I Am a Child No Longer

I am a child no longer.

Simple joy eludes me.
Simple expression
be...

Take me back to simpler times,
when life was mapped out,
when it became linear in scope.

One...

A thousand times, I mourn your absence, a recurring wound which stains every moment.

I mourn y...

In retrospect,

should have been a moment

I cherished,

held onto so deeply

that even d...

Time becomes a keeper of all decisions; it holds the consequences, like a collector hoarding trea...

To go is to see, Every step leads to new experiences, New adventures, And lessons to learn.

...

Shout out to the vibe

very nice touch presenting

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Poets and ...

I have been laying on the sauce real thick, I think I upgraded from sauce to molasses. I was keep...

anything can be sung

you don't have to hear

the music to sing

our voice is an instrument...

I built this throne with words and rhyme

I've earned my seat one line at a time

Before you ...

Poured out all the love

Love that went to waste

Have not a drop

Not even a taste

Swee...

Even though it seems as though

You’re going the wrong way

The process will not point you

In ...

One of my favorite words

I like to use alot is Stuff

I don’t know why but

I like Stuff I lov...

Sometimes getting back

on your feet isn’t just

about what you can do for

Yourself.

It...

Tucked in the corner of a

spoken word poetry scene,

her delivery lit the wicking

nature of my ...

Somebody done

spilled the beans!!,

This is a squealer,

perpetrator and

a blabber

m...

I am original,

I am simple,

I am one of a kind,

I didn't roll of a

conveyor belt, but...

Years and years ago there was a tv commercial

that said best bet Hire a Vet

To the less the...

We preach under sodium bulbs and stop signs,
hands cupped against the cold to warm a story.
Mama us...

I am sipping on sunshine, with a big straw too. I was always in this place of abundance. I have b...

Her pose was a seductive

illustration,

but I would stall upon

answering the geometric

coordin...

I succumbed to the desire

Rewatching our memories to feel everything you are in the moment and...

Set on a vision I dreamed of. Though I struggled to make them believe. Craving a clean cut divisi...

They stole Our rights and

gave Us Our wrongs

Then They called Us disloyal

when We da...

I do some of my best writing during church

I probably shouldn’t (write here), but for what it'...

The hopes and prayers of my mother, who always knew that I could achieve

The confidence of my ...

I balance on an unwavering limb.

If I fall for you before autumn

ends,

you will find that my p...

I don't need to be the loudest in the room

I just need one line that goes "KABOOM"

put ...

you spend your whole life trying to
get somewhere "get there"
you look around like why ain't I ...

With time, you will bloom,

Spread your petals wide,
A warm greeting to the sun.

Your roots...

Days never found their proper descent,

leaving nights to ignore me.

A relentless hum behind m...

Be kind,

be sweet,

be nice to

people, and

IT WILL MAKE

YOUR LIFE COMPLETE,

show...

Please don't fall

for what's pleasing

to the eyes,

for all, it could be

IS THE DEVIL ...

Don't be so quick

to jump

to situations,

observe, and learn them,

don't make it

yo...

I was literally bulging, ideas and prose were coming from all directions. I was influential in th...

We baptize our mornings in diesel and sunrise,
coffee cooling in chipped Styrofoam cups—
the corn...

Nurse,

I’m in need of a hug so deep,

delivering an almost literal

touch to my inner abyss....

silence
pierces the solace of loud episodes
sparks in the darkness
the evidence known
but uns...

Hey Mom yes another year another

special yearly day

your earthly Birthday

way back in 19...

We possess many faces,
shifting between each

as we mirror the world outside.

Sometimes...

My words are bygone remnants,

but solid—

spoken not to soothe the

skeptic’s ear.

To fit...

What's with

all of

the Calamity???

it's a mess

out there,

OH, CAN'T YOU SEE!!!

I wait for your words to move

before my mystical brown eyes,

voiced straight at me.

I only h...

Looking back,
this heartache
is well deserved.

For love’s goggles
shielded the venom
you s...

Masks Fall

Pretense wavers

for greed tires of playing

hide-and-seek.

Like a serpent,

Dark silhouettes pantomime with white gloves

On well lit stages a theater for the eyes

Happy en...

Kisses to your neck

taste of rose hints,

descending where you bloom.

Kisses to your breasts ...

We move together patiently

when it all makes sense.

Our minds aren’t trying to

take short ...

The other day I seen a well worn pick up truck proudly bearing a bumper sticker

AMERICA LOVE I...

Tears that

fall like rain,

Relieving the

hurt and pain,

Comfort is what

you will g...

Let this LOVE be ETERNAL,

Last until the end of time,

Let people clearly see that,

ETERN...

If I cut on the news,

Please don't let me see,

You speeding down

the 105

being chased...

IT'S A CATASTROPHE!!!

I just can believe,

the things going on

you just have to see,

I...

They pray with their heels on the curb,
hands cupped like radios catching static gospel—
the city...

Todays dreary weather

is the disposition

of the world today

world today like a

keg of dynamit...

I need a break

from this orbit,

so when my words

make love to you

I am the only witness.

M...

There is a girl still living inside her,

buried beneath a life she doesn't recognize.

Not d...

Can you write me a love poem,

and make it not so obvious that

it is about me?

One stanza is ...

She is legendary,

and the route I wish to take

ishers,

on a journey that guides

mytongue

o...

Entities in black hoodies

audition to be the Reaper,

claiming a beauty not

theirs to deface.

Let “I do” carry an eternal vow—
to have and to hold,
lasting beyond the confines
of death.

We bear scars
From wounds
Inflicted,
But which remain
Unseen,
Yet shaping
Every step,
Ever...

A painter I shall become,
Weave brush,
To capture the way
My heart flutters at your sight.
I ...

I’ve been

boldlately,

no moreslanting

my words—

They’re standing

straight up to you.

A single step taken,

A journey begins,

One accompanied by tests.

Without a single pa...

I love you—

A phrase formed,
letters strung together,
possessing
a profound ability,
a pow...

The pen becomes more than a writing instrument. It morphs into a vessel that transcribes thoughts...

We pray on stoops where light fights concrete,
where pigeons know our names and old men keep time
l...

Indeed the title of poem will

speak to the body of the poem

Cost of living increase just an...

Our slogan and platform is make it right!

My fellow Americans, on this election night

I ask...

Tutor me,

show me something about you

I didn’t know,

an inked note written on the

dark of y...

For ten years I’ve witnessed friends turn into enemies strangers turn into kin MADNESSES! Where i...

Do you remember me? Do you remember where we grew up? Do you remember the very first time we met?...

When I lost you I lost everything my home my family & even some cl friends words will never be en...

The moment you look into my eyes my heart explodes & my mind begins to race like a track meet you...

I know I don’t talk much & haven’t spoken to or seen a lot of yall in years just know in my momen...

It’s been a long time but I feel as though I’m headed back towards the right direction admittedly...

Sometimes I like to let my mind wonder do other worlds actually exist & if they do exist I wonder...

May I whisper you a thing

or two?

I think about you often,

that’s one.

I am thinking ab...

Your evolving embrace is electric,

but it is not what gives me light.

For it is your gentle pre...

There will b many haloween songs

played on the pop radio stations

many very popular Vincent...

Until my lungs cease to draw breath,
Until my heart counts its last, receding beat,
Until this ...

Mortals, Bound
The master
who holds the keys
remains Change—
a universal existence
turned co...

Angels reside

among clouds,

watching mortals

scurry about,

living

on borrowed time.

We live,
Accrue moments—
Some fleeting,
Some become fossils,
Awaiting discovery,
While other...

Winter is coming reminding me

of the hole in the pocket of a coat

I see beautiful people I do...

We baptize the block at dawn—steam rising off manhole lids,
coffee cups like chalices, the corne...

Im hitting them with both and Im making sure its hot. Why not, I was not born into this world to ...

Stretching on tiptoes

to reach the edge of his lips,

her world dissolved.

A starlit galaxy s...

I can’t put into words the destruction & chaos I’ve seen in the last month or so thousands of civ...

I see a lot of frustration in my counterpart face I see his days filled with silence & anger I ha...

Let’s talk about how

much we spin as the planets

ellipse

Let’s talk about how a Uranian

You wouldn’t be able too tell just by looking at him but he’s a man surrounded by darkness a choi...

In my mind, the

conjectured dream of

us becomes a solved

equation— broken

down before us.

The architects of Make america Great Again

A diminitive mind said to b a drunk in charge

of Def...

the stars are speaking
they share tales in their twinkling
they converse of worlds
they've gaz...

The heart becomes soil.
Gratitude, the seed,
the mind carefully sows.
The soil tilled by remem...

Star lit night
Sky sparkling bright
Moon in full bloom
Silence fills the air
Not a whisper
N...