Kinfolks Poems - Poems about Kinfolks

...A crush of grey faces, solemn against the grey sky, the grey sea; a pale, youthful khaki column slow board the ship from granite quay from which a crowd; sisters, mothers, cheer, with feigned en......

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...The child of a certain perception, Among your kinfolks poor reception, You just can’t endure irritation: It could make you leave your own nation, White men’s world declare your new station, Fac......

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...I, Zechariah, was a faithful priest. My, wife, Elizabeth, and I were known for following God’s laws unfailingly. No veering from the Scriptures, we’d condone. Though we were blessed, there was ......

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...Their soil they no longer till, As they couldn’t eat their fill From a hopeful food storage Of last year’s superb courage. Now, they ‘re hoping on a job That their kinfolks dreamily mob; A mu......

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...God established the color of His children Yes, we are all of God's children Well, we are one big extended family across the earth More than that, we are brothers and sisters, kinfolks to each othe......

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...You worked so hard but just exist. Your high school grad dates you just missed, evacuated from Ukraine. In Russia’s army to resist, you fought the tyrant Hitler’s reign. You worked so hard but......

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...I. It was in the frontier town of Simmons, in the year eighteen hundred ninety-one, that two twin brothers, the Malcomson twins, bought themselves a ranch that they hoped to run. They were ide......

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...I abhor the night For sleep has sworn enmity with my lids Lethal questions plague my peace And my heart shows me no pity In finding rest for my head Try, try and try I try But the questions gu......

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...I heard our ancestors came on the mayflower boat sad part there was not a journal or a note it sounds like a miracle my early grandparents Thomas and Susan Collier landed on Plymouth rock a vision......

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...Blessed by a baby girl; our bundle of joy Rising as a beautiful stream, flowing in our hearts...ahoy! Offering her back to God, so He will watch and keep, Our precious little angel, she is one of ......

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...Roses are burgundy, violets are dead, and the family blossoms I hand-picked is enfolded under my pitch dark bed My hearts beats slightly and my love leaves silently Dismiss from mind ......

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...Where did all those black people go in Black History such as W.E.B Dubois, George Washington Carver, Sojourner Truth,and many more that came before. Why have their families disappear? When you......

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...Way back yonder In my younger days When I had a lot of hair And some funny ways With mama in the kitchen And me making a wish And the joy in my heart When there was chicken in the dish ......

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...Auburn-gold leaves drop from the trees, Frail the grey skies, waning the sun. A seagull wheels it final glide Night winds cloak the mute of evening I hear echoes through the rooftops, Flurries......

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...So the ship will sail For those who have the price to pay And I have a tale To leave here if I pass away This journal will speak To the journey I now shall take From life here so bleak To sunrise fut......

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