Long Yam Poems
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Psychologically still thirteenPsychologically still thirteen
Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a juncture in relationship,
(whereby one or the other of us)...
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Categories:
yam, 7th grade, age, angst, birth, blue, family,
Form:
Rhyme
No UmbrellaThere is always something to write about
I don’t know what you are talking about
There is always something to write about
So take out your pen and spell it out
I was trying to book a ticket for...
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Categories:
yam, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful, business, creation, rain, seasons,
Form:
Narrative
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history monthMy jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with the following words
mostly written January 23rd, 2023,
cuz I, (a...
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Categories:
yam, abuse, africa, age, america, anger, betrayal, black
Form:
Free verse
Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthNascent poetic tribute to black history month...
crafted before onset when people of color
got acknowledged for twenty eight or nine days
depending if leap year occurred.
Though I yam Caucasian,
rightful to honor most bitter
racist genocidal...
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Categories:
yam, abuse, dream, evil, february, grave, hate, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Desperate Message To Kim Jong UnPardon any absent adulation, bequeathed capitulation, devoted dedication, indiscretion, blabbering peroration, improper salutation or any unintended vexation if this unknown earthling sent a nearly identical message. He over-looked a small number of errors and hoped...
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Categories:
yam, abuse, dark, emotions, evil, hate, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
(alternately titled GENESIS RESPLENDENT)
No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpires until Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, an intimation sensed...
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Categories:
yam, 12th grade, animal, appreciation, beauty, daffodils, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
What Do You KnowI sit here waiting, waiting to go to a comfortable place where by spirit can be at ease but you continue to play your dirty little game and I am going to bring the...
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Categories:
yam, america, community, education, endurance, judgement, mountains, strength,
Form:
Narrative
My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthMy nascent poetic tribute to black history month
more apropos and alternately titled:
praise to thee people
of variegated melanin color,
whose immense understated improvements
and enhancement of webbed wide world
worth more than paltry words
of yours truly can...
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Categories:
yam, 12th grade, adventure, africa, anger, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Christmas Eve In JamaicaI stand here in my innocence
Not knowing what is planned in heaven
The skies are grey the wind is still and
The heavy sound system is blasting on the hill
I could not tell what it was all...
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Categories:
yam, beauty, business, celebration, christmas, community, courage, endurance,
Form:
Narrative
Saturday Night SmokeSaturday Night Smoke
It is Saturday night, and I have to put up a terrible fight,
It is Saturday night, and the people are walking around with much delight, the days are creeping up slowly...
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Categories:
yam, anxiety, appreciation, art, business, community, growth, hope,
Form:
Narrative
The Mountain PeopleDaylight breaks through the gate and a bright light shine intensely on my face from a distance. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I fold one arm and held on tightly to the...
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Categories:
yam, best friend, books, business, change, childhood, community,
Form:
Narrative
Salute the TruthThe wicked is calling the wicked
wicked
Oh what a wicked
The wicked is calling the wicked
Wicked
Who is really wicked?
The wicked is calling the wicked
Wicked
Can’t you see that something is wicked?
Wicked man,
Wicked woman,
Wicked boy,
...
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Categories:
yam, community, desire, farewell, judgement, leadership, leaving, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Mark My WordMark my word...
Das führer Donald Trump will return with a vengeance
Trump wracked up an impressive
$122.00 million war chest
accumulating $82.00 million
merely proffering impish grin
between January and June of 2021;
now he sets his sites and will...
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Categories:
yam, 12th grade, abuse, america, betrayal, bullying, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
When Vivid Clouds DescendedAfter hiking on the trail one day, I was making my way back,
Immersed in balmy thrills of summer, and the sunshine attack!
Birdsong was in my ears, and fragrance of beauty all around;
And greenness like a...
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Categories:
yam, beauty, color, fantasy, flower, green, nature, sky,
Form:
Couplet
Inevitable Death Defines Afterlife TroisInevitable death defines afterlife - trois
So all I ask, would be
inviting, offering, and ushering me to
top secret cygnet committee
to give this average sized
chapped sticky man
spinning the david bowie playlist
as a somber dee...
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Categories:
yam, absence, allah, analogy, angel, appreciation, blessing, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Humus Me My Vegetated Chokes IngestHumus me? My vegetated chokes ingest!
(jokes all in jest)
Hard to believe, I orange in a lee
started life as barely visible speck!
Just in the course of healthy growing
season, this former minute nearly
microscopic entity developed into
quite pleasing...
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Categories:
yam, 11th grade, 12th grade, animal, beautiful, crazy,
Form:
Bio
Poetic Nugget Discovered Today March 29th, 2021Poetic nugget discovered today March 29th, 2021...
while rifling thru outdated electronic drafts,
whereby yours went back to our memorable past.
Circa 6/30/ 2017 - Lost missing master car key...
plus additional ordinary travails affecting me
such as near bankruptcy,...
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Categories:
yam, absence, adventure, anxiety, community, crazy, environment, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Extra Extra Trumpasaurus ExtinctionExtra...extra...Trumpasaurus Extinction...
iz only wishful thinking
Political polls whether advisory still consider
forty fifth president
dangerous, hazardous, lymphomatous...
known to wield violent blows,
his delusional perception analogous
to fable regarding emperor without any clothes
best to handle beast with more'n...
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Categories:
yam, abuse, age, america, angst, anxiety, bullying, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Cajun Night Before ChristmasAs promised to Sara Baker... here is the Night Before Christmas,
Cajun style ~ by James Rice
...
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Categories:
yam, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
Walk With Me To the GymWalk with me to the gym and do the African spin; walk with me to the gym and I will show you where it all begins. The love for money, the love for culture has...
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Categories:
yam, adventure, assonance, community, confidence, courage, earth, england,
Form:
Narrative
The Bride of ChristTo the bride of Christ I pen this letter.
Aya Jesu
Nwanyi Chineke.
I see you wobbling your feet lazily.
Blissfully content with the comfort of this world.
Forgetting you were sent on an errand.
For this world remains a marketplace....
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Categories:
yam, christian, devotion, gospel, humor, journey, joy, love,
Form:
Ballad
Naija LokomotiveThe bespectacled old man
Adjusted his spectacles and his hearing aids,
Positioned his walking stick
Then,
Inched forward as the caravan stuttered
And,
Birthed at Aqua Caliente Station
Unable to make out
The train number and destination,
He turned to me
And asked in a...
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Categories:
yam, leadership, political,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Let the Drum SpeakLET THE DRUM SPEAK
Go to heaven before the heavens goes to hell,
Going home from home is dangerous with a child.
To the cold virgin earth shall woven sleep be
Taken out from the children' eyes early.
Who shall...
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Categories:
yam, africa, art,
Form:
Blank verse
When the Gods VisitedWhen the gods visited in their ragalia,
We were like those that were dreaming.
We walked in the shadow of our stupidity,
We Danced without legs in the public
Because thousands of our smiles were missing
And our white...
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Categories:
yam, art, beautiful,
Form:
Blank verse
Jihad Donald Trump StyleThe glory of America, now heats up
with agitation poised to strike on the brink
sans legislation incites humiliation,
which goads desecration fete accompli chink
...
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Categories:
yam, bullying, evil, grief, hope, jewish, perspective,
Form:
Concrete