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Poetry and Monologues

This is the revised "Letter from Anne Hathaway to William Shakespeare, Upon the Death of her son, Hamnet."

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I post this awn my website to amend for the lack of a quote for "King John" in the original writing.

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For the play about Christopher and Will,

Dear husband, it is I, your simple maid

I trust the city sun shines bright for you

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The village chorus here calls for guidance

They who once cleaned the chapel of its art

Now place above the font a white washed wall

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Oh my husband, loving, sweet son of Stratford

Pardon these unseemly verses I weave

I fathom but you know I struggle to read

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And so I clasp the man's hand who writes for me

Listening for tidings I loathe to give

Our son Hamnet is no longer living

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I hear the child sing and speak your name

Like a risen saint, he calls my name too

But a stanchion holds your head in London’s grip

To serve your unelegant wit to unwieldy crowds

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Grief fills the room of our absent child,

        like you spoke in "King John"

But he lies not in his bed

He walks not up and down

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Yet he sings, and bids you to pray for Christopher

He left the world smiling, singing a hymn

“Let me join the angels, O Lord, let me in”

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Dallas Hall, 2023 November with Mom
by Sara Kumar

Workers unions, equal pay
Workers unions
Equal pay

Two history teachers sitting in the back row
Two history teachers sitting in the back row

I subbed in a music class and saw how hard a job it was
I taught chemistry and it was tough

Workers unions
Equal pay

Mr. Leonhardt, can we talk through something for some minutes?
Where do you dine on the regular?
I need to see a teacher asking this one day:
Do we need to work so many hours?
Cause I've seen children wasting time and if we cut an hour off                         
     I could lesson plan at school and cook dinner at home

Workers unions, equal pay
Note to self: what’s really happening with writers in LA?
I'm praying and paying to work, and I'm just wanting to know 
What's really the situation?
Note from above: And we need guud pay, and we need guud pay

I've worked so many jobs, and I'm so happy now
Thank God for dat
Two history teachers in the back row
Two history teachers in the back row
May they work with love
May they work with love

Announce this, Dr. Leondhart: We are a nation sprung from immigrants
Dr. Leonhardt, you talked about Philip Randolph, you talked with love
Randolph worked with love and sat at FDR's desk and said
I didn't go to Harvard; I went to City College
And they laughed
And he made a deal to help African Americans find werk, during WWII for  
     guud pay
And he stood with Martin at the March on Washington, and I think about 
     Dr. Martin's speech dat day almost everyday now
Workers unions, Equal Pay and what I need to say is this one day:
We need to werk on immigration, really, Mr. President
It will help strengthen your platform and people will listen to you

Invest R&D here
Laws that guide and protect and do so in a timely way
Laws that guide and protect and do so in a timely way
Laws that guide and protect and do so in a timely way
And penalties that are humane



I've hired illegal workers for too little pay at a church 
     that needed to help them become citizens
And I tried especially hard in one case 
     but the laws didn't help us like we needed
They will pay taxes and build families because they are runnin from 
     something not guud many times

Invest R&D here
Organize with love like Barack was doing with Michelle in South Side
Invest here
And watch them become lawyers and engineers
And note, they will vote but that's not the only reason why 
Invest here
Because I want to hire them to act and dance one day 
And I'll sit at a desk and reach out my hand 
Hamilton came from St. Croix

From California

And I miss 
Pears
Like I miss
Pears
But I miss Julia
Like I  miss Julia

U.S. Grant
to his wife in NYC
 

LOVE LETTER WITH GOD

 Years of love if we can with God's grace:)))

COMBINED EXPERIENCE

Love the true obvious parts and
true parts that are not obvious.

Love the truth and
the true parts that are loving.

Love kind and true words and gestures too.
Kind words need practice and prayer too.
Love needs practice and prayer too.

This man loved this man.
This woman loved this man.
Jesus loved them true.

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I write fer you, Lord Jesus

AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION FOR LOVELY PURPOSE 'O LUV
These works 'o mercy I humbly offer up to you, 
         Lord Jesus.     You may click awn da right leaf
                                               or left leaf or top stem.
 
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And in 1998, I saw mustard seed flowers

       in full bloom in the month of January

              near Jaipur

And I saw them yella like a crayon

And in 2011, I thought about Boxing Day in Londen-

                                                                                      town

 

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And St. Nicholas was Italian, wasn't he?

And butterflies like the color yellow

And I needs a yellow box for a sweatshirt from

                                                                                     SMU

And St. Nicholas was a bishop, wasn't he?

And we'll always need crayons I'll say

           We'll always need crayons








             DOLLY LOVED               GOD SO
             DON'T                         WORSHIP $$
             LOVE WID LUV,
AND CAESAR CAN HAVE
SOME MONEY TOO
CHRIST IS THE HEAD
OF THIS HOUSEHOLD
SAID A SIGN
I LOVE COFFEE AND GOD
LET PEOPLE 
REST WHEN THEY
NEED GUUD REST
MY HEART IS NOT
RESTLESS
ME HEART RESTS IN GOD, AND TRUST IN HIM
DON'T YIELD TO DIVIDE
AVOCATION AND
VOCATION

THANKS BE TO GAWD
THANKS BE TO GOD
THANKS BE TO 
OUR BLESSED TRINITY

FOR LIFE FOR ALL

PRAISE HIM
 


I lived in Singapore
durin the spring semester
of 10th grade year.

I went to Singapore American School for 11th and 12th grades
                                                  and for half of 10th grade year.
 

I went to Albright Middle School in Houston, Texas in Alief ISD.

St. Nicholas was buried in Myra,
in present-day Turkey, at his church.
Some of his relics are at a basilica in Bari, Italy.

 

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Let justice be so beautiful here
We need mercy so much, y'all
The just woman needs God
      To see prudently what is just and not to judge

I need to study history well, y'all
I need to study rhyme and rhythm too

I love to engage with my community and to share my love of plays and poetry with neighbor.

 

From workshops to readings, I love to help God make meaningful connections and to participate in loving and living and praying to our lovely Creator God.

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Let Slavery End Now, Lord Jesus.

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Teaching Artist for Artseed in San Francisco (CLICK HERE)

Teaching Artist of The Rhapsody Theatre (CLICK HERE)

·       Co-Director and Actress for “The Jungle Book,” adapted by Stuart Paterson, August 2014

             And we talked about a woman who didn't want to play a snake,

                 and snakes can be loving at times when they are truly snakes.

             And the children wanted to be children and talk about monkeys.   

·       Co-Director of “Widow of No Importance,” a play by Shane Sakhrani, March 2014

             And Deepa and Tara were such important women.

·       Director of “Partition,” a play by Ira Hauptman, August 2013

             And I met a man again who loved Ramanujan.

             And I needed to be more humble, and I am so sorry for my sins, Lord.

·       Actress for “Dial 1-888-India” by Anuvab Pal, February 2011

  And I thought about the effects of Western culture awn India, and I cried.

·       Writer and Director for “The Rainbow Room,” April 2010

             And I needed to think more about da Gospel of John.

·       Co-Director for “Naaga Mandala”, a play by Girish Karnad, February 2007

             And I wrote an email about a woman

needing true help from God.

·       Assistant Director and Actress for “Italian American Reconciliation” by John Patrick Shanley, February 2006

             And the character in the play needed an older female friend.

·       Music Director and Producer for “Bricks and Lyrics,” a play by Abhijat Joshi, August 2005

    And I thought about poetry and building a home.  

·       Writer and Director of a one-act play entitled “Pahachaan,” August 2003

             And I needed friends at an audition.

Colorful Dream Poem BookGuadalupe Radio with Dave Palmer
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We pray for everyone who was 
involved in the play I wrote entitled, 
"Magdalene," that we produced
in Houston in May of 2012.



I'm so grateful to the Columbia 
University MFA Playwriting Cohort
2012-2015. I didn't finish the degree
with you all, but I learned so much
in one month's time.

I'm so grateful for my Engineering
degree at Rice University and for
my arts degree in Faith and Culture
at the University of St. Thomas
in Houston, Texas.
MF

A Regent Stands In For Another 
   And Helps With God's Grace

We Are Truly Adopted 
   Into A Royal Family With Humility And Luv

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I love you, sweet friend.

Save us from smoking, and let us remember Langston Hughes with love.

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We Worship You, Lord Jesus.               1, 3

We pray for beautiful family :)))

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