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Afro Poems - Poems about Afro

Afro Poems - Examples of all types of poems about afro to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for afro.
Heart of Courage
...By Cherbo Geeplay This, to the commanding officer who led his troops to war, on one knee and won in the trenches on the battlefield littered with landmines. I held your portrait sir, this......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, christmas, courage, rights, tribute,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member fUnNy-HaTs
...He rode a horse he got thrown off Onto the ground his head hit first In a pile of manure horses pie On top of his head he lie Looked like a derby hat yah! Getty-ap Laddie look lik......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, adventure, allusion, anxiety, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cupid is not Stupid
...Another Valentine’s Day alone Singing old songs writing new poems But throwing my heart in the hat For Cupid to shoot red arrow at I’m not sad rather I anticipate I’m baking new love like ......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, absence, america, boyfriend, color,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fabled
...She struts from the pages of infamy Black bold and beautiful No straightening of her Afro She owns her gorgeous Forget “The man,” She’s got things to do Not concerned with his master fet......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, beautiful, courage, fantasy, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member YOu WHO DON'T KNOW MY NAME My SpokenWord
...What's in a name, what say you man of the high mountains Euro pleasing I am not who you say that I am Elohim my first Father my true love My bridegroom He created me But yet you have renamed......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, analogy, change, destiny, discrimination,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Chapter 1-- Damian Hakim: the Making of the Man- Damian's Early Days
...Date 2008 these are Damian's Formative days. Damian Hakim Was born 2001 August 10th. 8lbs 7oz. Big baby boy! Damian Lived in west Virginia with his Mother Lucinda, father Carter Hakim and h......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, black love, color, confidence,
Form: Prose
Africa Has a New Weave
...Concrete cities of our converted land. Currencies creeping along, Naira or rand. This is Africa, should we take a stand? Helping hands strip rich rocks into their bands. Debtors demanding f......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, africa, beauty, corruption, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Freedom Walk
...Where have you been Darkened with uncertainty No place to be found Chanted spiritual songs within one’s encouraging thought I need to be free I pray to thee Thunder raw Lightening outburst Sl......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, abuse, anger, betrayal, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chapter 61-- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family --Vacation Xi
...Lunch time vacation destination Was upon the Damian Hakim Brood. Everybody was excited. Damian announced, "Family, we will be leaving 7 o'clock evening time! We're flying by private jet at ......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, business, devotion, emotions, family,
Form: Alliteration
This Should Not Be Happening In 2023
...Forget being an anarchist Forget being a feminist Forget being anti racist Her body is swaying to the sound of music A man holds her waist and they dance His fingers go lower She swats them a......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Puddin' Pop's Barbershop
...Welcome to my barber shop, Owned by the late Puddin' Pop. That's my dad's picture in the frame: Let me tell you how he earned his nickname. Back in the summer of 1984, My mom bought my sister an......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, family, growing up, humor,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Just Leave the Sixties Behind - For Once and For All
...Shout it out loud I'm black and I'm proud I use Afro-Sheen to keep my hair clean... Thirty years old, YOU're over the hill I know, I'M enlightened I drop acid an......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, giggle, history, sad, satire,
Form: Couplet
Cosmic Trane
...Hurry! Hurry! All aboard the Cosmic Trane Where the mind runs free and the soul feels no pain A location for the elevation of humanness to the existential realm of salvation Galactic spiritual......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, adventure, beautiful, feelings, freedom,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Anguish and Shame
...The anguish I feel in winter came from the times of slavery the pity I felt when I saw black people sweating for life on the other side of the Atlantic... came... from the pain I felt, but I di......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, allusion, analogy, appreciation, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unmasking 86 and Smart
...Max it's no secret Your shoe talk vote stinks so walk' No more time Biden' Afgan so no win' Disguise maybe hair afro? The jigs up Mr Smart......Read the rest...
Categories: afro, absence, america, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Senryu

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