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Teen Black African American Poems

These Teen Black African American poems are examples of Black African American poems about Teen. These are the best examples of Black African American Teen poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Runaways
Reluctant to be a child
Unsupervised in the wild
Never dreamed of trafficking 
All the screams inside happening
Wide eyed and busy tail
All points bulletin for sale
Youth is...

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Categories: black african american, abuse, america, angst, betrayal,



Tatoos and All
Still a man you know
Still got the blood flowing inside of me
Still got my act together
Still believe in the art on my body 
So long...

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Categories: black african american, friend,

So Who Is Christen Kuikoua- Christen Kuikoua
In the quiet quest of self, a name unfolds,
Christen Kuikoua, a story yet to be told.
Not just a random soul or a fleeting dream,
But a...

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Categories: black african american, 10th grade, beauty, black

I Will Not Budge
As I listen to the stories my grandmother told
The tears I cry are heavy to hold
I wish I could tell my grandmother things have changed
But...

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Categories: black african american, 9th grade, black african

Love
Roses are red violet are blue
My heart is the dead my feelings are gone
Love is true but my dad said you due
I hold on tight...

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Categories: america, black african american,



I Cannot Forget Trayvon Martin Slain Teen
I cannot forget Trayvon Martin - slain teen

no matter manifold more young people
unthinkingly killed, who spirits aspire
to ascend higher than a steeple.

revisited and slightly revised...

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Categories: black african american, abuse, anger, bereavement, black

Premium Member Such a Pretty Girl Annie Bell She Lived Her Fairy Tale
She was a teen girl from Oklahoma
Of copper bronze skin with auburn-red hair
Such a pretty girl dreamed of marriage
But she had a job to do...

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Categories: black african american, black

Druggy Dream
OD to dose after dose

white powder all over clothes

a druggy dream

dying in your sleep but you cant scream

so many drugs that pollute the scene

have to...

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Categories: black african american, death,

Premium Member Older State
Reached the panicle of an older state;
faced body rugged, as stone or slate;
I must reiterate, I am not old, but great;
I'm imparting of an older...

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Categories: black african american, allegory, america, black african

A Letter From Me
ME dear FATHER you already know,
But you need to be briefed,
On a tragedy I believe you must not know.
There’s a deadly dance with violence killing...

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Categories: black african american, conflict,

Premium Member One Sure Kid
Once upon a time there lived a little boy.  Raised amidst poverty and apartheid,
his world was one in which ignorance was hard to beat.

When...

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Categories: birth, black african american,

Don'T Throw It Away
Don’t throw it away
I never had lots of people that actually believed in me as a kid  . I always had these delusional thoughts...

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Categories: age, black african american,

The Night That I Witness a Friend Dying Over Jordan's
The Night that I witness a friend dying over Jordan’s.
It was a peaceful night a peaceful night that will jeopardized everything. So Me and my...

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Categories: black african american, age, anger, black african

What Defines Me
What defines me
Christopher Burton
I hear people telling me what really defines me. The people that address me they addresses me as a wannabe thug because...

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Categories: age, black african american,

Who Is Christopher Carson Burton
Who is Christopher Carson Burton? 
Who am I? 
Do I know? 
Do anybody know who I am? 
I'm just a regular guy a nobody.
A regular...

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Categories: black african american, how


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