Black Mother Daughter Poems

Ursula, oh Ursula

As constellations go

Ursa Major in the sky

Forever do you glow.

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Onto a world you gaze upon

Your perch upon a star

Lovingly you're watching me

A dear...

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All you ever fed me was cruelty and pain, Starving, 
I consumed every morsel, every drop I drank. 
Instructed to stay quiet, Mind my manners...

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A clear-beaded mousie
with a pointy black nose,
twitchable beaded tail,
and ruffly yellow clothes.

The tail can tilt her head--
she nods without a squeak!
Quiet little church mouse,
I bought...

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If only you could just scan the
Screen of that scene Hollywood 
Dream! Lately though I been thinking
Of seeing a matinee and that the time
Is right....

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some said she is beautiful
She remains ugly in her mind
her mother said so
i am ugly too said black swan
they shared identical mothers,
thus, same self-talk...

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Poor little ghost
under the bed
longing for love
longing for care
scared alone
holding her breath
walking the world 
in dispair...

Poor little ghost
half dead
poor little ghost
black and red
poor little ghost...

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“Arms Full of Linnet Wings”

In the garden 
that afternoon 
she planted seeds
in their ripe minds
their eyes looking
up to hers their 
irises dazzling 
in the late...

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#This is my ELEVENTH poem I've expressed here in 2023. I will share just how MUCH this means to me...
"I didn't plan this, but I...

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The fifth floor was decorated 
With fancy art work. Molly 
Rang the bell. After a few
Minutes an attractive older
Woman answered the door.
She threw the door...

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(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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"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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It 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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It'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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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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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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