Black African American Poems

The difference between 
the Rich and the Homeless is 
WORK
...Read More

GOD GAVE ADAM 
ONE WIFE
EVE
STOP BEING SELFISH

GOD HATES DIVORCE...Read More

Stashed with programs recorded, which, condensed on universal files
Will tell them very little of what they don’t know and may never know
In this lifetime or the next heaven, in this orbit or the next
Treasure from this Earth loaded up on...Read More

I made a sand dune as he had done,
We were children and sand was fun,
A beautiful castle with a deep moat,
Filled with water and a paper boat!

Imagined soldiers guarded the fort,
Fates were decided in palace court,
imagined Prince rode a white...Read More

Your coffee locks as soft as silk,
incensed with rich vanilla milk,

exotic as southern isles 
extend for nautical miles

against tamarind skin flowing,
like radiant sunbeams glowing

upon my dreamy fixation,
beaconing my exploration.

1-3-2020...Read More

Emerge


Significant
although diminutive.
Submerged with a purpose,
under pressure with a plan.
Alone, and confused.
Which way is up, which way is down? 
Suffocating with darkness all around.
Scared to live yet afraid to die.  My instincts Emerge. 

Predestined to live I fight, out of...Read More

Hook: (like a church  hymn)
hum, hum  
hum, hum  
oh! hum, hum  
you were my cup 
of joy 
my cool drink of water
the love I, needed most  

and, It was so long ago
oh! it was so...Read More

In sad times, I recall King’s harassment
Stabbed at a book-signing in NYC
(Did they tell us King refused prosecution?)
Now, let us not forget Bonhoeffer
Young Dietrich in Nazi Germany, forewent
His fiancee’s company to work underground
Even returned from USA only to be nabbed...Read More

They gave it to me; you never own me.
My words, my dance, my songs; are from the days gone by.
My sway is my father's ; his sway is his father's.
Always with us.
On their broad shoulders, I stand;
holding their fist with...Read More

Black grapes dangling from a vine
the darker the skin, the sweeter the wine


Black clouds erupting across the sky
raindrops flowing profusely, echoing a nubian cry


Black soil with of its minerals and hidden richness 
solid terrain for life and growth,  a...Read More

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

May your Christmas pie
miss, your eye
and your mouth
receive great cheer!

Happy New Year


aka: lyricvixen...Read More

Black Lives Matter
Is a reminder
Black Lives Matter
Is not black primer

Black Lives Matter
Needs to be said
With all the black boys
Ending up dead

Black Lives Matter
Yes, you do too
But blacks girls go missing.
Without all the News 

Black Lives Matter
Is their weighing in
If all...Read More

it that time
you draw no line
have music of all kind
they sing soul and rap
goes  on  until dust
r/b soul and pop
its\
sprit of christmas
AND HIPHOP...Read More

You entered this world right on time,
Just what we needed and we did not know it.
You were feisty, and wonderful, and funny.
Many days you tested me,
You challenged my resolve,
You lit up more rooms than you darkened,
The only rooms you darkened...Read More

I was born to be a prostitute,
I knew this was who I would be 
when  Grandmama walked ten miles to clean houses seven days a week.
I knew this is who I would be
 when Great Grandma died and the...Read More

it’s scary to bloom in front of the world. Put me in a pot sectioned off from all the ‘isms’. I can’t wait to tiptoe into my beauty. Every aspirations accommodating sadness. Teaching sadness to smile....Read More

Why should I
by and by
Give in to a little 'White Lie?'

400 years and counting
Yet deception, destruction and death surmounting 

From whips and chains
to covert stress and strain

Make believe or pretend
this macabre never seems to end

Like water flowing  from a...Read More

Once sure now so lost
Starch and blood we crave
Quickly to the grave...Read More

"X"
 Name unknown, yet we are....Read More

Fear erased us;
Knowledge will allow us to remember....Read More

Many longs years has he; this man.
He doesn't speak often.
Some listen, some turn away.
Walk away, you will be back.
His words are ageless;
children smile; knowing what he is saying.
Listen to this old gentleman;
he knows what he speaks;
past, present and future lives.
Knowing...Read More

Be amazed by your strength;
it was given to you before your name was spoken.
Your strength is adored upon you by many;
many who knew of your arrival.
They waited, patiently, knowing you are their merit.
Humble, mighty people who paved your way.
You stand...Read More

Waves of sorrow, bring me to my knees.
Get up! Your battle is won.
No more crying, wipe those eyes; 
see clearly, without tears.
The victory is yours, but why do you doubt;
did HE say so?
Wipe those eyes, so you can see;
all that...Read More

 I am a Son of an African American
I run
my turmoils taints the history books
yet people give me evil looks
I run
I choose
Yet I am 
Black and blue, this is my physical hurt

Been given a name by my parents James
This is...Read More

Homage to Haiti        

  Haiti,I've loved you in my heart
since I was a child
for you, I'd like to live a long time

your lilacs sing your joy,
your jasmines,your daisies,
your carnation perfume enchants
your visitors

Homage...Read More

Read wonderful black african american poetry on the following sub-topics: family, history, inspirational, life, love, proud, slavery, wakanda and more. Read a definition and example (where appropriate).