A Natural Woman

She writes like Maya

She sings like Aretha

She dreams like Coretta

She reads like Oprah

She speaks like Barbara

She plays like Serena

She rocks like Tina

She rolls like Donna

She entertains like Diana

She cures like Maria

She paints like Edmonia

She kicks like Mia

She runs like Wilma

She throws like Lisa

She boxes like Laila

She dances like Anna

She skates like Surya

She invents like Patricia

She revolts like Angela

She influences like Condoleezza

She paints like Edmonia

She smiles like Mona Lisa

She loves like a mother

She protects like a tiger

She prays like Mother Theresa

And she cooks like momma.

Dear readers, you can add more

A natural woman is never poor

Please, beloved friends, be kind

To come up with more in your mind

She tumbles like Simone

She philosophizes like Simone

She quilts like Betsy

She laughs like Whoopi

She jokes like Leslie

She sings like Marie

She speed skates like Maame

She flies like Mae

She exercises like Gabby

She educates like Mary

She fights like Dorothy

She explores like Stephanie

She sounds like Winnie

She creates like Margaret

She dares like Harriet

She runs like Marion

She entertains like Josephine

She legislates like Maxine

She sows like Catherine

She teaches like Gwendolyn

She lifts like Ernestine

She acts like Diahann

She reports like Diane

She speaks like Michelle

She is serious like Michelle

She is strong like Althea

She is talented like Augusta

She is defiant like Cicely

She is brave like Shirley

She is normal like Marilyn

She is fearless like Maxine

She is relaxed like Rosa

She is inquisitive like Barbara

She challenges like Phyllis

She swings like Chris

She plays like Alice

She is talented like Venus

She is pretty like a flower

And she is like our mother.

A natural woman is not perfect

She deserves honor and respect

She needs love everyday

From trouble, she never runs away

Please add more to this poem

And do not curse or blaspheme

She writes like Maya

She sings like Aretha

She dreams like Coretta

She reads like Oprah

She speaks like Barbara

She plays like Serena

She prays like Mother Theresa

And she cooks like our mama.

Copyright © August 2018, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved

                                                                        Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.