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Poetic Thoughts - The Amazing Pearl White - by C.W. Pruitt II
posted: Jul. 16, 2020

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The Amazing Pearl White
My friend, neighbor, and mentor Pearl White does not like to be called amazing. She turns and returns all glory to God.
She graduated magna cum laude from Martin University at age 88. She recently had her first book published at age 90. Pearl suffered through the brutal segregation of Indianapolis, yet raised four children who received advanced degrees from America's finest Universities.
I see Pearl White as a pillar of strength and one of the greatest inspirations of my life. In her book `A String of Pearls' Pearl passes on Christian inspiration in many short chapters. She also shares stories of the power of a woman open to God's will.
In the back of the book are poems that Pearl composed across decades. Below is a poem she wrote during her Senior year at Crispus Attucks High School:

Looking Around

(1)
Today's work is almost done;
Tomorrow's work has not begun.
But when I see tomorrow's sun
I'll have work left from today to be done,
For I've been looking around.

(2)
The sun is setting o'er the hill,
The leaves of the tree are even still.
But my mind's at a ponder
Whether my feet should wander,
From just looking around.

(3)
So, when evening falls my friend,
Let's have a kind word or deed to lend.
And never be regretful of the past,
While we save the best to last,
For it's the only good in looking around.

Pearl A. White
1933



cw@broadripplegazette.com
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