Apr 2015
By: Cedric McClester
This is for Bartee
Who's in heaven hopefully
Dropping pearls of wisdom
Like only he could give 'em
When people started buggin'
He advocated huggin'
More huggin' less muggin' he said
Now he's dead
For him it was essential
To use his poet-tential
And everybody knew
He always had a poem or two
This is for Bartee, who inspired me
This is for Bartee
Who will always be a living memory
The D-Train poet, who could really flow it
This is for Bartee, who lives inside of me
(c) Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester. All rights reserved.
This is for Bartee
Who's in heaven hopefully
Dropping pearls of wisdom
Like only he could give 'em
When people started buggin'
He advocated huggin'
More huggin' less muggin' he said
Now he's dead
For him it was essential
To use his poet-tential
And everybody knew
He always had a poem or two
This is for Bartee, who inspired me
This is for Bartee
Who will always be a living memory
The D-Train poet, who could really flow it
This is for Bartee, who lives inside of me
(c) Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester. All rights reserved.
Richard Bartee was a New York City- based poet. He was known as the D-Train poet because he would entertain people on the D-Train with his poems, for which he would charge 26 cents. Bartee was a friend and an inspiration and was always positive.
