Proud Black African American Poems

As I walk through this unknown world
With a heavy heart and an anxious soul,
All I can think of is my family 
For they are the...

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I am a sports car
round and sheik
I flash my headlights for him to see
I'm a caramel classic on new black streets
67 model cushiony satin seats

I'm...

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June nineteenth one hundred and fifty years ago

Juneteenth hint: three hundred
and sixty six days
after eighteen sixty four.

Major General Gordon Granger
led the Union Soldiers to Galveston,...

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In Africa's embrace, freedom sings,
Through vast plains and rivers' springs.
A continent's heartbeat, strong and true,
Where dreams take flight, where hopes renew.

From ancient tribes to modern...

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If Grannie could speak to you today,
This is what she'd want to say…..

“My Dear, Dear Grands, I love you so.
But Father said, “It’s time to...

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In the face of prejudice and pain,
He stands tall, with head held high,
A symbol of strength and resilience,
A black man, proud and dignified.

He bears the...

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How evil is this society, 
for telling the truth, 
that it will jeopardize your entire life and 
others that are around you.
How many more lions...

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Being a black man with autism is excellent, wonderful, and empowering, too. Being an autistic black man also means pure encouragement, inspiration, and uniqueness. That's...

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My nascent poetic tribute to black history month

more apropos and alternately titled: 
praise to thee people 
of variegated melanin color,
whose immense understated improvements
and enhancement of...

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Betrayed and backstabbed
By our African brothers.
Insulted, humiliated and robbed
By Our European brothers.
We are the descendants
Of defeated Kings and Queens.
We are the infants
Of two distressed twins.
Sold...

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In the manse market for a preowned spa house

Mine feeble efforts pale in comparison
to a kid scaling El Capitan
of Yosemite National Park,
nevertheless me, a dry...

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I am the daughter of two hard working parents 
Both who raised a strong christian daughter who is mixed with a touch of irish and...

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Untill when they will be harvesting in you What they never planted
And you keep living by Aid
Africans open your eyes and see

Africa until when your...

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by the interpretation comes perception—the faraway dream, the symbols—or the way I attack myself—in harassing my screams. upon a wishbone, to feel some semblance, listening...

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When you give insightful thought,
You can only be as you ought;
God has created you as you are:
Another creation of absolute awe!

So, do not be depressed...

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