Poem - People Equal by James Berry Read Along
*James Earl ( September 28, 1924 – June 20, 2017) was a Jamaican poet who settled in England in the 1940s.
*Presentation created by Yarnell Ball of Read Art Loud
People Equal
By James Berry
Some people shoot up tall.
Some hardly leave the ground at all.
Yet-people equal. Equal.
One voice is a sweet mango.
Another is a non-sugar tomato.
Yet-people equal. Equal.
Some people rush to the front.
Others hang back, feeling they can’t.
Yet-people equal. Equal.
Hammer some people, you meet a wall.
Blow hard on others, they fall.
Yet-people equal. Equal.
One person will aim at a star.
For another a hilltop is too far.
Yet-people equal. Equal.
Some people get on with their show.
Others never get on the go.
Yet-people equal. Equal.