Black Beauty Poems

Albert Nelson's father bought a huge clock, the very day he was born,
A happy fellow, with a winsome smile. Like the merry pink sun, at...

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The essence in us is the same as the essence of the sun
Cast to be found and displaced
stake and brave to a common bound
new to...

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They told me I was pretty for a black girl
But if that is the case
You want me to interpret that as being special
That out of...

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Perfection is a lie told by the white man
They say 'the fairer, the better'
But with ego comes the self proclaimed Perfection 
Where what they say...

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A dark cloud forms as tears fill her eyes, spilling into a stream that runs down her face. She bites her lip to quiet the...

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What is love? Sometimes it's truly hard to explain. It's something we feel. It is, however, not classified as pain. As my tears run down...

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Rich as earth’s deepest soil,
Your melanin glows in silent pride
A tapestry of dusk and dawn,
Each shade a story woven in light.

Your smile breaks like sunrise,
Casting...

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They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder 
That our differences make it subjective
But when it comes to black beauty 
We are the...

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It can be coily it can be straight 
It can be parted many ways
It can be texturized or revitalized 
Our hair is reversible 

Cultural, unique,...

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Does he like black girls 
Or does he like the idea of the swirl
Does he like black girls
Or does he only like type two and...

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Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds are a girl’s Best friend

Diamonds, Rusted or shiny, are my best companions when times are tough

When my crystal tear drops from...

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Beauty and the beast, two splendid hearts that beat as one.  Beneath 
Love's tender embrace, the Prince was destined to find himself again. .
A...

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They hate us not because we’re bad but because we are everything they cannot be
Because while they stew in their own misery
Formed from their own...

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I see your eyes glaze
Like a haze
Upon your vision
As I near
I can clearly hear
Derision

Malice would have me
Open wide and engage
Try to diffuse your rage
Against all...

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Crown of gold curls in rainbow wrappers.
Girly-girl, at two, favored to be beautiful.
Eyelids delight to be painted baby-girl green.
Dolly’s lascivious lashes soaked in black ink.

Innocent...

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