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Harrowing FigI hold on the fig upon the tree, it cannot fall too far from it
if I were to pull upon it, surely it will not stay in tranquility,
as I hold it in my bear hands,...
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Categories:
black african american, 10th grade, anxiety, black
Form: Bio
Hinder me, O heartYears ago seems like weeks ago, weeks feels like days
Of me seeing you in so many ways, such light that won’t fade
The past from me nor these sparkes say, how deeply your refinement affect...
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Categories:
black african american, 10th grade, black african
Form: Rhyme
A talk with the SkyOne day I’m gonna fly
I promise the sky
I do not know why
But I’m gonna try
For my dream will not dry
Because I will not die
Until I touch the sky
To myself...
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Categories:
black african american, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Love BoatIndigo ink dreams
Dripping from heart
Tattoos tongue with kinetic kiss
Green electric buzz like sip
Of fine blueberry wine so sweet
Dreamy turquoise love touch
Filling me up with red desire
On fire for your romantic antic
Sweeping me off my feet
Carrying...
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Categories:
black african american, appreciation, beach, black african
Form: Free verse
Script Writer vs PoetYou capture me with your radiant smile
Hearty bold laugh impassive and vexing
Little grey hairs in your barely there beard
Needling your chocolate chin for years
Your artistic style and fashion sense
In a suit that could pay...
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Categories:
black african american, appreciation, art, black african
Form: Free verse
Kill meKill me
Kill me
Kill me
Give me
Give me
Give me
Give me
Give me
Give me
Give me…
… my life
Kill me
Kill me
Be mine
Be mine
Be my…
…My heart
My heart
My heart
You good
Perfect
I need you
You love
Love
Love
Be love
Be love
My love
My love
I need
I need
I want
I want
Love
Love.
Feel me
Feel me
Touch...
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Categories:
black african american, life,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
black african american, africa, america, bible, black
Form: Free verse
RomanticRed eyes don’t lie we are sleeping less
Only because making love is the best
Medicinal soul making my lips confess
And we already know love as a test
Neon nibbles love bites on brown neck
Teal thrills causing silky...
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Categories:
appreciation, black african american,
Form: Acrostic
What is Black Beauty?"What is Black Beauty?"
" I asked myself what is Black Beauty?
when looking at myself in the mirror."
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Categories:
beauty, black african american,
Form: I do not know?
What is Black Beauty?"What is Black Beauty?"
" I asked myself what is Black Beauty?
when looking at myself in the mirror."
...
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Categories:
black african american, africa, america, beauty, black
Form: I do not know?
ChainsWearing bonds invisible
Yet indestructible.
Find them.
Free them.
Bring them home.
Traffick, pimp, and whore,
And some are just next door.
Find them.
Free them.
Bring them home.
Some talk of peculiar institutions,
Others speak of restitutions.
Find them.
Free them.
Bring them home.
Slavery is alive and well...
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Categories:
black african american, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Lost and BlackA black girl lost in the world,
Feeling like she doesn't belong,
Her skin is a shade that stands out,
In a society that tells her she's wrong.
She walks the streets with a heavy...
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Categories:
black african american, adventure, africa, anxiety, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Love Letter of SummerBy Cherbo Geeplay
Summer is yet to come and may
never come. She's stirring in an
August noon, sitting on the long
plateaus of these fields so far
from our grasp. The rice
...
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Categories:
appreciation, black african american,
Form: Elegy
Beg for LoveBy Cherbo Geeplay
“Don’t die,” his mother cried
by his hospital bed, weeping.
“I will be fine,” he managed
to mutter under thick
breath, the...
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Categories:
black african american, class,
Form: Free verse
On My Journey To Find MeOn My Journey To Find Me
Soulful eyes, Rich with stories untold
A heritage of strength and a heart of gold
Late 30’s
A prime of life’s unfold
A decade of wisdom, earned through trials bold
My skin a canvas of...
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Categories:
black african american, age, appreciation, black african
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Black African American Poems
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