Note: This poem is about our first book discussion The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by author Christopher Paul Curtis...This book was written from a child's perspective and it basically explored the racial hatred of that era...The four names mentioned in this poem are four little girls who were murdered simply because of their skin color.
It was a warm there in Birmingham Alabama
The sites were like that of a Panorama
The Watson’s went there on a trip
Because their oldest was too cool and hip
While they were there something bad took place
All because someone didn’t like a certain race
Four little girls were murdered that day
In a little church where they went to pray
Addie, Denise, Carole and Cynthia are now in God’s hands,
We shouldn’t have had this happen in our land
I know how it feels like to lose a child you love
To let them go, to their home above
What you feel really never goes away
The hurt, sadness and anger in your mind to stay
I hope we’ve learned from this tragedy
And we never repeat such stupidity
John B
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