Childhood Black African American Poems

Call me the Duke of Silence,
I resonate with the six elders at the Gala.
I would rather commend a madman for saving a cat,
Than applaud politicians...

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Mama used to go to the center. 
Stomp her left foot down hard 
On that old maple wood. 
Then close her eyes and tighten her
Jaws...

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My famous Tacos
Made as a younger Child
In the kitchen cooking
Preparation for a while
As I prepare that dish
My Siblings amongst me too
I cooked my Tacos
This is...

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Only name the day, and I shall be there 

This morning the notification woke me up 

With still sleep in my eyes I reached for...

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Years before 13th birthday
Sun beckons me run play
In the street under golden ray
With neighborhood kids on hills of clay

Learning to ride bike and skate
Playing kickball...

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From the eyes of a child
Like the rise of the Nile
Are brown rivers of soul and bold green chemistry.

Disobedient despite being scold
Never believing they'll get...

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I relive the nightmare of seeing my papa hanged
At six, I didn’t know I could cry so hard and so much
They dragged him to a...

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Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours

Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior 
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women, 
based upon a...

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Waterfalls here and there sprout (A)
From the bottom of the mountain (B)
Monkeys and apes are gamboling (C)
Comfortably, somewhere on the leafy soil (D)
On trees top,...

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Usually, I don't find the pen until I'm feeling blue,
But those who have come before me said I should write when I'm happy too,
Now at...

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There’s something very special about country life
It took me back to when things were so slow
I would sit under a tree with an apple and...

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Where was this place upon a hill?
It would be nice to take you there,
It not a fable, but a place in time,
Where, people I grew...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Trauma.....
Always there like a shadow 
looming and haunting
It be monster in closet
Be spook that sits by a door
It sticks.... 
thick and solid like tar and...

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In loving memory of a legend deeply missed
Taken 2 soon which gets me pi##ed
The best musician in lifes childhood
Highly misunderstood by ignorant do goods
Wrongly accused...

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