Best Black African American Poems
Below are the all-time best Black African American poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of black african american poems written by PoetrySoup members
Stars and those with Stripes"America First",
is the worst.
Should not thinking of others,
be your thirst?
Those who are selfish,
end up being cursed!
Soon they'll be last,
instead of first.
Who among you,
prefers guns and...
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black african american, class,
Who Am II am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend
I am the original chosen to be right here...
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black african american, faith,
Each Day Takes its TurnStanding firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we strive to make sure
each day enlightens us
and brightens us
even as light fades...
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black african american, day,
Sweetest Love NoteOne night a guy & a girl were
driving home from the movies. The
boy sensed there was
something wrong because of the painful
silence they shared between them
that...
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black african american, death,
OnenessOneness
Authored by Chuck Keys
It had no...
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black african american, dedication,
The Lady Of The HouseIt’s siesta, yet one can hear from the second floor of the house the animated sharing of juicy news some visitors have brought to the...
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black african american, abuse, analogy, black african
Be Free, My BrothersPenned like cattle, as if chattel,
cages rattle, sounds of brattle,
no...
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black african american, africa, america, black african
A SLave's CryStranded in this place
I cannot recognize
Abandoned and lonely
No one hears my cries
AS i walk through this wasteland
Of wilderness and desolation
I am consumed with anguish
I walk...
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black african american, abuse, angst, black african
Granny Panty Annie, the Tranny
Lemme tell ya' about a
*ding-bat skit-zo
bee-hotch* tranny
named Annie...
I met her one night
under disco lights
up at Candies
She was
starin' at me
grittin' her teeth
aimin'...
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adventure, black african american,
ON THE WAVES OF LOST MEMORIES
ON THE WAVES OF LOST MEMORIES…
These salted memories tell stories
The oceans and seas gave birth to.
Over the tempestuous...
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america, black african american,
Trayvon BrownWalk with me,
Don't...SHOOT,
cuz I don't wanna die young,
I wanna grow old and have
a daughter or a son, or maybe both,
to live...
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black african american, community,
Color BlindIs it the color of my skin that keeps you from being my lady friend?
Tell me my African American Queen; Maybe I just lack self-esteem.
...
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black african american, girlfriend-boyfriend,
Historic PerspectiveBattered
From a dark angry cloud
Beaten
By a storm wild and loud
Splattered
On history's hardest rock
Heaven
Smile at the little flock
For as a drop of water
Curls to become...
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black african american, political,
TAPESTRY.........TAPESTRY
Out of time that's long forgotten,
in a light that's yet unknown,
you could see me in the morning,
I would be there, but alone,
weaving tapestries...
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black african american, angst, art, black african
The Apple A PantoumOn this, the anniversary of my death
I am reminded of my horrible crime
For you see it was me who stole the apple
It had belonged to...
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black african american, abuse, beauty, black african
TemptationYour smile, Your eyes I can't deny that I want to try something that I know I shouldn't.
I'm tempted to touch, to kiss, to...
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black african american, adventure, allegory, animals, anniversary,
PART 2 - Earthbound Angels Made of Stone - An Epic
Those evil thorns of bitterness
That couldn't bear to see
This child so loved and so adored
By their father
Captain Lee
Until one day in early May
When she went...
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black african american, abuse, angel, baby, black
RosewoodThe truth stood downcast in the lie,
and more than one that week would die
when someone’s wife, who feared great shame,
then gave an innocent the blame.
Her...
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betrayal, black african american,
Summer girlShe had the perfect posture, she was an African American girl
Watching as the breezes about her dress did whirl
The warmth of July passed through the...
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black african american, people,
COLOUR
My first doll
Smelled like chocolate
And her skin
Just as dark
I adored her
Innocent as I was
I could have
Never imagined
Anyone remotely
Resembling
My precious doll
Could have been
Committing
The equivalent of a...
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Categories:
black african american, discrimination,
Black Diamond ChildBlack Diamond Child
Black diamond child with hopeless eyes
In your frightful future your talent lies
No worth is greater than watching you grow
To a world whose...
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black african american, child,
While You SleepWhile you sleep I tell you all of the things I keep inside throughout day.
Now that you can hear but not listen I find them...
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black african american, absence, abuse, addiction, adventure,
All Lives MatterFear is what they clothe them in.
Fear of losing their life because of one mistake.
Fear of losing their life because an officer is having
a...
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black african american, abuse, allusion, america, betrayal,
Get An Education"The boy's got a broken brain!
- Fix him for me now,
I can't do a thing with him."
- So I hear...
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black african american, education,
RACE THE FINALS SPOKEN WORDI wish to
Relay
To all of my people the importance of sticking together as a
team
And that
Because we have run
through the preliminary trials as selfish...
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Categories:
africa, black african american,