Lillian E. Mitchum

photo by Lance M. Mitchum

CONTACT

312-560-1620

Lillian E. Mitchum
Chicago, Illinois

BIO

Lillian E. Mitchum has a BS in Behavioral Science, and is presently a substitute teacher for the Board of Education. She has presented her poetry at the Beverly Woods Library, Borders Bookstore, nursing homes, schools and churches. One of her poems was published in the Chicago Independent Bulletin Newspaper, and she has done book signings at the Chicago Expo. She is listed in Who's Who in America and can be found on the Writers Gazette writersgazette.com/lillianmitchum.shtml

Lillian is also a playwright and has had readings at the NU Stage Theatre and the ETA Theater, and one of her plays about domestic violence is scheduled to be performed in summer 2008 for the Chicago Police Department. She has presented her poetry at Beverly Woods Library with Jennifer Brown-Banks and A.D. Moore.

PUBLICATIONS

Where is the Love?- Ebony Energy Publishing, 2005 - $14.95
Bold from the Soul - Spiritual Healing, Ebony Energy Publishing, 2003 - $10.00

Both books available from amazon.com

BOOKINGS

2008

POEM

HURRICANE KATRINA

Hurricane Katrina she came whirling,
blowing, hovering over New Orleans
down Arkansas and Mississippi too
who do you blame because help
came not too soon.

Faith to amazing grace we humbling
ourselves to thee, cries about
tomorrow reminiscent of yesterday
bouncing around and around in search
of our future and just maybe new
goals too.

Political politician came too late
they must have though they were
watching the late night show or
a Sci Fi movie.

Down pour the water and the levees
too, cities brought to their knees
by Hurricane Katrina, they say race
and class play a big role, who would
have thought?

Katrina's deal these cards the deuce
became wild and the joker too,
people are dying, crying and still
being displaced.

History will be told for many years
the cat was let out of the bag about
race and class in the land of the free.

Lillian E. Mitchum

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