Vicki Poems

NOW THAT I REALIZE

...My Granddaughter wrote this a few years ago she is now 16 and since lost her mother when she was 15 at the time and 14 when she wrote this. I think we all will be glad to know that these young people...

THANKFUL FOR THE ABILITY TO DANCE

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Today I’m thankful for the ability to dance
and for having read the words of people like Vicki Baum…a gifted Austrian writer
Who through her writing helped to make our world a little brighter 

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Male Bard Meets Female Bard On Facebook

...Alieu A. Bah  Ask:  
How art thou faring bard?
FEMALE BARD:  Love art faring well in my heart. 
IT WAS you, the master of wit and charm; 
With masterful words you have stirred my heart to become ...

Win 'The Trip' Murray

...Win ‘The Trip’ Murray

Some wish the life of stewardess; Win Murray was the ‘trip,’
more than a plane or ship at sea, with stops not on a map,
a riptide ocean surf conceal...

When All the Worlds At Slumber

...WHEN ALL THE WORLD'S AT SLUMBER

When I am up, the whole world snores.
No-one dares to stir.
Seems that I am the only one
To have escaped this sleeping
World.!

No hustle-bustle in the air,
...

My Childhood Prayer Still Said

...My Childhood Prayer Still Said

It must be said
Before the sun rises 
It may be said on your 
knees before bed
But it must be said.! 

It must be short  and sweet 
Quick to reach... God's  e...

Good Morning

...GOOD MORNING
I wake up crying
The birds are not flying;
All kinds of strangeness
From the sun that once
Sustained us.

When I first shook um...
People were drowsy
''Good morning. New day.!
...

I Pray There Is a Hell Fire

...I PRAY THERE IS A HELL FIRE

I PRAY THERE IS A HELL FIRE

No more do i long for the river.
I shan't play in the sea.
I won’t step foot on the water
That's not the life for me.
My hero is Jere...

Why I Love ***** Spirituals When the Only Way Out Was Death

...WHY I LOVE *****  SPIRITUALS   

I know why we sang those songs;
Why I LOVE ***** Spirituals-
I have a spiritual 
connection to
those songs we sang.
We sang out messages to the universe,
and ...

Lipstick Code Red

...CODE RED LIPSTICK 

Nobel Flower Petal: Tear ducts  permanently swollen from too much stolen Joy.                            

She is the last petal hanging onto the stem of her life; Though Stro...

Unfoldings

...Unfoldings

for Vicki

Time unfolds ...
Your lips were roses.
... petals open, shyly clustering ...
I had dreams
of other seasons.
... ten thousand colors quiver, blossoming.

Night and da...

I Bore a Poem

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VICKI ACQUAH·TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017
In my womb God wrote a poem, 
My own birthday was in four days. 
I use to thank God for my gift, 
I never Loved anyone, so much as this. 
But as she grew...

Poetic Psychoanalyst

...Plant the seeds you wish to reap.
I have planted my seed in the soil of my people.
I have no home, no earthly land,
I have no food sometimes, sometimes,
I must find the white spot in my life; 
T...

Message To the Masses Concerning the Madness

...It is now too late for you to
Straighten up and

Fly right!
You have failed to pass
The test of time.
It is too late to love your neighbor
There is nothing left to do now
But go back into the...

Read My Pages

...From stone to

bone- hieroglyphs

to alphabets

Images and letters

from tablets to the

printing press

From skin to leaves

Stamps- Seals and indigo

Lead pencil ink or charcoal

...

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