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Tillery Poems - Poems about Tillery


Who Knows What Tommorrow Might Bring

...Who knows what toMight bring
If the next great leader
Will be born
Whether they grow from that greatness
Or take society's judgmental sting
Or if a minority president
Wiil be given a chance
Or...
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Categories: tillery, black african american, confusion,
Form: Lyric

The Measure of Beauty

...How do measure someone's beauty?
Is it the thickness of their hips?
The smooth lined makeup on their face? 
Or is the mystery of whats 
Underneath all that
Makes you want to breathe? 
The air i...
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Categories: tillery, black african american, confusion,
Form: Lyric



The Woman I Want To Be

...The woman i am now
Is only half the woman 
I want to be 
The man I am with
Is more than half the man
That I need
I was never really 
Good at math
But when I put one and one together
It equal...
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Categories: tillery, black african american, confusion,
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things