Nappy Hair Poems

Hair brain glob pores;
Scape congested cog webs spores;
Covered chrome top
Afro?


4/5/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2021...

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which is concerned
might convey
 the necessity 
and in it's 
urgency of it's need
to coney these
 thoughts
as concerns to
vocalize the
 need of proper
means of having
 words...

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Who’s been wearing my house slippers,
I wanna know
Somebody’s been steaming up
my bathroom shower window

I wanna know
who’s been sleeping in my bed
Leaving on my pillow,
golden strands...

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Little black boy and little black girl wear your natural hair with love.
For years we have been told that our natural hair was kinky, nappy,
bad,...

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Little black boy and black girl wear your natural hair with love
For years we have been told that our natural hair was kinky, nappy, bad,...

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The hair sits on my head like it's a throne
And I'm a heir to the heritage
Generations of my people passed this 
crown on to me...

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I'm a black woman and I cry
I'm a black woman and I cry 
You've been telling me 
all my life
that everything was going to be...

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soft
raven
jet 'BLACK'

short
puffy
afro 'BLACK'

thick
matted
tangled hair

unstyled
unkempt
headscarf
seals my 'BLACK'

thick
course
wavy
nappy headed grave


coil
curl
twist
my fingertips 
pleasant sore
my 'BLACK' hair scorn


rapunzel hair weave
creamy crack relaxer
black hair hatred
hair expresses rotten 


yet and still...

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My dark skin is beautiful
My nappy hair is styled with care
That is my view of natural features
Blessed I am, to share

Time travel to another place
Kings...

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My Black African nappy hair
to cut low is not fair.
I am bold in the middle.
Some grows out and some grows in
some are thick and some...

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Eye do not mix my peas and corn in my potatoes as is the wanton some mix fruit 
with meat and it always spoils the...

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