Best Toni Poems

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The First Gathering, The Wrath, The Return Of Zeus
( "Wherein Fate and Destiny Reign Over Blind Worship )


Else the throngs of mortals find the truth,
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I am black and I have the ability to glorify the King
I am great and in believing in him, I have authority over all things
I...

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So many trials seem to be filled up with so much fear
So many ask, “Oh Dear Lord, what am I doing here”?

So many questions that...

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When I think of the Lord, I think of you and I
Just as when I look for rain, my eyes look to the sky

There is...

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She’s the air that I breathe.
She’s the beat in my heart.
She’s the tear in my eyes
when we’re apart.

She’s the pride that I feel,
with all she...

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I am black, I am not a curse
I would appreciate if you could stop
Addressing me as the world's worse
I am a human 
So there isn't...

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With a voice as soft as a warm breeze on a cold night.
Her brown big eyes glitter like pearls straight from an oyster’s shell.
I felt...

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Zora Neal saw that Their Eyes Were Watching God, when
Toni Morrison heard The Song of Solomon, and
James Baldwin Told It on the Mountain, while
W.E.B. DuBois...

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FROM DREAMS OF DREAMS OF THE SEA AND ME
   (FOR TONI M.)

Standing, staring seaward,
Sore eyes see the horizon resting content
On the frothing pillows...

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You left this life, but forgot to
teach my heart, to live without you.
When I couldn't stand it, for a minute
and now a lifetime, without you...

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Dear Toni,

I saw you on The Daily Show
the other day
having your way
with Trevor,
or was it the other way around?
Not sure.

I'm also not sure where we...

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The Bigamist

I don't know what to call you
I can't conceive this pain
I'm alone in this nightmare that use to be my dream

Why would you do...

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Another blessing on another day
Just another chance to pray

Pray for what, “Well lets see”
Everything the Lord does for me

Not to mention what he does for...

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Reflections in the mirror
were getting scary 
I could not carry
the weight of my pain
it almost took my life
to learn to love again
for I have made...

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I don’t have a favourite,
I love each and every one
Whether happy or sad
Cheerful or glum

I love Grim Kim
And Moanie Toni
Henpecky Becky
And Naggy Maggie 

I love...

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