Best Odom Poems

A basketball player named Odom
Wants to dribble the balls in his scrotum
   He tries to bounce them
   Hardwood boards renounce them
Odom...

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Blackface
By Valerie Odom
March 24, 2017

Blackface
White man down
Black paint
Yell our race, stand in the crowd
While you screaming “All Live Matter”
Our men being shot to the ground

Blackface
But...

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My Neighbor
By Valerie Odom
February 8, 2017

My neighbor got a problem with me
Cus’ my self confidence is “too high”
How he can’t stand this generation
But what he...

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Black Boy
By Valerie Odom
December 1, 2016

Black boy has it all,
but black boy is afraid he’ll fall

Black boy ain’t no sissy,
black boy has to be a...

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Mr. Brown Baby
By Valerie Odom
February 14, 2017

Mr. Brown Baby
You either knows too little or too much
The white man still gonna beat you on the daily

While...

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Government, Oh Government
By Valerie Odom
January 12, 2017

Government, oh government 
Why focus on the bigger picture
Why control, divide, and deprive us
Are you some sort of deceptionist
Or...

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Smile
By Valerie Odom
2-20-17

A feeling in my head, a feature, expression
A positive position that always taught me a lesson
Hide your pain, don’t let others see the...

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In My Spirit
By Valerie Odom
Jan. 20,2017

In my spirit
I am free
I am me
I can be whatever I want to be

In my spirit
I am a cat
Very power,...

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All Lives Matter
By Valerie Odom
June 17, 2017

How can All Lives Matter when your 
are bombing kids in the Middle East?
How can All Lives Matter when...

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Untold
By Valerie Odom
Feb 28, 2015

They told us that we’d come into the world unblind
That it was our time
That our generation was the one
And when I’m...

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On October 11
By Valerie Odom
Jan 31, 2017

On October 11
You’ll finally receive the news
That
I’ve been waiting to tell you my whole life
No it’s not a phase
I...

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Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
By Valerie Odom
March 5, 2017

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Catch a tiger by the toe
If he hollers let him go,

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
My mother...

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Activated
By Valerie Odom
January 2, 2017

Met a beautiful lady
Fine like wine
Explored each other
Opened new doors
Activated my third eye...

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DarkSkin Baby
By Valerie Odom
January 29, 2017

DarkSkin Baby
A beautiful baby
A regular baby just like you and I

DarkSkin Baby
An intelligent baby
All A’s cus she a real wise-guy

DarkSkin...

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GMO(Get Me Off) All The Way Till I Die
By Valerie Odom
March 14, 2017

A processed way,
A processed life
No more factories
GMO all the way till I die

Bacon,...

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