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Bacca Poems - Poems about Bacca


Waist Bead Lover

...Hey I'm not obsessed, that's not evil..
your mind is just full of evil that you can't see 
beauty in handmade.. 

Don't criticize, just look at your woman's waist 
without a waistband that's a w...
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Categories: bacca, 11th grade, addiction, beauty,
Form: Free verse

Shiny Nickels

...Mama ate her collard greens with raw onions, pinching a 
morsel of greens with sweet cornbread, as juicy pork 
neckbones lay naked of meat. 

The sweetness of life, like sweet Kool Aid fills our ...
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Categories: bacca, black african american, family,
Form: Prose Poetry



10 Dollars Worth

..."Fill 'er up?" The attendant asked GranDad while chewing on a wad of 
bacca with the remnants of spittle on his chin just after hocking one.  
"Naw...  just give me 10 dollars worth.  That'll be go...
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Categories: bacca, dedication, family, funny, loss,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things