Best Kinfolks Poems

Where did all those black people go in Black History such as W.E.B Dubois, 
George Washington Carver, Sojourner Truth,and many more that came before.
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Well here's another story
That I'd really like to share
It's about the first invention
Of a thing called underwear

Invented by one of my kinfolks
A man that the...

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Blessed by a baby girl; our bundle of joy
Rising as a beautiful stream, flowing in our hearts...ahoy!
Offering her back to God, so He will watch...

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Darkness falling quickly, hurry, must hurry
Stumble, run, faster, the kinfolks will worry
The swamp comes to life with fading of light
One could die, lost here in...

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So the ship will sail
For those who have the price to pay
And I have a tale
To leave here if I pass away
This journal will speak
To...

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You worked so hard but just exist.
Your high school grad dates you just missed,
evacuated from Ukraine.

In Russia’s army to resist,
you fought the tyrant Hitler’s reign.
You...

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Auburn-gold leaves drop from the trees,
Frail the grey skies, waning the sun.
A seagull wheels it final glide
Night winds cloak the mute of evening

I hear echoes...

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I recall times of my life a long time ago,
We tend to do this more as we grow old.
That wonderful old house on that red...

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Way back yonder 
In my younger days 
When I had a lot of hair 
And some funny ways 
With mama in the kitchen 
And me...

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Roses are burgundy,
violets are dead,
and the family
blossoms I
hand-picked is
enfolded under my
pitch dark bed 

My hearts beats
slightly and my love
leaves silently 

Dismiss from mind
Ted, Greg, and...

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I, Zechariah, was a faithful priest.
My, wife, Elizabeth, and I were known
for following God’s laws unfailingly.
No veering from the Scriptures, we’d condone.

Though we were blessed,...

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I heard our ancestors came on the mayflower boat
sad part there was not a journal or a note
it sounds like a miracle my early grandparents...

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I.
It was in the frontier town of Simmons,
in the year eighteen hundred ninety-one,
that two twin brothers, the Malcomson twins,
bought themselves a ranch that they hoped...

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God established the color of His children
Yes, we are all of God's children
Well, we are one big extended family across the earth
More than that, we...

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As I walk the path my kinfolk tread
Among the tombstones of the dead
Their tortured whispers beg for peace
The end to violence,the war to cease
I am...

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