Best Vicki Poems

Tongue Study

Tongues
Steady it wags
needing to know
more, about the
the very thing that
causes wars.
peace and pain.
I study my tongue.        ...

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little girl who rose up
above poverty
above ignorance
above circumstance
above forced marriage...

little girl who rose up
above her poverty
above her circumstance
their forced marriage
their ignorance...

little girl who grew up
little...

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Mama held me close to her bosom
wouldn't let me go astray
she shook the cradle of civilization
and to her wayward offspring 
she paid attention.
 
She added...

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2013
Vicki Acquah


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Ever if disaster 
Needed a safe 
Path to commit
It's destruction
No one would be
Beyond reproach.
Be it the wind, fire
Or Water;
Each will take 
It's own course

© Vicki...

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From stone to

bone- hieroglyphs

to alphabets

Images and letters

from tablets to the

printing press

From skin to leaves

Stamps- Seals and indigo

Lead pencil ink or charcoal

I am a scribe -I...

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ARE YOU RIBBING ME

GIVE us back our rightful place
Matriarchal society - was not broken- when you fixed it -
you need to stop playing games with...

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Make love to me with
your poem, your poetry.
Flow slowly do not rush it.
not so fast.
Let your words last.
Stroke me slowly
Put your back into it.
Caress my...

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THE NATURE OF THINGS

THE NATURE OF THINGS

Birds ATE Worms,
Worms tilled Soil,
Frogs ATE Flies,
Bees Made Honey,
Fish ATE Worms,
People ATE Fish,
Cats ATE Fish
Butterflies and bees
Pollinated.
Grass Grew, and...

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Kang, an asian boy who has lunch by me, has the funniest laugh I know.
I BET IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS... he will become a...

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/by Vicki Acquah


Before, when we were young; 
We were together all of us.. 
Awhile back when you were young,
I was youthfully older-We were
together back then...

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We pledged brother and sister organizations that spring.  We saw each other 
frequently at fraternity/sorority functions, and, in the cafeteria, of course.  She...

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Shaz
Daughter, Friend, Stranger and Creator 
Sister to Vicki, Bronwyn, and Steven
Lover of life, theatre, and mystery
Who feels happiness, independence and fun
Who fears regret, failure and...

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A Softer Way to Die

We live and study life
We pray that somehow
God changes his rules. 
No one wants to die
No one wants to follow
Those complicated...

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DEDICATED TO ALL
MY CHILDREN NEAR AND FAR.
 
What is in my heart for you -
Is what has been in my heart- period dot, dot, dot....

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