
EUGENE B. REDMOND, POET LAUREATE,
EAST ST. LOUIS VISITS SPRINGFIELD
the master poet came
poet poeting poetry
the master drummer came
drumming drumming drumming
habari gani, mwalimu,
habari gani, asanthene
habari gani, Oba
NGOMA, the master drummer
NOMMO, the master poet
the master drummer came drumming
& the evil spirits fled.
You, the man/I, the woman,
We, the people
