tore out pages I didn't want to read let the ink dry didn't want it to bleed gave it everything I...

to a great poetic griot
who's presence was felt
who's pressence is missed
a teacher who taught...

the shape of your face
reminds me of a perfect
mold of clay

pressed against my fingers
but it...

Forbidden thats what pops

up many times and times again

always interupting a rhythmic flow

Conform with me naked

and unafraid

that I won’t admire your eyes first.

Unafraid

that...

Birds of a feather?

Miss me with the shhh.

We haven’t flocked since

we were peeps long b...

Meet the eyes of a monster,

chained,

sponsored by the state

meant to be painted pretty.

Just because I don't, don’t mean I can't. Just because I can, don't mean I should.

Loving wealth and fearing death are impossible to shake, but “For Jesus’ sake.”

Screams with no voice,

mousey,

hiding out inside of a dark space.

Skittish with no c...

A phenomenon the way you

speak, the way you breathe,

the way you are teasing me.

I love th...

Every dawn, the sky bled gold, and the king on the hill grew angry and bold. He shook his heavy m...

If U can imagine the

magic of image

created by the imagination

If U can imagine all U w...

they say he asked for the
cup to pass
but I don't think he was
asking not to die
I think he h...

I wouldn’t kiss you if you told me to,

while I’d prefer to look into your eyes

first.

I ...

Name me the time when we didn’t love

beyond this world’s margin to keep

yoursand my life...

I remain in my mind for thoughts

to combine and make peace with me.

For on the outside I hu...

Hold me close and easy,

for if you need me—need me.

Unclothe me nice and slow,

getting t...

Embracing the Sun: Heat, Health & Hydration

Summer is a beautiful season, but it is also a seaso...

some people go away

some people move away

some people pass away

I sometimes drift away

I can ...

when I'm in my notebook
I'm in my bag

pulling out stuff I forgot I had

a backward...

some nights I write love poems
some nights three women sing
and my heart demands one

Ella si...

I says "I know me"
Me says "I don't know me"
Self says "I agree'

there was a school of
mastery

over the doorway hung a
sign that read

MONK

except ...

tick tock out of the box breaking the locks running the block you want speed I’ll give you spee...

From the Founder & CEO of Another K Production, LLC
Kemymalia (K.)™

I want to share something...

ER CRITICAL CARE TRAUMA UNIT A
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11:34 am
08-29-18

Chaos of deafenin...

You gave us the throne of the universe

Love and honor unto humanity as we daily converse

Standi...

Sparkling diamonds, such a joy to see, wear
From the jewels embedded in my earlobes, adorned aro...

Mmmm, let me AI you, my love

Let me fill you with the wonder of the skies above

Softly place my...

Yo, look at the sandbag Just look at the sandbag one single heavy sack of dirt sitting at the gat...

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina stormed through New Orleans and Louisiana. The only differe...

You see me walking with a limp
I see me walking by faith
You see me working at a gas station ...

My own pain gave me poetry

Im an artist....

No retaliation PHYSICALLY

My words writen or Ver...

A Fathers day story

way back in 1970I am boarding plane

headed to Vietnam after 30 day leave

b...

You need a reference doc for the wisdom that I am getting ready to distribute. You just dont have...

called to recite one night I stood a trembled voice, nerves showing throat scratchy turning pages...

walking on water

is a miracle

walking on sand

upon the water

is a riddle

I wished to prosper

but life had other plans

it handedme some stuff

and told me to begin

some poems wear a sonnet

the way some people wear a bonnet

Trust sharpens the blade

Loyalty holds you still

Love cuts your throat

Aint we glad we gottum

not the ones that r suppose

to b Supreme the ones that work

for n...

I escaped the blade of the guillotine like a court jester disrespecting the queen the king thinks...

I had to find peace which means I had to let a bunch of things go. I was holding on to things tha...

add a little sugar a honeysuckle lamb we try to recite the pieces of who I am but the words are c...

he gathered her from drift and dust a lonely ghost of cosmic rust he squeezed the dark until she ...

the universe is heavy and the dark is born to press it weights the drifting spirit with a terrify...

I try

I really Do

gas pricing always

risin

I try to resist

my urge to ride

I really try to ...

A poet alchemised a stone into a spear philosophy is poetic like the force that binds the stars.W...

For SC had a wonderful month

of May

Usually hot humid high 90s

to trriple digit

but n...

If there is a “Penny” shortage, how can we say, “A penny for your thoughts” if there is no penny?...

you send me

yes
your poetry sends me
it really does

from warm fields of grain
waving langu...

It was one of those quiet days

When the evening rains never came

As the breeze drifted ...

My flow’s Ebola

My pen’s MRSA

Word play might just murk ya

Freestyles cause a crisis

Go Spurs a forever fan you guys

young tough really good

Just a moment to take some time

bout t...

Yeah, shout out to Chrysler for making an Amazing car, a Hard Hitter! First of all, Happy 20th Bi...

Oh wee, oh wow! Well, well, well. Looka here!
Look how much we are being loved right now. Everyb...

Im coasting on pure adrenaline, I dont even feel anything right now. Im sure the pain is coming a...

He needs no excuse to justify his abuse. Loopholes are inserted to keep justice perverted, whileh...

it never happened
it was a all a dream
a dream we still dream
although we are today
“woke”
t...

Your 4am face replaces the sun

still beyond the moon lit horizon,

warming everything th...

It’s 12am and the club is to capacity,

yet I still spot her almond butter eyes

despite ot...

don't mind me
I'm taking my cue from the old
Flip Wilson show
where I can best see poets on st...

Riding high with these emotions,

a tribulation of fear I can’t side with,

and theirs no one...

haiku

senryu

say less

beef

chicken

all talk

the beat

the plot

dead opp

family reunion

3 bowls of potato salad

let's get ready to rumble

group chat

umpteen messages

good morning

the funeral

the repass

not again

sent a text

received a call

do not disturb

fish bowl

belly up

do not feed

diabolical

a word

please stop

a lady sings the blues

about the reds

a timeless piece

injustice

the verdict

next case

sum total

deep sigh

swipe

time hides in ordinary days

memories count the steps of passing time

only the clock knows e...

my grandmother had a little white poodle with a black purse in its mouth every time I touched it ...

I was there but I didn't have the paperwork

I lived the story before I read the first page

Mond...

News flash, but before reading it

I know it’s concerning a mother,

a father, or even a young ...

She can be as absent as the sun at 1am,

loves her space like the stars then,

like the south vyi...

its all been biscuits and gravy, choking on life and have it slide down nice and easy. I was dete...

Come close to me,

chin over my shoulder,

and listen as I water you,

over and then over.

Feel ...

Rock, King

Provider, Listener, Protector

Comfort, Lead, Safe Space, Loyal

Respect...

What a cut up event it has been

smile from ear to ear

turn to grin to grin

Name of the game wa...

Reality is owning your truth,

feeling the heat of your fires,

the mandarin hues to electric blu...

yeah

I often wondered why
you and I
never touched the sky
why we never stopped along the wa...

When I look in the mirror, who do I see? I see them; I see us, and I see me. If there was ever an...

In the midnight hour as I cross your mind

The je ne sais quoi behind my seductive rhythms

In be...

Dance unto my heart with such sweet tender words

Take my mind, my body, the gentle yearning for ...

Give me divinity’s purpose or give me earthly rest

Like Spring that flies home to the bosom of...

Her miraculous womb expatriating the world within the palm of her hands

Poignant to the masculin...

I witnessed pure devotion

the second my eyes mirrored

her atop my masculinity victorious,

Articulating the intimacy,

face to face with my eyes drawn,

her taboo is pulsing heavily,

ain't paying for no subscription I got bills I don't mean dollars I'm counting cents trying to ma...