Moon Black African American Poems

By Cherbo Geeplay

Summer is yet to come and may
never come. She's stirring in an
August noon, sitting on the long
plateaus of these fields so far
 ...

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I thirst for you is that so strange 
Mouth gets dry when speak your name
Lose all pride pink inside my brain
Need you tonight to cure...

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Have I really been working on myself or did I just change from my work clothes to something more comfortable
Is this depression or is it...

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Your kiss is a mystery I want to solve
A gift you talk to me and I evolve
From my cocoon find me brown but in bloom
White...

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I want to fly
To the high hill of a mile
Where even the sun can't find me,
The moon can't hide in 
Somewhere very close to the...

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(Note: This poem was written shortly after the 2022 Olympics and after Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos rode their rockets in a new space race...

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Clowns cackle at the purple plume
the global order is so unsteady.
Others only see coming doom
yet most think it's too late already.

Two bombs were dropped on...

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THAT  LIFE 
OOOOH THAT LIFE 
 
AYE !! GOD IS GUIDED
KEEP ME GUIDED 
KEEP ME DIVIDED CUZ TIMES WHEN IM IN MY THOUGHTS 
I...

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I always wanted to be a real cowboy.
A Buck-a-rue with scars on my cheeks and worn boots,
I wanted my spurs to jingle and my saddle...

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My country is the beautiful sun
My country is not the hard winter
My country is an often green Eden
Always languid and tropical at dawn.

It’s a country...

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I have no voice to tell
Seems like I am under a spell
I hear Sounds that fascinate me
And would like to know where they come from

I...

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I am dreaming of a pitch-black Christmas night
Tonight, where the jolly stars can easily be seen
In the sky. From afar, the moon is clear and...

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The Man…The Spirit

His name was Dr. Martin Luther King;
He was a peace-loving human being.

HIM

Preaching peace and love–
A mountain top of a man:- 
Martin Luther King.


THE...

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(Apropos Of Our Virtuous Queens)

Sitting here in the beauty
of the blackness of night
my mind and its spirit
are spiritually
and geo-physically drawn
up into the reflections
of the full...

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Taken from Wakanda rich, forced on a ship, let
the fifth amend begin, black lives for cash, moon kissed 
midnight flesh driven downward, their passage last...

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