Black African American Abc Poems

As he comes in from the hustle and bustle of the worlds ups and downs
Desiring to be greeted with a smile not a frown

He could...

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On this field
Is where I was born
And in these fields I will be buried they say

I watch my mom pick cotton 
For the white colony...

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Strength of a Black woman.
Paths of destiny. 
Passing time, down a road
That was only meant to be. 
Directions and sights.
Learning to do what's right.
Building my...

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First day of autumn,
Far more sacred almost
Than my own birthday.
For on this day,
A long time ago, I fell in love with
A breeze falling from your...

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Today                        ...

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?*The Promise Of Love*?

Promise Of Love
Under An Ocean Filled With Feelings
Where wild thoughts take place 
But at a low race
Emotions And Emotions Killing Blurred Thoughts...

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In the raging sun of summer time
The blowing wind of the winter
In the harvest time of sweet autumn
The divine feeling of the spring touch
We are...

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I long for you, Igbere.
My soul cries out for you.
All the time; everywhere.
Only for you.
My mother; 
There is no other.

For many moons and many nights,...

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I need me some Dutch chocolate in my life.
That Tyrese chocolate.
I'm talking that coffee black.
Once you had it like that.
Ain't no coming back.
White teeth shining.
As...

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I  black like my mother cooking pot,
Beautiful  like her tender heart.

Am the same like you, 
No difference between us, lovers of animals,
Smarter than...

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On a journey to find my way home.
With God, I have found 
that I'm never alone.
On my way home.
Searching for the pieces 
to mend the...

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Fake hair,
The profound cancer
Of beauty without brains
To African people,
Hair that is not washed
With water!

Give me that kinky
Raw rare African woman,
Hair bathed with honey,
That's what I...

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I know a woman whom resembles a Queen 
Her eloquent features inspire me 
A mellow song she sings with her voice 
And radiant eyes to...

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 Bullets and Bars

There goes another one
Shot or put behind bars
Put behind bars with battle scars 
Scars from protests
Ones from which whites try to contest
These...

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Sadness
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Ignorance is bliss so I hear, sadness fills the room mixed with fear, my time here is shallow, from the sickened words they hear, I...

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Poem: If I could give back

I give back this slave name that these white masters gave us~I give back all the beatings that our ancestors...

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She chuckles like the sun and strikes into every soul like an arrow
 She Glitters like the black stones of the cradle land
No man resists...

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I can still smell the fresh paint from walking on to the ship. So as I walk on the ship, through the halls, it was...

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My skin is in error.
Now I am clothed in revile and terror.
Flesh was stitched to my hands to feel, to touch.
However, the snares of men...

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Shaking trees,...

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