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Mother Black Poems

These Mother Black poems are examples of Black poems about Mother. These are the best examples of Black Mother poems written by international poets.


A black mothers sacrifice

Broken cries diluted the still waters
A mothers pain as she prepares a better life for her daughter
Her bones ached with exhaustion 
Her fractured breathing heavy
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Categories: black, baby, child, cry, death,



Premium Member Black Swallowtail Caterpillars


Meandering my garden one day I was shocked,
to see caterpillars crawling all over my parsley plants,
and as though that was not enough they found my
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Categories: black, garden,

To the mother they stole

To my mama they stole,

I dont blame you for what was done
You sacrificed your life for my childhood
You fought for my right of innocence 
You
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Categories: black, child, mom, prejudice, prison,

When they failed black kids without homes

Her hair stood out
Reaching for the skies
Wishing on every star at night
Someone would hear her cries
Her need to have a life she doesn't just have
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Categories: black, child abuse, discrimination, prejudice,

Pink Diamond

Is there a possibility 
found ground up homes posted
and supported keeping the world
just the way it is peace or pains
welcome on to the blizzard falls
I
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Categories: adventure, black african american,



The enslaved

The crops grows from the tears of the enslaved 
The ground quakes from the harsh sound of the whip
Their calloused hands evidence of a life
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Categories: black, discrimination, freedom, identity, prejudice,

Nurturing Black

?Black soil 'n' seeds
?Black waters
?Black axe
?Black trees
?All grew the girl into a woman
?
?Black house
?Black home
?Black hue
?Black terrain
?All grew the boy into a man
?
?Black weather
?Black wind
?Black
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Categories: black love, uplifting,

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Contest : Black Hole Love
Submitted:   16/7/25

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“Love embodies in millions of forms and frequencies, not all
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Categories: black, allegory, allusion, change, character,

USPS Stamps Poetry Contest

To have your picture on the face of a stamp,
Is a honor reserved for the ones who cultivated change
Among the mèlange of inspiring faces,
Lays the
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Categories: black african american, freedom,

The blurred lines between childhood and adulthood

When the lines are blurred
How can we tell who we are anymore 
How do we know when innocence begins and when it ends
Or if it
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Categories: black, children, corruption, prejudice, race,

The blood they spilled that couldn't be removed

He was strong in life
But even stronger in death
He refused to be forgotten
So he stained the pavement in his blood
A haunting reminder of what was
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Categories: black, discrimination, innocence, mother son,

I Am A Black Man In Florida Buried In A Unmarked Grave

they built a ballpark over my bones,
laid asphalt like a priest's last lie—
no headstone, no name,
just beer guts and baseball caps
spilling nacho cheese
where I once
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Categories: black, 12th grade,

When black meets betrayal

She did everything she could 
And yet somehow it wasn't enough

She did everything right
Yet she still lost the fight

From the very first moment She was
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Categories: black, betrayal, discrimination, innocence, mother

About black magic

One evening, BB and I sat on the couch,
We talked about many topics including black magic. 
The voodoo, curses and dirty tricks.
You were calm and
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Categories: black, evil, june, magic, marriage,

Great American literature

Great American Literature

Our bookshelf groaned under the weight
of American Literature, and my mother was
principally a communist.
An American Tragedy, I read at fourteen,
and my fascination with
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Categories: absence, black african american,


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