Black Mother Daughter Poems
These Black Mother Daughter poems are examples of Mother Daughter poems about Black. These are the best examples of Mother Daughter Black poems written by international poets.
Still Rising(Response to And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou)
Refusing to ever descend after
My mother, grandmother, great grandmother
Have all endured broken wings
To ensure...
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Categories:
mother daughter, black african american, inspirational,
The Wedding"Mamma?"
"Yes, Charlotte?"
"Will you arrange for the church?"
"Charlotte, you come to tell us you're getting married
with the wedding only two months away!
...
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Categories:
mother daughter, wedding,
The DressIt was the last year of high school and there was a lack of beaux,
But then I got an invite. Whew, that was close!
So now...
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Categories:
mother daughter, 12th grade, dance, high
BlackberryIt's early yet for picking,
Only one black kiss
At the end of pinky clusters,
First fruit,
Faceted like flies' eyes.
The biggest are up too high,...
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Categories:
mother, mother daughter, nature,
garden memories
I will turn back the pages of time
to mom and to when I was a little girl
mom would fill my pool and in I jumped
she...
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Categories:
garden, mother daughter,
DJISSENOU DAUGHTER- I AM YOUR MOTHER
DJISSENOU DAUGHTER
I AM YOUR MOTHER
Twit the crevices tween my thighs;
You burst unto this world
I AM YOUR MOTHER
AND YOU ARE MY GIRL(S)
From the seed of...
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Categories:
mother daughter, analogy, appreciation, black love,
My Prayer for My MotherI pray, Mom, that you are greeting children as they arrive.
I see you in your white gown, and your beautiful black curly hair.
You are wearing...
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Categories:
mother, mother daughter, prayer,
Conceits
"Conceits"
Such conceits
as veils between
our windowed worlds
torn torrential incomplete
mayst thou watch and learn
the one I spawned,
strength beats weakness
carried soft and harsh
one direction...
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Categories:
love, mother daughter,
Little Girl LostDreaming of the past,
Remembering, feeling, despair.
It is not the same as any family.
Wishing, hoping, praising.
To survive knowing All is Lost.
Nothing can be gained from the,
Fantasies...
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Categories:
mother daughter, absence, dream, girl, lost,
Affirmations for my MotherYou are a woman,
beautiful, black,
God’s masterpiece,
created with majestic power
...
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Categories:
mother daughter, appreciation, family, love, mother
31 YEARS OF MOTHERHOOD31 YEARS OF BEING THE HAPPIEST MOTHER
IN ALL THE WORLD
IS TRULY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE
BECAUSE MAKEBA IS MY LITTLE GIRL
I TAUGHT HER TO GRAB LIFE BY...
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Categories:
mother daughter, daughter, girl, love, mother
Shut the windows but open the doorI have sat here for long
Beside the burning stove, in the lingering smoke
Of the spices and heat
My face burns and my hand hurts
My eyes fill...
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Categories:
mother daughter, motivation,
Current FeelingsMost days I'm a crumbling mess
like an avalanche out of the blue
I can't help but fall apart
when I remember you
It only takes a second-
then my...
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Categories:
mother daughter, death, depression, i miss
MURDER OF AFRICAMURDER OF AFRICA
Mother,
Mother of the black race,
Behold your children,
Dead and dying,
Not even a broken hope,
Can their withered hands grope?
Mother,
Mother of Africa,
See your children.
Scattered and...
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Categories:
mother daughter, africa, anger, freedom, mother
Backhand
"Backhand"
You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall
To make sense of it...
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Categories:
child abuse, mother daughter,