Hope African Poems

Is there a possibility 
found ground up homes posted
and supported keeping the world
just the way it is peace or pains
welcome on to the blizzard falls
I...

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We set upon a journey 
That would make us great
We decided to love our neighbors 
Instead of embracing hate

We opened our hearts to the poor
A...

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Let every whispered wish take flight,
Each prayer cast upward through the night,
Let none be lost, let none decay —
But turn their path another way.

Let not...

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It falls with grace.
Metallic bawls hail the strength of zinc roofs.
At the mercy of the thatch,
Drops drip from needle points of skeletal
Palm fronds.
Particles of rain...

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Written By:  D. Collins 7/7/25


I know the names of some of the greatest to ever dawn black skin.
Dr. Charles Drew, Miles Davis, Malcolm X,...

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To have your picture on the face of a stamp,
Is a honor reserved for the ones who cultivated change
Among the mèlange of inspiring faces,
Lays the...

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… after Langston Hughes


You know how they do. They say that  
we run, that we fit descriptions, but justice  
ain’t blind, she just...

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Hope and revelation is within
You can see it around thou, You can feel it within thyself
The pearly gates open withn thou, Thou understands and knows...

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Nothingness knows my name…

It shames me even when i’m in the middle of everyone 

I lost all hope hopping for the kindest gestures

I’ve crawled between...

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Just look carefully at you and me,
Innocent victims of bigoted inequality,
In a nation physically built via bigotry,
Of the sweat, the blood, and death,
Of our ancestors...

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Father, because of you I feel so relaxed,
Through You today I'll chill.
Let all be well inside my heart,
Because calmness is your will.
I'll take it easy...

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Introducing my dual identities:
To the public eye I am Jonnie Jupiter, the easy-going, polite, kind, thoughtful human being who is larger than life itself
Behind closed...

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Whether you're in a prison,
Or a hospital bed confined.
Yours might just be a 9 to 5,
We all are still doing time.
Our conscience is our jury,
Declaring...

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How can we conceal the idea of being a powerful race
When the identity of our ancestors is right in our face

We need to look in...

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Point of view
By:  Jordan Small

I'm scared of you and the power of your words.
Your whispers are louder than my shouts.
My screams go unheard while...

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