Black Family Poems

Angry and confused, I climbed the stairs.
My family was dear to me
I could not help shedding tears.
Could the lighthouse provide me with a key?
Outside the...

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There was a house in harmony
Home of a sweet caring family;
Yet it was the ruin of one particular son,
I, who lived a life of so...

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Wacky paki baki againa in school in Manchester knocking all the girls gray again.
Stop it you dicka, promise you pricka , don’t coming looking for...

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If he makes you laugh he will make you cry
Grandma said this, I never asked why
Don't get caught up, in all love's bliss
I'm guessing tears...

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FAMILY
Nothing is like Family power
they always stand by each other 
they watch over the tower
that if an enermy may come wihin the hour
they get hold...

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There's a miners hat on the mantle 
There's a pair of boots by the door 
His old lunch pail, ain't ever failed 
To pull a...

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To my young men whom I love so dearly...
Whom lives their lives free willy-nilly.

Who stays out waving guns in air.....
Without a care...of the love we...

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Let us pray
in whoever's name

For our children and
For our salad
The tomato is missing 
half a brain

Thoughts and prayers
For that slice of heaven and
For the cops...

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TICKLE TICKLE IN MY HEAD


The heart can be merry,
Even if the man is not a jolly,
Gaiety of life appeases yhe heart,
Festals make even the sad...

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That the sun will shine brightly
That the moon will only come during season
That the rain will only pour periodically
That the seasons will sees into exist

That...

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To Those That Have Walked Dark Halls Of Deepest Grief

Truth of deep grief and its healing powers;
Are not in the anguish pains that invade,
With the...

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Well it all started out as a real good time
Until we're all talking at the same time
Each acting out our own radical behavious
Chaos and confusion...

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When I was only a small child
Your temperament so mild
You worked, each and every day
Whether at home, or away

Nicknamed your little toadslies every day
We always...

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Grandma, look I am flying on your broom.
Where would you be going on such a fine 
Afternoon?
Be careful that's an heirloom.
To your bedroom
To get my...

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IMAGINE

Imagine a world for no and everyone
Where we all are here to be as one and to save the world
Where we have no differences at...

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This was written by my brother, Bob Contino. This is a longer more detailed version of my last poem posted, Chicken Coop Chronicle.

When I was...

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Take me for a walk, 
I'll bite the neighbors as they talk
Nothing rhymes with family
Favoritism breeds insanity

I try to sit at the table, 
but my...

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I have always been so hopelessly lazy.
            Stoic and aloof, sometimes psychotic. 
I can...

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THEY WISHED TO HAVE
 FUN AND THOUGHT A PARTY
WOULD BE THE BEST WAY,
 ( AND CHEAPEST) TO
HAVE HER SON'S BIRTHDAY
 PARTY, HER FREINDS 
ENGAGMENT PARTY
AND...

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“Wind Song”




When the rain came it raised a torrent
music, little by little, raised the levy
light pebbles rolled over one by one
took with them 
all their...

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