Woman Cry Poems

Dear Bob,
It has been mighty long 
That I have licked my wounds and cursed your song. 
I wish you had warned me, Bob, 
That the...

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When I was young my parents taught me…without ever telling me why
that whatever happens to me in life…boys aren’t supposed to cry.

For years I heeded...

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He forgot our roots, from where those women came,
Raised by resilient black women, breaking trauma's claim.
Not a black , I stand as a black woman,...

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The Wail of the Mistress

In shadows thrown by city lights,
A soul awaits the darkest nights,
A mistress with a heart unknown,
Whose beauty shines, yet feels alone.

She...

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Nov. 19th,2012

A POEM

By: C.M. Charron





Reading the News



Opened, or Closed? 

Blue like a corpse?

or

Pink as a rose?

Under my clothes;

It all is exposed.

My self is discarded

along with...

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At the announcement of your presence 
My blood ran like the sounds of hell were chasing them 
Causing my heart to beat faster out of fear
Yet, at...

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Here a woman and man sit on a bench.
The man beside her holding her hand
The woman weeps. The man is praying,
So it seems - we...

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The memory of us makes me smile
The memory of us four
The memory of us three
The memory of us two
And yes, I smile.

I smile because when...

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"Do not stand by my grave and weep", they said.
Here's something she would have said instead.
"Hey, smile, all of your smiles are beautiful."
Hers was more...

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Her face pops up on the screen and she stared directly at me looking into her dream and, as the verdict is read, she grips...

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In shadows' embrace, my heart does weep,
A melody of sorrow, so dark and deep.
The sun once bright, now hides its face,
As clouds of despair take...

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dearest univese...my creator..
i am in need of your help and support..
as you have given me strength and support..
everyday in my life no matter what i...

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There is a character I had known back at the barracks,
That his doings earned him the title 'Smoke man,'
He had weird habits that always succumbed...

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some people smile with their eyes
some people frown with their eyebrows
some people celebrate with candles & fireworks
some people mourn among cans of black beans

like the...

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I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock,                 ...

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