A black woman's life
Stripped of dignity
A refusal of warmth
Forced palatability
A black woman's life
A spectacle to society
Our pain Comedy
Silence our only company
In a world that chooses to ignore
Our words speak with wisdom
They choose to echo
Educated and intellectual
Our voices heed with warning
Our weakness our instinct to nurture
Despite their instinct to murder
We want the world to progress
Yet their
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Categories:
palatable, discrimination, jealousy, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Palatable Unpalatability
Are my thoughts too loud,
Does the breeze of my breath graze your skin in the heat of summer?
And my hands cling too tightly that your palms sweat,
And you count the seconds until I notice?
Do my words come out staggered and awkward-
Far apart and yet too close,
And do I linger far too long for hands held
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Categories:
palatable, discrimination, imagery, introspection, war,
Form: Free verse
Palatable Conversations at Night
We,
with the geometry and evening
balance of our midcentury hands—gently
lower the cloche over the day between us. It is a
nightly ritual, gravity-driven, habit built over time, the glass
encasement marred by scars, and etched with near misses and
necessary compromises. Wonder, so many watch television at night.
Kitchen, near day's end, is
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Categories:
palatable, extended metaphor,
Form: Concrete
Palatable Pulpit
for separation of church and hate ~ eating your humble piety
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Categories:
palatable, anti bullying, encouraging, religion,
Form: Monoku
Palatable Acrostic
E-xcellent
M-essage
I-s
L-etting
Y-early
G-reeting
U-se
L-ine
A-bout
P-alatable
A-crostic
Topic: Birthday of Emily S. Gulapa (October 31)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories:
palatable, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Finally Palatable
Beautiful feverfew, chamomile’s tall and lacy cousin.
Magical pain relieving herb makes, a bitter tasting tea.
Honey and lemon make it a palatable blessing.
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Categories:
palatable, garden, nature, poems, poetry,
Form: Sijo
Palatable and Charitable
__Attestation to our sweet dreams__
We can’t beef
We’re far from it
We can’t leave
We’re richer than that
We can apologize
When we’re wrong
We can publicize
When we’re strong
We’re not mad
We’re conscious of time
And so we’ll be heard
At exactly the time
We have depth in us
We dream of what is feasible
We’re wise and a brilliant source…
We’re meaningful and capable
All we have in
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Categories:
palatable, adventure, body, care, career,
Form: Rhyme