Best Black Book Poems


Premium Member Child of the King

...I wondered how that I could be a child of the King.
A long lost soul, I had no goal, but to maybe act and sing.
I believed in Jesus, a man of love,
But scared to death of God above.

Why would J......

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Categories: black book, blessing, christian, depression, devotion,
Form: Rhyme

He Arose

...Hallelujahs 
Everlastingly!
 
All knowing God
Rewards faithful souls.
Omnipotent forgiveness is given.
Sin is deleted from God’s “Little Black Book.” 
Easter celebrates innocence; Jesus arose ......

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Categories: black book, faith, holiday
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Bobby, You Are In Trouble

...I spent the whole night dressed up like a witch
collecting lots of candy and then YOU
stole all of it! You’re lucky I’m no snitch,
I won’t tell Mom, but here is what I’ll do:

I know your secret......

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Categories: black book, halloween,
Form: Rhyme

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You&Me

...You&me
it's like that song:you and me together...
it'll never happen
you go on with your cap on
thinking no one ill see what you wright in your little black book
no matter what you do or wear 
......

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Categories: black book, life, loss, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member I Am

...Last night the thunder came out of the east
Rolling like a freight train into the desert
Dog collars and burros
Blew by my window
I watched with much mirth
For I knew the end was near
And I was......

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Categories: black book, weather,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Interludes of a Night Rat

...Interludes of a Night Rat

You can not plan out the day’s use of words.
You can not predict noon’s thoughts and moods.
You can not lasso in the interludes of reality
And press it here with the carnat......

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Categories: black book, introspection, night, night,
Form: Narrative


Antihero

...Antihero


An old stone built tower stands above all on the skyline;
The curves of its body twisting spiral’s in the air.
The moon shines around its peak, which reaches up so very high.
It is s......

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© Aa Harvey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: black book, dark, death, evil, fantasy,
Form:

The Unwanted Priest

...Only on his palm were cowries
And thread-cloaked bullhorn found.
Only on his neck we found 
The  coral beads of truth and courage.
Only on  his hands lies the
Pearl of selflessness and 
Emblem ......

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Categories: black book, devotion, faith, history, life,
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Dreamer

...A dreamer - yet they thought that she was mad
But dreams allowed an escape of reality, whenever she felt sad
Nobody special, lost in a fantasy world
Simple and thoughtful, yet no ordinary girl.

......

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Categories: black book, faith, happiness,
Form: Rhyme

His Wife and Mother I Would Be

...-His Wife and Mother I would Be-

I would love being a sheep like a mother
Whose thrust is for the betterment 
Of her husband and her children
Than being an arrogant goat of a wife
W......

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Categories: black book, caregiving, character, child, education,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Happy

...High spirits in a dance with a flying mood
All burdens at the moment are in memory’s black book
Pleasing and pure the world seems
Perfect and powerful a person feels
<......

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Categories: black book, emotions, happiness, happy,
Form: Acrostic

No Artist, No Poet

...no Artist, no Poet
Vickie M. Ortiz Vazquez

I am not an artist
So, I doodle
Play with shapes, colors
Juxtapose
Yet, I am no artist

Inscriptive, descriptive visual symbols come about
Recogn......

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Categories: black book, introspection, words, me,
Form: Free verse

Crystal Visions

...Welcome...to the 5th world of mysticism well I see
A Crystal Vision and consulting my big black book of
Miracles to recite the incantation you need tonight with
A wave of my hands and a flash of l......

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© Bo Lanier  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: black book, magic, spiritual, visionary,
Form: Free verse

The Tale of My Birth

...Hot as hell, emotions fire the flames, 
Nervous about meeting doctors, nurses, 
Curtain separates them from congregation,
The veil is not torn in two, but steamy adulation, 
Courts their friendsh......

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Categories: black book, baby, birth, emotions, health,
Form: Tail-rhyme

The Dating Game

...The Dating Game


Well, times sure has changed
Dating is as easy as can be
Providing you have a good computer
With a lot of memory

Back when I was dating
Women played hard to get
But nowad......

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© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: black book, funny
Form: Rhyme
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