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Robeson Poems - Poems about Robeson


Premium Member The Incoherence of Telling Your Brain To Figure Stuff Out
..."I wanna know what love is I want you to show me I wanna feel what love is I know you can show me" Foreigner There's a disjoint between giving and receiving love There shouldn't be Hypotheti......

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Categories: robeson, angst,
Form: Free verse
Some Poems
...A Stolen Memory A Mirthful Chorus By Sy Roth We surrounded him Asked to let go. She stared at the misshapen face, Unshaven sandpapery skin Eyelids a tabula rasa Fluttery sere skin And......

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Categories: robeson, dream, loneliness,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Native Steel
...I am the American worker coal fired for refined thieves on the thirty first floor. My secrets rest roadside beyond the guardrail where ditched alleys lead to rowhouses. A list of porches ......

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Categories: robeson, allusion, america, eulogy, extended
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Brotherhood Bass and Black
...His voice was loved,his colour not Only the former him fame brought Summa cum laude in study and sport His origins drew him up socially short Jim Crow laws were the sinister wedge Which left him......

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Categories: robeson, black african american, celebrity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Come Glory This All Hallow's Eve
...As I drive by the end of days I see a pumpkin and a happy witch on the doorstep of my joy, As I pass by my four year old’s awe toward friendly ghosts down the street of nostalgia, I am reminded of Sa......

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Categories: robeson, happiness, holiday, mother, africa,
Form: Blank verse



Paul Leroy Robeson
...Prattlers, this voice on stage tenured its talents well Acme of the art, the rare thespian my father spoke Ubiquitously your destiny's duality, and swell Lauding you, my head, and naught this spell b......

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Categories: robeson, black african american,
Form: Acrostic
Home of the Slaves
...Land of the free Home of the slaves The blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors resonate Amongst the soil where they were slain I’m hearing their struggle I’m feeling their pain I can’t imagine being ......

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Categories: robeson, allegory, black african american,
Form: Verse

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