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KamalaKeep pressing on
And looking up
M.A.G.A. is wrong
And Star struck
Lead the way with
Amazing grace
Heroine despite
All the hate
Refuse to lose
Remember you are a winner
It’s time to choose to be a
Saint despite the sinner...
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Categories:
black african american, america, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form: Acrostic
Afro PuffsAnxiety when there’s rain
For I know my hair will change
Reaching umbrella in vain
Onyx hair will bounce like spring
Putting in a lot of love
Uniquely owning my Afro puffs
From hanging hair to
Freeing up in the air
Strutting my...
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Categories:
black african american, appreciation, art, beautiful, black
Form: Acrostic
Cereal In The PMMy mouth coated with Coco bombs
Washed with vanilla cream
Taste buds scream, as if they are exploding
Flavor that melts on my tongue
And I haven't even added the sepia syrup
It turns my favorite cereal into...
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Categories:
black african american, chocolate,
Form: Blank verse
A Cheap Pleonasm: Make America Great AgainAmerica has been GREAT, great for the last two centuries.
All right, America has been the greatest among all countries,
For a long time. MAGA is a cheap pleonasm, which just
Won the most contentious election in American...
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Categories:
black african american, africa, america, black african
Form: Rhyme
Wifey DutiesWhite wine and dine me then
If you want to be my only man
Feed my ego flowers like red roses
Enter my heart door it never closes
You know this about me so esteem
Do let me kiss you...
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Categories:
black african american, black
Form: Acrostic
BoyfriendBegging me for my assets
Onyx skin black and beautiful
Yolked equally in purple passion
Fuchsia feeling you deep in soul
Red reading you like a classic
Intoxicated as indigo story’s unfold
Energy emerald vested fantastic
Needing neon kisses holding you...
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Categories:
black african american, appreciation, beautiful, black african
Form: Acrostic
Echoes of InnocenceEchoes of Innocence
Who weeps for the child,
who carried her father’s gun to school?
Was she truly alone in this premeditated tragedy?
Did Sesame Street’s lessons reach her tender heart?
Nothing remains discreet—
love and sorrow intertwine.
A child, advised to...
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Categories:
black african american, 7th grade, abuse, allah,
Form: Free verse
Grief UnmeasuredGrief Unmeasured
I measure every grief I meet—
knowingly, they’re all related to me.
Some smaller, some larger,
but all carry weight.
Yesterday, a friend’s text arrived:
“Her daughter was shot in the head.”
The words formed a puzzle I needed to...
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Categories:
black african american, addiction, betrayal, black african
Form: Free verse
Let's Break All The ChainsLet's sever all the chains
Through all types of pains
In order to get there
Let's take the trains
In order to get there
We must fight for our rights
We are not afraid to turn days
Into wonderful and starry nights
In...
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Categories:
africa, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
I will never allowed them to break my spiritRunning Alone
Within a crowded world, I lived my life alone.
Some dreams were fulfilled in unexpected ways.
Often, I believed I’d found my true calling,
yet reality unfolded differently.
I existed in the sheltered confines of my truth—
the road,...
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Categories:
black african american, absence, allusion, anger, appreciation,
Form: Prose Poetry
Mahogany MysteryOh my you are so majestic
I enjoy your mind so impressive
You’re simply beautiful bold black
Loving your swag and all of that
Deep dark energy
Making me melt from within
I can imagine saying your name
Again and...
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Categories:
appreciation, black african american,
Form: Free verse
The Blacks - Black JobsI’m saying “The Blacks,” which is what we were referred to as.
So yall, Trump said, “Millions” (yes, MILLIONS) of immigrants are coming into this country illegally and “they” are taking jobs from “the Blacks” and...
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Categories:
america, black african american,
Form: Narrative
Art and Prose of Freedom Juneteenth PoemArt and Prose of Freedom
In the realm of art and prose, we find freedom's grace,
Unshackled voices, boundless space to embrace.
Words dance like wildflowers in fields untamed,
Creativity's fire is forever unclaimed.
No rules to bind, no limits...
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Categories:
black african american, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Woman Stand UpWildflowers in her hair
Onyx power in her stare
Mahogany message on her lips
And generations birthed by her hips
Neon sign of times she lives
Sewing love despite discourse
Teal love voice like turquoise
Another fight for her rights
Needing choice...
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Categories:
black african american, america, anti bullying, black
Form: Acrostic
MAMA AFRICAMama Africa; beauty is oneness
So much love she have got to share, pure she's just like gold
Her glowing black skin so unique and alluring;
Attracting, healing, elevating,inspiring and vibrant
She don't wanna be save don't save her
She...
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Categories:
black african american, africa, appreciation, beauty, black
Form: Prose Poetry
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