Best American Life Poems

You say all lives matter
Bringing up all these colors 
Like red, white, orange, and blue
But when a black life is taken, where on Earth are you?
Where's your sympathy and support when the takers of our lives get off Scott-free in court?
Why weren't you at the...

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#MyLifeMatters

My hands are up don't shoot!!

I'm a black man, with feelings and a valued life,
Please, I've done nothing wrong, point the gun the other way.
At my home, it holds the love of my valued wife,
There's no kids, but we talk of having children one day.

Is...

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Hummingbird..

Hummingbird with light brimming
Sing a song to awaken flowers that are hiding
On the gentle breezes I see you riding
Peace to all you bring
As if by magic you hover in time
The divine quiet of your wings drumming
You remind us to be still but never rigid
Sending us...

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The Scorpio's eyes see all
Ready and willing to lay down his own laws
He's completely focused on his path
And yet no one knows his mysterious task

His emotions are well hidden behind dark shades
Only showing feelings for the ones he loves
His words can be soft blankets or...

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I want freedom!
I want freedom!
I want freedom!...

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Here I swing inside my dark cocoon afraid 

to become all that I know I can be... A 

Black Butterfly too scared to emerge into my 

full potential and spread my beautiful black 

wings. I'm so afraid to spread my wings, to worried, 

about what...

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The Soul of Man
                        Authored by Chuck Keys


I saw the pond on the water glaring
was it upside down or right side up
either...

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Round and Round     


mans' journey
begins e'day
e'day
to celebrate

birth and life
life of all
who think
or flee

to the love
the love of our ones
loved spiritually
soulfully one with God

to an end
an end that is endless
or to a ... beginning
that never begins

round and round we go
go where to...

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I wonder who I am sometimes, what seems to be a universal phenomenon. As everyone remains looking to be someone other than themselves, because those who are themselves are persecuted and dreams hung on the cross by society.

But as I wonder the colorful atmosphere of...

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Storm coming, madam
Me-- I’m going up country-- 
Lay low and stay sweet*


*stay sweet--stay alive



Victoria Anderson-Throop
Nairobi, Kenya
November 26, 2012


Note: Political unrest near Nairobi, Kenya due to election strategies. Polish nun told me that she was warned by a local moonshine runner to hide. Too late. She...

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Watching in amazement, as they grunt and grow and cry 
Learning from their mothers voice, as they see and hear and try 

This whole world is new to them, too young to reason why 
Just walking free in safety, feeling sun and wind and sky...

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(for George Ehusani)

When minority
Threatens majority;
Self-solidarity
Divorces reality,
These in a community
Depict dilapidation of the society
And decadence of integrity
Of humanity
In every country!...

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Who are these bourgeois bees
What makes them better than you and me

Why are their noses in the air
With fake nails and purchased hair

So they wear designer bags
Clothes from fashion mags
Does real beauty come in a price tag

They have attitude for days
Ugly and malicious ways
Expects a...

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In the waiting room
The broken clock sits...

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What happened to those days when people were humble and 
didn't mumble behind each 
others backs?

What happened to the women who had pride, dignity, respect, 
and good self esteem about 
themselves?

What happened to kids honoring their mothers and fathers and 
respecting their elders?

What happened to...

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