COMIN' UP IN THE HOOD, WE ALL KNOW IT AS THE PROJECTS EXPECT TO HOLD YA OWN OR BECOME KNOWN AS A ...

You cannot romanticize revolution

Unless you’re truly in love with freedom:

Freedom...

Cow horns call... in a message

words... can't quite provide...

the sound carries near ...an...

Stepping through the portal...
Between ...space and time...
Where our souls are weighed
And o...

Once again, the warmth of sunshine

showered my face—awakening me

with praises—the i...

Africa! my beloved Africa…mother

continent of my ancestor’s ancestors…

how well I k...

Dont

Rush

Under

Ground

So Soon

If you go, put my heart in your suitcase

Carry my baggage to the bus station

Wait for never...

What is LOVE?

LOVE is NEVER patient,

LOVE is NEVER kind,

the only love I feel, is the MO...

The Poet told The Painter
The Potter was the Father
of the Widows Daughter

The Painter la...

at first I thought I was in love
then something happened
it changed my mind
suddenly I could s...

you knew where to hit me
I told you where it hurts
you put on boxing gloves
then you went to w...

you told me to keep
your secret
you told me
to tell no one
you told me I
was the only one
n...

nothings more beautiful
then a blank canvas
to create what ever you
want to see in front of yo...

I let you take me for granted
acting like I don't feel pain
telling you I don't feel a thing
a...

I encouraged others to move forward
I encouraged them to pass me by
I encouraged them to leave ...

looking for some one to save you
may not get you saved
the one you're looking to
may be diggin...

she must have read every word I said
thinking she knows thoughts in my head
believing my favori...

if you dig go deep
careful not to wake the sleep
careful not to harm a sheep
leaving nothing i...

It's the first sight that caught me Your words and touch second and third. Feel like I could tell...

Unspoken Wisdom Speaks

American Negroes are a very diverse people; we come from all walks of l...

Wanting to know my truth, so I closed my eyes

Seemed like eternity, but twas just a blink of ââ...

sitting here

looking up at you

looking down on us

watching

you reflect

the...

These are the days of our lives

Living in the falsehood of the Dream

Turned into a ...

Poetry Vibe is the Village Builder

And we are the bricks of resurrection

Vibrating ...

striving onward…

cascading

meandering rivers

flowing

toward

destination

Threading her needle,

Poets’ words fill the mind’s eye;

Torn truths are mended.

To forgive

is not to forget.

Christ said

to the father:

Forgive them

Midnight Nubian Reflection

I looked into a mirror;

it looked back at me...

Spun webbed words weave true tales

knitted and woven with worn threads

spooled from...

Affronts to humanity streak the skies

Like once perched war eagles

Soaring over com...

Given its own essence,

time may dissolve pain

and mend broken heart...

I’m sorry,

Sorry sorry

I’m sorry

For my sins in the past

No excuse can be made

Machine gun

dreams...

planting seeds of hope...

for tomorrows unborn

truth...

nuclear

e...

Mercurial madness...

is taking the reigns

of power

Hatred,

lust for power...

greed...

It is a
mirage.
Spun up
in a place
unknown.
Everything
seen an
illusion.
Ghosts,
vapors ...

souls... searching... spirits ...stirring...

passions born of adventure ...and discovery

al...

Thinking you are better than the rest

When you are nothing less than a mere perfectionist

S...

Unique unto
themselves.
Truths.
All truths.
Amongst
countless
storylines
spread
through
...

Growl !!!!
The Beast Within is on the prowl
Seeking, stalking, ever observant of its prey
The ...

Snap Snap Snap

Snap Snap Snap

Selfie sticks stuck to hand like super glue

Likes and verificati...

Although less happy run away throughout the concept of fun
were paid our addiction while we ...

43 years

My birthday nears

With age comes more fears

Regrets, lost and tears

All the ...

The earth was bare like an blank canvas

your voice made powerful commandments

you are the a...

The earth was bare like an blank canvas

your voice made powerful commandments

you are the a...

In our

faces.

Constantly,

in our

faces.

Glowing

screens.

Pumping,

pum...

Calendared nature admits

winter has come and gone

and makes no apologies

for lin...

Beneath the collaged skies,

in the realm of winter’s twilight

and sprin...

As the quiet dew

wet blades of grass grew,

hungry rays of sunlight

s...

The fingernail moon laid back

in its cosmic lounge

teasing the frigid night.

Peeling

away.

Away from

reality.

Seeing things

differently.

From a

slightly

Wish I could articulate

How I feel

For your touch.

I’ll probably never

Find another

Sir Hancelot

dry pupils...

come apart at their muse

everyday past the seams

their bar...

Free will
an
illusion.
Free, limited
only.
Programmed
to a path,
course of
actions
prede...

To those…who lack...
Entitlement…
While others...
Fought their way to the top
Mor...

Unspoken Wisdom Speaks

Where has the old American Negro Church Leaders gone? What happened to ...

“The movement of a thousand lights shine brightly within your heart for us and your love. How can...

No ceiling

When I catch feelings penning words creating art, resonated heart constantly beatin...

Tomorrow's Gone, Today's A New

Refrain From Holding On To The Negative Things Of The Past

Focus...

I wanted to paint a Rembrandt

with finger paint

Smear primary colors on canvas

art on th...

Be careful when u follow the masses sometimes the "M" is silent

I file this action under...bli...

I envy and pitty my daughter’s generation

They want for not and know nothing but instant grati...

I have respect for my fellow poets...

None of you know me from a hole in the wall, but know th...

i Nomad

I wander… i wonder…

Traveling with uncertainty ...deliberately…

Exploring, b...

basking... in your warm embrace

just beyond the grasp of yesterdays kiss...

outside... no l...

distraction... shadow dancing

to practice, for no other reason

but, for interplay...

tak...

Today’s irony is black turning white,

and white remaining what it is—White.

Ref...

You criticize...When we socialize...Took me time to realize...How many lies you can excercise...E...

Last night I cried myself to sleep...Without you knowing next to you my silence I had to keep...W...

Why do I settle for less...When all this pain daily you give me settles in my chest...Every time ...

"Death the stalker" Strange things happen, The moment one is lost, Another is found. We know lif...

Walk in light, love in your skin.

Equal to the stars at night;

In the sun, our beautiful Bl...

Uprooted, abandoned and displaced;

scattered about in their own homeland—

Irrespect...

Ripples In Time…

Chipped off

the rock of the time

a human pebble pierces

Rocked to sleep by buzz words...

Fake News Fake News & Transparency mind numb to it

Mass media ...

Our Lives That Can Be Seen With The Naked Eye Is Just A Blur, Life Is To Short Is The Reason, No ...

The world is against me

So I close my eyes

And run away

The world is against me

I...

He who has plucked away the light of day

has sent the healing moon to ease the pain

night b...