Black Family Poems

At first glance when you visit our house you might not notice it
but, by the time that you depart
you’ll realize you were in a museum...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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As I stepped into the warmth of the rescue mission
lobby decorated with crimson and cream poinsettias,
I heard the homeless families excitedly thanking
what sounded like a...

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Here are six tales of six relatives of mine
Now all have passed in the passage of time
Mostly seen through the eyes of a child
Poetic...

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8 Nov 2020  9:37 Am

Television to get my vision internet to see revision
Radio to set the pace and off to work and run the...

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The husband was the perfect dad,
his wife would seldom fuss,
whatever went awry at home
you never heard them cuss!

Remember all the clothes they wore
and never saw...

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Many are lost amidst this spiralling loss
Mothers, fathers, sons and daughters
Extensions to us in pandemic slaughter

When we've lost whom we love, it severs
But it's the...

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I remember, 
he was sat 
on the wall 
wearing his green hat.

A dark blue t-shirt, 
faded denim jeans
and weathered 
steel-toecaps.
 
A skull-bracelet
wrapped around
his right 
wrist.
...

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It was quite a party at the old Spooks house,
to a spooktactular Samba they bobbed and bounced.
with skeletons banging their big ox-bone drums,
and the pumpkins...

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When I travel near and far, 
I find a cookbook that is a real star.
With thousands of great recipes to cook, 
How in the world...

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Checkers what a game,                    ...

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She dragged her husband to the marriage counselor wearing gloss.
He simply would not stand up to his intimidating, mean old boss.
She needed her man to...

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The black crow, a stunning bird
A closer look witness colorful inserts
A loyal bird with only one lifetime partner
Play hard, but work harder
Constant construction of the...

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Never forsake the lineage in which we
originated from because
the ancestors are watching us
Their eyes are on the sparrow
anticipating us to soar into
our excellence 
Wash ourselves...

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Memories of My Parents

Memories of my father
Bring forth the autumn walks.
Shades of nature on the crunchy leaves
At the man-made lake down the hill
From the little...

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