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Work Black African American Poems

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


QUESTION FOR A SLAVE
Do you want to go to Heaven

Do I have to Work

No

Yes I want to go to 

Heaven

Thank you,

LORD...

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Categories: africa, black african american,



Silence
I sit in silence, lost in my thoughts,

On the couch, the TV plays on.

Words on the screen leave marks on my skin,

Like a pencil on...

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Categories: black african american, deep,

Premium Member RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CHURCH
The Lord sees no race
It’s the heart he observes
Praise and amaze
How many times does some members in the congregation with one another, and it is...

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Categories: bible, black african american,

Premium Member Shadows in the Mirror
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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Categories: anxiety, black african american,

Premium Member The Breakfast Program and Me
It was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all...

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Categories: black african american, america, beautiful, black african



I See You - Part 1
Dear Single Mother,

Who Works two jobs of 12 - 14 hour days to keep the lights on, & to feed little Johnny.

I See you!



Single Father...

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Categories: black african american, courage,

Not In My America
It doesn’t do any good to mind your own business,
if you’re black, you’re going to get knocked down.
Makes no difference if a hundred people beg...

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Categories: black african american, america, anger, black african

I Must Be Black
Because once a time in a round mud hut
at the edge of the bottomless of pits,
I know that a three- or four-year-old roars with his...

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Categories: anger, black african american,

Marriage Between a Black African Man and a Black American Woman
When a black african man decides
To marry a black American woman, 
This marriage can work well 
if the black 
American girl still knowing 
And respecting...

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Categories: africa, black african american,

Black Americans In Shark Houses and Caravans
Black Americans in shark 
houses 
And caravans 
Imagine how many black
Americans dying 
In  strong winters as
They can not afford 
To build 
or buy proper houses....

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Categories: black african american, community,

Corporate Poem
There are many treasures hidden
In my sagacious corporate brain
I retrieve them when I need them
Then I place them back again
They are tightly packed together
Like a...

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Categories: black african american, business,

Accura Wild Nights
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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Categories: black african american, anger, anxiety, appreciation, beauty,

Take Me As I Am
I wear no hood, hold no gun
	Never was a menace 
Walking the street is no crime
	If you can so can I 
I bear no grudge...

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Categories: black african american, color,

The Devil Is Using My Neighbor
This neighbor I begged to be family
Is back on crack
He is having fits
I had to call off my new job
He doesn't get it.
He just said...

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Categories: black african american, addiction, betrayal, black african

Seven Principles Seven Symbols
A seven day event 
Based on African descent 
Culminating in giving gifts and a large feast
Based on African festivals ranging from the West to the...

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Categories: africa, black african american,


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