Reprogramming, a Poem by Mary Harwell Sayler
We talk to people on TV – complaining about products and fake news. We tell the weatherman, “You’re wrong again!” and criticize his coat, his hair, his shoes. We shout against the violence, wars, and crime. We cry about the bigotry on the streets – our outrage raving on and on, without getting up from our comfy seats. Mary Harwell Sayler began reading the Bible and writing poems in childhood and never stopped! Eventually, she placed over 2,500 poems, prayers, articles, childr