African American Poems - Poems about African American

Black lives matter is a statement of love not a statement of hate So please erase the confusion from your face I wish they could hear but they're to busy spraying mace in my face They keep...Read More

Be ye prepared to lay it down yet? Be ye weak and weaker still, from all the carry’n? Be ye tired, bitter-hard from all the griev’n? Be ye prepared to lay it down? Lifted precious broken...Read More

my country tis of thee allow me to speak unapologetically courageous and daring in my dark brown discriminated skin nine ether curls, i smirkishly grin residing in country in a state of not enough love exerting way too much hate...Read More

What is your Worth What is your worth? when you feel less than enough. What is your worth? When you feel lost in a dying love. What is your worth? Family...Read More

Discrimination Black nor white we shouldn't care It doesn't matter...Read More

Chocolate Smooth, that’s what I am Smooth like silk Chocolate layers of sweetness engulf my soul Creamy, dreamy double layers of chocolate A desired possession, but can’t you see, I am preserved by God, His...Read More

«You raise me up» «You raise me up» played on the radio It made me feel good, and just a little bit sad Sad because when we lift each other up We raise us up, by lowering someone else Those...Read More

Time is a message Written on top of the ceiling "Time's a fleeting."...Read More

Sojourner to far-flung climes; When you return, Will you remember the evening songs Chorused by chirping under the baobab tree? Will you still remember the fame of the great hunter Whose courage put the forest sprite to flight? Earning him the...Read More

Tamper and steal Go ahead make a meal...Read More

Life is dull but beautiful Coffee makes you dutiful Coffee is a sunny day Coffee is as my lips would say A most beautiful way to say "I care";...Read More

I was most definitely surprised by your visit today I want to let you know given the energy I feel from you I can assure you without a shadow of a doubt That I see a niche market...Read More

Paint a picture wit my poetry, young brothas killing each other over faces of white men, we were sold a false definition of success, the means to get this success, is controlled by the one...Read More

coming from the streets, where you might have to rob a nigga just to eat, I sit back and I think where is God at, Iam searching for that spirit, my people lost and don't...Read More

Stand to close to me and you might burn, your can never reach God's son, the walking dead never learn, a body of fire so hot it would melt your heart, we so use to...Read More