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The Collection of Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar  by Joanne M. Braxton

“When De Co’n Pone’s Hot,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the many poems I loved hearing my mother read in its original dialect.  I wanted to preserve the sound of her voice and the expressions on her face for my two children.  I wanted to capture those memories for them.  I asked her if  I could videotape her and she agreed.    The day of her funeral, my oldest niece hugged me and said, “Thanks, Aunt Subrina for creating a videotape of Grandma.”

Whether it’s through writing your own memoirs, audio taping them, videotaping oral histories, creating memory-books, a memory quilt, or heirloom cookbooks, it’s important that you record your stories and your recollections.  Take the time to capture your wonderful personal memories

A Gift of Memories Production specializes in the production of  oral history and reunion videos.

When De Co’n Pone’s Hot                           

Dey is times in life when Nature

    Seems to slip a cog an’ go

Jes’ a-rattlin’ down creation,

    Lak an ocean’s overflow;

When de worl’ jes’ stahts a spinin

    Lak a picaninny’s top,

An’ yo’ cup o’ joy is brimmin’

    “Twell it seems about to slp,

An’ you feel jes’ lak a racah,

    Dat is trainin fu’ to trot-

When yo’ manny says de blessin’

    An’ de co’n pone’s hot.

                            by

                    Paul Laurence Dunbar

Copyright February 2008