Dark Africa Poems

Once upon a time
Behold the stream of everlasting dote 
The fiddle and a young stag 
Cute, happy, naive young love
Happiness lighten their infinite world 

Hidden...

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Like twins, we share markers of a common history,
Civilization, and knowledge; a call for unity.
The carcasses of slavery and the slave trade
Are lost in the...

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A 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...

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The Flower Seller

Amelia wares un- cuticled painted nails, 

She hop scotches a pirate on one leg, 

Tip-toeing long sun cast morning shadows,

beneath billowing hand stitched,...

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Automobile industry

At the seaside, the water signaled many colors
pale sober gin, dark hue, then bottle green and pink like a nursery rhyme
no one took notice...

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The wealthy couple

who live on an island in the Far East
but once a year, they visit Europe
every year when I see them, they have changed...

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"FIGHTING DEMON." 

There's a demon inside me,
A dark and twisted soul,
That keeps me up at night,
And won't let me let go.

It tells me I'm not...

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Love in the forenoon 

It was a struggle, a poem insisted on giving birth
I refused and insisted on abortion, as I no longer write
poetry, when...

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I can't stop thinking about you, 
how you are and what you are up to?

Did you have eating something for the day?
Are you okay?

Then there...

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I am Africa, the cradle of mankind,
Where ancient footprints in the sands of time entwined,
The birthplace of humanity, divinely designed,
In my esteemed valleys, where life...

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Don’t cry beloved mother
Your children pride in you like no other
They wonder why you are called a dark continent
blooming with beauty and splendor every moment
They...

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My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month

Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with...

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In fields where wheat shines bright as gold,
A family's tale of love unfolds.
Mother, father, fires aglow,
Brother's shelter through wars that blow.

The night is long, the...

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MELIORISM 
This world stings like the scorpion, 
And I will not filter in her tears,
This I said because I’m a champion, 
Only throwing jabs, it...

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To be truly free one must unshackle themselves. First the hand shackles followed by leg shackles. Feel them in turn flying open and free.
Now try...

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