Long Kwanzaa Poems

A seven day event 
Based on African descent 
Culminating in giving gifts and a large feast
Based on African festivals ranging from the West to the Southeast. 
Within, you will discover the seven principles and seven...

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We lost our “UMOJA”, the basic concept and core value of our being “We, therefore, I am”, at the time of our history that began some 300 years ago. We didn’t step on the soil...

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If you’re looking for yuletide cynicism here,
you’re shopping in the wrong place.

This is New York City’s time of year.
It’s stood the test of time and it fairly sparkles,
proving that the ordinary can be extraordinary.
With the...

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Let's wax poetic - wax on..

We’re in for it
When we enter
the insubstantial country of love

That secret theater, in an invisible mansion of moods

it’s a resort that houses its share of speechless monologues and sore disappointments,...

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Nestled cozily and sweet in a valley filled with holiday snow,
I am thrilled and delighted to watch the twinkling of the pretty lights.
Other people are lamenting places they cannot now go.
Excited about the beauty of...

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The Pride of a Black Man…
is evident from birth
from day one he’s the strongest on earth
It grows in him like a planted seed
giving him the will and fortitude he’ll need

The Pride of a Black Man…
is...

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Glitter, Glamour, Glitz and Spritz
Shimmer and Sparkle, oh how we marvel at all the Ritz
It's a Holiday Fest At Its Best!

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Spiritual...
whatever your ritual, it's time to reflect, reconnect 
and rejoice to be...

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Can't write about Christmas or New Years Day,                  Written just for Paula's
Or Easter or Kwanzaa or any other...

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Bells

Shiny silver bells with glistening red bow
Are dangling from my entry gate
Though silently because they're faux.
But I imagine they ring and resonate

Their joyous sounds for all to hear
That give us pause to contemplate
At this busy...

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Hopes and prayers soar in aspiration
  In this season of heightened anticipation  
When diverse cultures in our great nation
  Await their holidays with eager expectation

Channukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa -- in ideation
  All...

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Cranberry garlands the Christmas tree
Piña empanadas and gifts of filigree 
Children’s faces aglow
Kissing ‘neath the mistletoe 
Midnight mass tradition with family

              ...

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Santa's reindeer were ready for Christmas,
but then Rudolph developed some stiffness.
They asked his son Robbie
to do the job and he
agreed, which was most serendipitous.

Veronica and her friend Monica
joined loved ones to celebrate Hanukkah.
They sang songs...

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