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Poetry Et cetera is
a website to honor the very heart and soul of an exceptional writer, The
Twenty-First (21st) Century Visual Poet,
America's Visual Poet,
The Queen Of Visual Poetry,
Deborah Young. Deborah Young weaves undeniably, distinctive visual
poetry, stage plays, children's stories, screenplays, short stories, free verse
poetry, dramatic poetry, lyric poetry
and narrative poetry.
The author, Deborah Young readily and humbly accepts Time Magazine
acknowledgment as a
2006 Person of the Year, contact
the
Visual Poet Check out Visual Poetry
page and Diary
of a Visual Poet
Deborah Young
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Deborah Young is a poet, children's author, playwright, visual poet and a
screenwriter.
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Deborah Young is a native of Natchez, Mississippi. Natchez was home to novelist,
Richard Wright author of
The Native Son,
Black Boy. The 1st U.S.
black concert singer, the Black Swan
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield. An African prince,
Ibrahima.
A historian, John R. Lynch.
An
author of
Under Fire with the Tenth U.S. Calvary
and 1915 Black Who's Who,
Charles Alexander.
An author and poet of Souvenir Poems,
Edward Smythe Jones. The diarist, William Johnson. The jazz musician,
Clarence Bud Scott, etc.
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Deborah Young is the first and only writer to honor human beings sold into slavery at the Natchez,
Mississippi historical site, the Forks of the Road
with visual poetry,
poem, stage play and screenplay.
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Deborah Young is the first
and only writer to honor United States Presidents, Deacons for Defense and
Justice,
Military Service Members,
Negro Baseball Leagues, Baby Boomers, The Young and the Restless and
Inauguration of Barack Obama as President
of the United States with visual
poetry.
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Deborah Young is the first and only known writer to simultaneously honor the
outgoing and incoming United States presidents,
Former
President William Jefferson Clinton
and
Former President George W. Bush with published poems on an
inauguration day, January 20, 2001 President
Clinton, Recognize Rather Than Pulverize,
Texas' Son, Song Of Unison
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Deborah Young is the first and only writer to honor the victims of the 1940
Rhythm Night Club
fire,
Natchez, Mississippi with visual poetry, a poem
No Mo' Rhythm's Beat, The Rhythm Night Club
and screenplay Rhythm,
The Rhythm Night Club Story
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Deborah Young is the writer, who has boldly addressed the HIV, AIDS epidemic in
one of the longest, poignant poems written Oh Brothers, Oh Sistuhs
a screenplay Reality Slumber
and stage play
Oh Brothers, Oh Sistuhs
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Visual
Poetry
God's Gemstones Visual Poem - Cross
...God, grant us the gift of happiness
So sadness' sting, is never, never known
Jesus died on the cross, all alone
So, we'll not perish or never, ever be lost...
Copyright by Deborah Young
An Excerpt from God's Gemstones
An inspirational poem of human compassion
An Abbreviated List Of Deborah Young's Published Poems
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Your Day
a poem to honor a
deceased mother's birthday
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Father a Father's Day poem to thank a caring father
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Forks of the Road
a poem about human beings sold into slavery at the historical site, the
Forks
of the Road, the 19th
century's, 2nd largest slave trading site in the South, located in Natchez,
Mississippi
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Godspeed, Father Dear
a poem honoring a deceased father
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Players of Valor
a
poem about African American baseball players in the
Negro Baseball
Leagues
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Stolen Dignity
a poem about
the effects of slave trading
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Soul Food
a poem about the origins and joys of African -
American food
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Buffalo Soldier
A poem honoring the African - American soldiers, the
Buffalo Soldiers
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Godspeed, Julius
a poem to honor a deceased uncle
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Ancestors Call, Appalled
a poem about the call for African American pride & dignity
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President Clinton, Recognize, Rather than Pulverize
an
inaugural poem honoring the exit of presidential post January 20, 2001
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Texas' Son, Song of Unison
an inaugural poem honoring the
entrance of presidential post January 20, 2001
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The American Creed
a 9/11 poem of patriotic response
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