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African American Poems - Examples of all types of poems about african american to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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A talk with the Sky
One 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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Marilyn Shila
Categories:
african american,
1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Free verse
Love Boat
Indigo 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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©
Karen Jones
Categories:
african american,
appreciation, beach, black african
Form:
Free verse
Script Writer vs Poet
You 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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Karen Jones
Categories:
african american,
appreciation, art, black african
Form:
Free verse
Kill me
Kill 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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Vilmos Zoltan Galyo
Categories:
black african american, life,
Form:
Free verse
Christ
Just because Christ is White Does not mean he is a Racist...
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Edward Johnson
Categories:
african american,
africa, america, bible, black
Form:
Free verse
Romantic
Red 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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Karen Jones
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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Sappharine Gumbs
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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Sappharine Gumbs
Categories:
african american,
africa, america, beauty, black
Form:
I do not know?
Chains
Wearing 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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Frederick Leeper
Categories:
black african american, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Lost and Black
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 her she's wrong. She walks the streets with a heavy...
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Rhaziah Clark
Categories:
african american,
adventure, africa, anxiety, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Letter of Summer
By 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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Cherbo Geeplay
Categories:
appreciation, black african american,
Form:
Elegy
Beg for Love
By 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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Cherbo Geeplay
Categories:
black african american, class,
Form:
Free verse
On My Journey To Find Me
On 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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Takila Woolridge
Categories:
african american,
age, appreciation, black african
Form:
Rhyme
Let's Be Human
Let’s be human Let’s be men and women Let’s be humane Let’s be absolutely sane Let’s not be black Let’s not be white Let’s be just, fair and right Let’s go back Let’s return to Alkebulan So all can head to Heaven Let’s go back...
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Hebert Logerie
Categories:
african american,
africa, allah, bible, black
Form:
Rhyme
Wet Nurse
Women who worked as Enslaved wet nurse Treated like cattle often worse Never allowed to eat well Unfortunately her body breast swell Raped in spirit, mind, and body Suckling masters infant Even before her own baby ...
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Karen Jones
Categories:
african american,
abuse, america, baby, black
Form:
Acrostic
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