Light of Lights
...Light throbbing in the heart of darkness
Shakes its density and solidity
Dawn lengthening towards morning
Mops up darkness slowly
Shadows vanish
In its brightness
It rubs them off the bodie...
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Categories:
broadness, light, prayer, uplifting,
Form: Verse
Fierce Andaree
...The silent moon veiled in seamless web darkness.
Bejeweled in radiance starkness,
Youthful valiant Prince Harkness.
Lost in hush briefness.
Charming, brave.
Fierce.
His, a fave.
Diligence, bri...
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Categories:
broadness, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Nature
...Through the mists, they swim south.
Same as a badger's swim wood in the mouth.
Natural bearing and timing in untamed life.
Wolves in a hurry are in their strife.
They wreak ru...
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Categories:
broadness, analogy, animal, character, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Beautiful Curse and Painful Danger
...Th best pendant necklace is turquoise blue
With each day of usage, it remains new
Her body so glittering and well mold
Cements great distraction and interest hold
Wild hormone stiff to it's pe...
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Categories:
broadness, destiny, lust, motivation, song,
Form: Lyric
The Depth of Tunnel Vision
...Fixation on sights only seen with severe constriction,
can be obsessive when warranted with restriction-
Narrowmindedness can cower with a one-track mind,
leaving only the fear of ruling bli...
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Categories:
broadness, deep, metaphor,
Form: Couplet
Why Do You Dwell In My Heart
...I know you love many things,
You need a lot of them,
Large, Broad, wide, vast,
Diverse, smooth and sublime.
Like every life
You also need a space
Boundless,
like the vast expanses
Of t...
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Categories:
broadness, desire, friendship, how i
Form: Free verse
Odyssey From Africa 9c10a
...CHAPTER 9c
Swift a sand shark spiraled nearer
Baring teeth it eyed them coldly
Han spun full about and kicked it
In the center of its body
But at this the sand shark merely
Shrugged and m...
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Categories:
broadness, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Upside Down Kids Talking Inside Out
...TING means “thing” said she who masquerades as my niece with the tongue stud and nose ring.
We used to put them in our ear, now they put them anywhere
BRAH is new for “bro” and does not have to be...
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Categories:
broadness, children,
Form: Rhyme
Royals of Emotions
...Royals of Emotions
As a confusing annoyance grew inside my head;
A silent torment stormed and throttled as I lay at night a mist my bed.
The old unforgivable and the new unforgettable;
Not...
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Categories:
broadness, betrayal, community, corruption, courage,
Form: Ballad
Beautifully Black
...My black is beautiful from head to toe
It's not just the fullness of my lips, or broadness of my nose.
My black is beautiful; it’s not a curse but a gift
It’s more than the texture of my hair, and th...
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Categories:
broadness, dedication, slam, beautiful, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Am I a Mess
...I do digress
Am I a mess
I must confess
So much duress
Sometimes suppress
I must profess
Take no bs
And will outguess
How hard to press
It will transgress
When I regress
I do depress
My minds undress...
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Categories:
broadness, imagination, life,
Form: Rhyme
Natural Way
...Nature’s way performs
Bountiful and courageous
Beyond forever
Sometimes a delight
Others destructive design
Her choice always stands
Mankind may alter
She has the complete last word
Femin...
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Categories:
broadness, life, nature, seasons, social,
Form: Haiku
Sweetest Starling
...Sweetest starling, stand astounding.
Sleeping soundly, seasons passing,
Stay the startling sounds. Outstanding
Music sung, silence surpassing.
Sweetest starling, sight is sparkling.
Saturn stu...
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Categories:
broadness, adventure, allegory, animals, imagination,
Form: Alliteration