Best Ymca Poems

If you know your history you know that the black achiever is one, 

Step down from the NAACP for youth student in high school,

My mom said now a days they are doing remarkable things,

At the time I was there we did not have a local...

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Mounted on one wall 
a board wrapped 
in brown paper. 
A signal of 
impermanence for children. 
Painted were a rainbow 
and a hundred tiny hands 
in the colors of poster paint
all spread palm up, 
receptive, uninformed. 
As I heard the 
echos of soprano voices
I felt...

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Walking in the local YMCA 
Onyx sneakers ready to slay
Reality red I’ll workout today
Kinda teal tired still I will stay
On the bike and lifting weights
Unisex rooms everyone is great
Thigh muscles cry get in shape
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There are a few people who motivate me
When I walk in the gym to workout I see
Balances of challenges a sea of humanity 
Some with limbs that don’t move normally

The woman in wheel chair with a green smile
She’s moving and meeting her own goals now
The...

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I want to write tonight
But my muse has taken flight

Can’t blame her you see
My life is quite boring 

The highlight of my day
Happens after I pray

Go to the YMCA exercise 
Then watch the news prime time

I listened to favorite songs
Off key I sing along

Tune in...

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