Blues
The author has hopes that the reader will identify with her writing. Her perspective is that of a woman, a mother, a wife, and a soldier. Her experiences are projected through her poetry. She wants the reader to hear, feel, and experience different emotions, and draw their own opinions and views. She expects them to relate, agree and disagree with her writing. She hopes that in many ways it provokes a sense of consciousness, by reflecting on subjects dealing with love, hate, death, and life.
The author has a particular genre of poetic style, using rhyme, free write, end rhymes, internal rhymes, and list poems, in which most tell a story. The book also contains love serenades, haiku’s, and some military poems. All that makes for a enjoyable and interesting reading. Her pin name, “Blues” represents poetic sound, color and thought. In her expressions she gives “Blues” a style of living, yet most poets would call it voice. But however way you perceive it, the dialogue should be memorable.
SFC Cunningham was born in Lawrence County Alabama in 1960, entered the military and attended Basic Training in 1988. Went to the Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Academy in Fort Lee VA. Served with the 1ST MI Battalion in Wiesbaden Germany; 326TH MI Battalion at Fort Huachuca AZ;306 MI Company Fort Huachuca AZ; 305TH QM Battalion Seoul Korea; 513TH MI Brigade; 29TH Regiment Fort Benning GA; 2-47TH Infantry Battalion Fort Benning GA; BCTB Fort Benning GA, and is presently with the 64TH Replacement Company and is due to retire in 2007. Her military awards include Meritorious Service Medal; (4) Army Accommodation Medals; (3) Army Achievement Medals; (6) Good Conduct Medals; (2) National Defense Medals; (3) Noncommissioned Professional Development Ribbons; Army Service Ribbon; (2) Overseas Ribbons; War on Terrorism Ribbon; and currently serving last overseas tour. SFC Cunningham started a Small Loan business for small business and a Independent Associate Director with Pre-Paid Legal Services. Her plans after retiring from the military is to go on to manage her husband fencing business, and finish her degree in Military Science. Her goal is for her poems to one day become a classic and read in schools and colleges as a 20th Century Classic by an American soldier.
BLUES
A feeling of deep color like the ocean depths, waves lashing as if to reach for help
Feeling the richness of sounds so thick, beating to smooth out my savory mix
Cool as its color, a melody of strength, tasteful as winter, barriers of content
Do you hear my music? I’m playing for you, emotions raging with pulsation decent
Can you feel my body rhythm? Can you feel the beat? Running faster and faster looking to retreat
Struggling at each breath I take, never wanting to awake
Can you hear my music ear, in search of love, driven by fear
My song is of love, a sound so sweet; my patience is long, until we meet
Blues is my name, both sound and of color, such a single flower, you’ll never find another
Understand my tune, listen for its touch, live your days of color, Blues offers so much
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CELL PHONE SURRENDER
Cell phone…No dial tone
Where have my love gone
Vibrate, gyrate, leaving me all alone
Hold on…No dial tone
I’ll be with you in just a minute
You’re on my line, you’re on my time
Unaware of who’s all in it
Hold on…No dial tone
I’ll answer you in the order you phoned
Patiently waiting to speak with you
Don’t keep me waiting long
Hold on…No dial tone
I’m just another number
My name, my voice, a second thought
To see if you remembered
Hold on…No dial tone
Another busy signal
Don’t waste your time, to stand in line
There’s nothing to rekindle
Hold on … No dial tone
Ego’s or so inflated
Trying to understand, to see if you’re my man
Relationships are what you make it
Not long ago with sentiment, with someone I often dated
Digital tone…Cellular phone
Can you please hold on, in a second, I’ll flash back
Your lover is already gone
Hold on…No dial tone surrendered to a Cell Phone
