Beauty Slavery Poems

On the coast of gold(Ghana) where ethnic cultures intertwines like glittering and colourful 'bonwire' kente
A vibrant tapestry of diversity divine. 
Starting from the South where...

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On the coast of gold(Ghana) where ethnic cultures intertwines like glittering and colourful 'bonwire' kente
A vibrant tapestry of diversity divine. 
Starting from the South where...

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Behold!! The mighty are falling..
In the tempted tunnel of a modern prostitute, who calls herself hookup girl..

Her charming chambers glitters...
Her couch caught mighty men to...

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A red rose am not
Yellow, pink nor white
My color is lost in between
Different shades in tone
But a rose I still am
Still beautiful to behold
Dressed up...

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it is as though
they saw my beauty,
full and radiant
lasted only in the 
rich soil i was born in.

so they picked me and
stomped the roots dry.
one...

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HAVE SEEN
I have seen mentors become tormenters 
I have seen Shepherds lead there flocks
To the gates of hell like Berizebu 
I have seen Fathers turn...

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Block this, block that
Black this, black that
I am sick and tired
Of seeing the hatred
And the obvious prejudices
Destroying countries, counties
Districts and municipalities
Where biased authorities
And utterly corrupt...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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a blade of conscious grass

streams carry water to nourish

as children run to capture lightening bugs

mesmerized by flickers they would own

but in the morning all are...

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Sojourner to far-flung climes;
When you return,
Will you remember the evening songs
Chorused by chirping under the baobab tree?
Will you still remember the fame of the great...

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On a never lonely street was  where I grew up
There  we played from morning  till dusk
 Then we woke up neat and...

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ONLY SHE FEELS IT
HER ALONE HEARS ITS ECHO
TALL,DARK AND BEAUTIFUL,
ONLY SHE SEES IT
TACITURN BLACK BEAUTY
SHE IS AN ENIGMA
AURA OF THE GODS,
SHE IS A DARK BEAUTY.


FLAWLESS...

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I am tied to royalty
the way oceans
are fastened to
 moon fluctuations

the way our skin
absorbs sun's radiation
with mathematical 
efficiency
producing Nubian 
improvisations

from translucent tans
and honey hued browns
to...

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The plague knew my infinite hulk 
in 1769, crept through the Polynesian crystal
onto my outstretched archipelago
black sands and white sands and volcanoes
speaking the purple language,
the...

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From sea to shining sea,
‘Merica ain’t never been nothin’ but
a prison for
angry black boys like me

Childish rage moved my hands,
hateful oppression reaction expression
made me feel...

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