Lena (Monday Poem)

by J. Patrick Lewis

Instead
Of her
              Most famous song,
"Stormy
Weather,"
              She sang one long,
Strong word,
"Free-eeee-dommmm!"
              And that would be
One fine
Eight-second
              Symphony.



from Voices from the March on Washington Poems by J. Patrick Lewis and George Ella Lyon, 2014, WordSong