Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life
February 18, 2015

moss-laden oaks loom

In 1950 we moved from Southern California to the Deep South. I was 7 ½. This haiku and poem capture my night-time introduction to our new rural community. We’re about 15 miles outside Savannah, Georgia.

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moss-laden oaks, magenta azaleas

moss-laden oaks loom
magenta azaleas blaze
deep south path through woods 

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Late summer, 1950

It’s past midnight

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February 18, 2015

Dear Dad, It’s African American History Month.

Race in Deep South 1950s, o-GR-900

Dear Dad,
It’s African American History Month, and I’ve been thinking about our family history in the Deep South during the 1950s. We moved there from Southern California in the early 1950s. Total culture shock for me. I wonder what it was like for you.

I never knew you as anything but my father the ordained clergyman. Read the rest of this entry »

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