keep yourself clear of the streets at night.
For those who keep respectable hours, that's right
Are the ones who find responsible husbands who will treat them right.

The Longest Minute

Each minute on the clock has sixty seconds of time in space
One second is most precious to each in the human race.
A minute can be a lifetime extended by some needed care
Imagine that your are drowning and a lifeguard is nowhere.

Have you tried to hold your breath just for a short minute or less.
Did you notice how long it seemed even as you gave it your best?
Then think of what you could do with the time seemingly so short
A minute is too long to waste from a production of some sort.

To the coach that one long minute seems to come at the end of a game
That minute seems to last so long when winning and losing aren't the same.
We start each day with a minute and take it all so light.
But it is sad to lose any minute and think that it is all right.

Each minute with sixty seconds in it is a lifetime of opportunities and hope
It can a future destroy for a youngster by a fleeting experience with dope.
So think of how you spend each minute as it is passing by
Your very life depends on how you use it is the dominate reason why.
The longest minute of the day does not always come at the end.
It is the one you miss using and has gone fleeting in the wind.
By grace you may live a long life and success could be yours too
But the longest minute of it all will be when the evening tide fall on you.