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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.


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,

To all the black mothers
They say a mothers love Is everything You could say Infinite A key ingredient needed For the upbringing of her children

For a black mother Parenthood...

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Categories: black, appreciation, blessing, color, dedication,

The little girl at the muesum
Museums
A place full of stories
Of art
Not just in the paintings 
But in the people too

A little black girl walking hand in hand with her mother...

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Categories: black, childhood, daughter, innocence, mother,

Girl, listen to your mother
He says that he loves you, but he can never say why.
He says he only has eyes for you, but turns and looks every
time another...

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Categories: black love, christian, crush,

M Y L I F E
 
 
 
Grow.Heal.Prosper 
 
M Y    L I F E ! 
 
 
I feel like my life is like a...

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Categories: black love, deep, sorry,

She Who Holds the Heart of Home
She rises not with trumpet’s call,
But gentle hands that tend us all—
A morning song, a knowing glance,
The quiet grace of circumstance.

She bears no crown, yet...

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Categories: best friend, black love,

Indian Wasteland
It is the world of Shiva and Shaitan
It is the world of Krishna and Kant

Devi on Nandi holding Demon and Son
Devotees, Deities, Ash, Claps and...

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Categories: absence, anxiety, black love,

Our Excuses Will Condemn Us One Day
I hung out on six avenue and they teased me all the time.
Saying you're afraid of you mom, but I was more afraid of crime.
I...

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Categories: 12th grade, abuse, black

FORGIVE DON'T BE A FOOL
I would like to share a story about the "Unforgiving Fool!"
He let his pride, saying forgiveness wasn't cool.
He even claimed to be a Christian, that...

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Categories: 11th grade, anger, black

Some parents need to read Revelation Twenty twelve
To all you parents out there who doesn't have a clue.
God is always watching and sees all that we do.
We will give account to him...

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Categories: abuse, bible, black african


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