Strong Black Woman Poems

Written By:  D. Collins 3/2/24


Every person should know they did something in life.
Produced something special and nourished it right.
Taught them good from bad and...

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He forgot our roots, from where those women came,
Raised by resilient black women, breaking trauma's claim.
Not a black , I stand as a black woman,...

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Don’t try to put a label on me,
I am someone’s child and I am free.
I am not girl or child,
I am not a truant neither...

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Who knew I’d be seeing you,
The butterfly of my life.
You used to be my best friend
I used to be your wife.

I’m writing to say Thank...

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31 YEARS OF BEING THE HAPPIEST MOTHER
IN ALL THE WORLD
IS TRULY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE
BECAUSE MAKEBA IS MY LITTLE GIRL

I TAUGHT HER TO GRAB LIFE BY...

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Do not call me
strong Black woman for
it is not a compliment
It is a title given to us
boxed inside expectations that
weigh us down
We are not superheroes
yet...

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Black woman you are my Nubian Queen.
Black woman you are strong.
Black woman you are the one,
Black woman you are a true blessing on this little...

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A dream is a wish the heart makes,
And the moment I saw you
My heart wished you to be mine
So to say that you are my...

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Came from Muskogee, Oklahoma;
As a teenager came to care for her elderly Auntie in Omaha;
Whereas she met her handsome older new Navy guy,
Two years later...

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ALL TYPES OF GIFTS GIVEN
COOKING, ORGANIZING
GIFT MAKING, EVENT PLANNING
SINGING, WRITING GOSPEL SONGS
FASHION SHOPPER, A DESIGNER
ARTWORK, A PASSION IN REAL ESTATE
TALENTED ENDLESS, EVERLASTING
A TRAVELER.

WHERE TO BEGIN
FROM...

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Nobody loves themself more than a black person does
	nobody is as big-hearted to call strangers ‘bro or ‘cous
	always hugging and kissing to convey what can’t...

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She'll be rather willing to be burnt
on the stakes forgotten
than sleep and wake in the jailers chains
watching her purpose gather up dust.
Rake her charred remains
heap...

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If they called you black woman
If they keep reminding you of your skin colour
I know they said  you are not beautiful enough
I know they...

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Chances are
You are beautiful
No need for second glances
You are

Your caramel skin
Your moon glow ivory grin
Mellow brown eyes
Your strong barren thighs
Those perfectly geo-metric breasts
Plum ruby-tan brown...

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Black woman
Strong, black woman 
You come from a mighty land,
Your skin is made from God's pure earth,
Strong, black woman you're beautiful 
You are made by...

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