A Poem by Eddie Draper, a Mississippi Poet

My Angel Must Have Just One Wing

My angel must have

just one wing

She does not visit oft'-

But when she soars

around my realms

my spirits break on loft---

My angel must have

just one wing

my luck no constant streak---

But what beauty - 'neath that wing

Protector's guiding meek---

My angel must have

just one wing

Oh fly my way and light-

And curl your web

and drape my soul

I need your wing tonight---

by Eddie Draper

Mr. Draper, a native of the Mississippi Delta, now lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee where he is a songwriter and musician.

"Horizons of My Heart"

Recently, I ran across a poem written by Mississippi Delta native, Eddie Draper, and I would like to share it with you here today. Draper is a songwriter and musician who lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee.

Horizons of my heart
Sunsets of my youth
Landscapes still remembered
Not forgotten in my view--
Panorama's panacea
Promising my plight
I pledge thy podium
Oh tonight--thy pulpit is my might--
Longin' for a laurel world
No speech--no sound-no curse--
A vestige of pious realms
No ignorance--yet verse--
Sonnets on a sunset
Float to truthful plains--
Never waving--constant course
Oh, venue long remain--
Horizons of my heart
Oh, faithful one who speaks--
Tread me not on paradox
But pay my toll to seek---

by Eddie Draper