LETS KEEP OUR LIBERATING CUPS OVERFLOWING
LET’S KEEP OUR LIBERATING CUPS OVERFLOWING
(Apropos Of Ancestral Cup And Saucer Ways)
It has been said that justice
Is getting what you deserve:
The gift of grace, given priceless,
Flowing from God’s sacred reserve:-
Curiously, I asked Papa one day,
Why does he drink his coffee from the cup?
Always pouring mine into his saucer;
And here is what, to me, he...
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Categories:
black african american,
Form: Rhyme
That Toothpick was like a emojiWhat became of the elderly man who habitually lingered outside the pub, a toothpick perpetually perched between his lips?
I often pondered the significance of that toothpick—it seemed to serve as a silent emblem, a mysterious token of his unspoken thoughts.
As children, we absorb the world around us, processing our myriad experiences as we grow....
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Categories:
black african american, allusion, anxiety, appreciation, black
Form: Dramatic Verse
Viable SolutionI am completely detached from that situation. I did not play any role in creating the issue at hand. My focus today is solely on discovering a viable solution.
Why is there such a tendency to place all the blame on artificial intelligence?
In reality, AI empowers us, providing both confidence and clarity as we craft...
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Categories:
black african american, 10th grade, appreciation, black
Form: Dramatic Verse
Yours truly like most every hominid linkedinYours truly like most every hominid linkedin...
to genus and species of *****sapiens,
(who trod across oblate spheroid
since time immemorial
as well as other simians -
classed as naked apes -
and now I enclose a bit of esoteric trivia,
whereby chimpanzee and the bonobo
our closest living relatives
share a surprisingly high percentage
of their DNA with humans,
estimated to be around 98.7-98.8%)
seek...
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Categories:
black african american, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Everybody Is Destroying HaitiAnmweyyy, anmweyyy
Everybody is destroying Haiti
Please stop, stop, quit. At last, give the country
A break, a rich season. There are too many bandits, vandals
Too many lootings, thefts, too many crises and scandals
On this impoverished and exploited island
Give Hayti a chance to live better. Give our land
A break with too much violence and injustice
Ayiti needs peace, love...
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Categories:
black african american, africa, america, black african
Form: Rhyme
The Light That Never FadesA mother's love is so deep and real, it never shall fades,
She holds her child day and night, no matter what may happen there.
She smiles throughout she's crying and hides her miseries with grace,
So her dear child perceive only happiness on her face.
She spends her time, her care, her touch,
She never expects a thing, though...
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Categories:
black african american, baby, beautiful, beauty, bird,
Form: Lyric
The hypocrisy of democracyThey called it progress
But the last time I checked
Progress can't exist without justice
Especially when we still can't breathe even in the afterlife
But we will always scream
No justice, no peace
We can't be silenced
Even if we have to use violence
You see the politicians using our graves
To boost their campaigns
'Forgetting' to mention our names
Then Simultaneously putting the blame
On...
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Categories:
america, black african american,
Form: Free verse
see the sun pop outsky glows cloudy bright
edges of clouds melt away
elegant exit
teach those clouds lesson
Helios god of the sun
everlasting warmth
shine your brilliance
upon us that we might see
night has stayed too long
playing hard to get
overcast like wet cotton
put my prayer to shame
or get better gods
Uranus might help me out
turn this day around
...
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Categories:
black african american, anxiety, art, beach, black
Form: Acrostic
Black HistoryWe live in such a diverse, multicultural world
Yet I have to ask why Black History isn't taught
What is it about the black culture that mankind
Refuse to educate, elaborate, reveal, and expose
Black history is like taboo, no one wants to speak or preach
I often wonder what the men of old said about the first men...
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Categories:
black african american, africa, appreciation, bible, black
Form: Free verse
Homemade Apartheid IThey reside on the other side.
They bathe in fertility.
They own yard-keepers and servants;
Dogs, cats and charming plants.
They breathe the camphorated air like us,
Swallow the transparent dust,
Cross over and fall in the muddy rivers
Like our siblings living under the tiny tents.
They reside on the other side of town,
Over the mountains.
They bathe in tranquil fertility
Of the country-side.
They...
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Categories:
africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Great American literatureGreat 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 A Bridge over San Louis Ray
was endless, and so it went on.
I joined the youth wing of the communist party
of Norway, it lasted a month; they kicked me out
I knew...
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Categories:
absence, black african american,
Form: ABC
Superfly Cool In the Wonder Years of the GhettoverseI wonder if Pops will lie out in his trademark bell-bottoms—faded denim flares that split the air like his cool, bending time, making room for his strut as if the horizon would yield to his next step.
He sported them tightly creased—dividing time into his own image and fashioning it into a tailored jacket. Double-breasted pinstripe...
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Categories:
black african american, childhood,
Form: Free verse
GLORIOUS HAPPY HAIR AND THEELovely, happy hair,
Rowed, and growing in beauty;
God’s sweet locks I bear:-
Hued as is the night,
Moonlight beauty reflecting
Ebony delight:-
Locks admired so much,
Gardened rowed short or shouldered,
Just got to be touched.
God makes no mistakes;
Creating natured beauty,
Whatever hue takes:-
Mirror check and see,
The blooming beauty of thee,
And gracefully be:-
...
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Categories:
black african american, allegory, beauty, black african
Form: Haiku
LIGHT OF MY LIFELIGHT OF MY LIFE
(Apropos Of My Queen's 81st Birthday)
You light up my life;
My sunshine and its moonlight:
All darkness dispelled:-...
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Categories:
black african american, analogy, birthday, black african
Form: Haiku
ResistanceTheir violence Our defiance
Their complaint Not our debate
Their envy Fuels our energy
Their violence We won't be silenced
Their ignorance Can't bother us
Our energy They aren't ready
Our voice They have no choice
Our power They are sour
Our strength They try to destroy by going to these great lengths
Can you finally understand The matter at hand Do you...
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Categories:
black african american, community,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Black African American Poems
Read wonderful black african american poetry on the following sub-topics:
family, history, inspirational, life, love, proud, slavery, wakanda
and more.
Definition | What is Black African American in Poetry?