I steal melodies
from the night

sounds
I alone can hear

Images
only I can see

words...

As
an axiom
I don’t believe

Love and Lust
to be both emotions
nor evident

but ki...

Voice closed off
speaking thru me
close my eyes
and run thru the
next thought
I have arrived...

Talking drums
beating back to
the motherland
He said One times One
Equal Two
telling me stor...

I believe I'm free

I don't believe I'm not free

I write poetry

if I told you I feel like
I'm on top of the world
you would'nt believe me
at all if I told you...

Pin pricks and
finger sticks
that scene from the
matrix
Raw unfiltered
dance mix
Mega hertz...

Drinkers' invitation

12/04/23- 2:27pm

Heat secludes my body like warm bath water

Mr. Anonymous

10/23/23- 11:02 pm

Fire in your eyes piercing through my intelligent ...

Black woman, black women

11/08/22

I am my own skin I am my mind within

Brown skin wo...

Train tracks
broken slats
tied to history
borrowed time
laid down by the
side of the road
b...

(route 76) both heading into
(and a small number of hours later
exiting) center city Philadelph...

As if trapped in a ball,

I rolled around as if free;

Bouncing up and rolling down…

It has been said that

“Wicked is as wicked does;”

And somewhere, I heard/read

“D...

A prayer sent in abstinence.

A collection of pebbles

taken for a ride

Strewn...

when will it end feeling okay when i ate wasn't planning for this to happen the weather

problem with the weather cloudy to sunny it happens often it happened yesterday i don't have a cl...

In our skin

We all have experienced many forms of discrimination

through the course of our live...

There's a war on peace

dem dat follow
now dem lead

There's a war on need

dem dat s...

Trees are of God’s grace,

Rooted, trunked, and barked with love—

We are as God’s trees:...

Frothed ocean waves

Are now resting at low tides—

Others calming down:-

High sai...

just finished hot rods outside zooming by why did i do it why why why

T o d a y . .

is just
another day

like any other day
or so I thought

f r a u g h t
...

H o w ~
do you choose

between
hell and high water

when . .

hell and high water
is the ...

feeling uncomfortable been feeling this way for a while don't know the reason i wish i was happy ...

No don (except me)
doth trumpet within the aborted
barren reach of freedoms within expansive re...

I would
take the same path I once took in younger years
scattered
littered with thorns
gravel...

It's all about you

Not theperson that criticis you

Not the peson whotries to dictate, wanti...

Excuses are like lonely paths that leads to nowhere.......

The clock is steadily ticking

Th...

Her soil soaked in blood,

Stymies her germinating seeds;

Yet, justice still blooms:-

ABORTED REALITY…

Stolen and rebirth here,

We can no longer be as

Their virgin fores...

Entrapment videre licet fiendish
gnarly hustling scheme erector -
sent me to the poor house, wh...

Maybe ~

my voice has been
or is just

a never-ending echo
of poetry once recited
in a...

Al l . .

that which is perceived
or manifest as impossible

is possible . !

even if . .

suc...

What if . . .

the floods never came
and the years of plenty

was just propaganda
perpetrated ...

Why the LONG FACE???

You should be HAPPY and WELL,

Because of HIS GRACE

Our GOD NEVER FAILS!!

We are not black holes…

We are the wholeness of black—

Lights shining brightly…

To All Women:

Look Deep,

Before you give yourself to any man

Beware of the red flags

Especial...

One thing I know;

For your love,

I do not stand here in vain

At your heart’s door:-

In this life, challenges will come your way

Just keep moving forward

Knowthatthis isa part of l...

I'm neither

puppeteer
nor marionette

Brilliant idiot
nor madman

the battle’s ragin

a...

Striving on in faith;

Knowing God hears our prayers—

Liberty waiting:-

Vase flowers blooming…

Our buds of love are bursting;

Fruiting love alive:-

In darkness of night,

a dove flying over my head,

let go a feather:-

Dancing in the sky,

Three birds having fun—

Doves, chirping away:-

Cutting loss,

Counting costs,

Seeing your wounds are sovering even if you will never see mi...

Salty Decks ~

burned my feet
and stripped its flesh

f l a s h b a c k s . !

chattel in a...

RED, like The RED EYES of

a RAVING BULL,

ORANGE, Like the VITAMIN C of

CITRUS FRUIT,

YELLOW...

AN EROTIC BIKE RIDE

As we rode along, she said she

Wished that she was my bike;

That...

Throughout the age

at whatever stage
the ascent of man

Kama aroused Shiva

desire’s ...

In my slumber you visited

Just when I thought you weren’t listening

Couldn’t speak your nam...

Ancient wisdom
lies in bones

The StoneAge

didn't end
for lack of stones

m o n s t ...

What’s the bottom line,
lay it all out for me
You have it in writing
Just sign next to the X...

Glide your fingertips over the wounds of my heart. Mend it with your touch and gentle words of lo...

Hot like spice, sweet like honey, cold as the barren winter, take it all or leave it where it sta...

Skim your fingers over the lines onmy skin, and they will tell you the truth of me

The woman of my dreams

Became a reality—

Life’s struggles are eased:-

Bound in o...

Caught

between
madness and logic

realizing
that some infinities
are larger than others...

I m a g e s . . !

going by too fast
to be identified as life

L i f e . ....

I was born ~
on the other side
of the other side

not too far
from the other side
where the t...

P

Just as in nature,

Life has its seasonal times—

God controlling it all:-

In the still, dark of night

The creative gift inside me awaken andtakeflight

I pour my feel...

She is divinity, a holy flame that shall never be extinguished. A pristine being, in spirit and t...

I n t h i s d r e a m

I’m veiled and pale
gaunt and gray

morphed
into a mist

of ...

This SO-CALLED FRIENDSHIP,

has FINALLY EXPIRED,

The title of a TRUE FRIEND,

is what I TRULY DE...

It's like waking up to a moment of clarity all the questions you had had been answered. There is ...

I walk
through a valley

everywhere

there are shadows
of death

scattered bones
defined...

we people watching

we people watching people

our eyes are on us

trapped a fly deliberately

between glass and a screen

if I didn't it would bother me

...

poetry page one
I'm reporting what I see
poetic Clark Kent

Teddy Pendergrass
close the door and lights turned off
how prom night ended

heading the call and
we snuck out of Sunday School
parents in nine months

once was hard pasta
she cooked and turned me into
warm Chef Boyardee

she is a rainbow
Really loves the color blue
but ain't got the blues

Literal warfare

Episoding us daily—

Streaming bigotry:-

Courtroom injustice

M...

I'm way beyond

the insanity
of my madness

that sometimes

my nights
last for days...

Hello Poets

I would like to start off
by thaking you all for your
everlasting support through
...

holy matrimony
is a match made
in heaven all
good tittles
have been spoken
for do I dare
se...

crafted when Wallace and Gromit
returned from their trip to the moon,
which I can prov-olone hu...

I saw the way you were crying, almost looked like buttermilk. I have never seen a sadder pancake ...

Despite today’s debilitating oppressive flows,

We must continue to pen the loving way to g...

I’m not
going to worry
about dying

u n t i l . .

I a c t u a l l y w a k e u p

...

I can feel my sadness coming down,

banished her to the snowy peaksof my souls mountainfor so l...

the world
is going to hell

and we're in the cheap seats

every step we take
takes us closer...

Self immolation as sacrificial bleating lamb
promises eternal martyrdom
awaiting voluntary die ...

Collard Greens, Turnip Greens, Mustard Greens, Turkey Legs, Mac&Cheese, Fried Catfish, Fried Chic...

Most of the time you have to tickle your pickle and get your stroke on and sing your song. You ha...

I’ve been bit
by my own dog

sinned against
by my own god

How does one exist
in a place o...

I feel so BITTER, and

I DEF KNOW WHY,

This WORLD is so COLD,

That it makes me wanna CRY,

Ther...

(Apropos Of My Brilliant Poetryvibe Extended Family)

Sitting there with quiet waves

Walk with me down memory lane

Filled with darkness, vile, and pain

The streets at night, areali...

Be not so angry when things do not go your way

Stay humble and focused

Soon you Shall see t...

There's nothing like receiving something new

To have new things inspires smiles showing Blessing...

Tantalizing roses waft through the windsof ardent love. Desire emits from the mouth of the one th...

Shuddering movements, a void in my chest. Scratching, pleading, begging to be put to rest.

The Mourning Doves flap their wings over the rising sun. One step, two, step, down the hills of s...

Swipe away the curtains and gaze into my windows of truth. Frolic through my open garden and brea...

Dive into my constellation and witness the collision of my stars. Fathom howa new galaxy is creat...

If a TREE FALLS, do you HEAR IT???

You just might, if YOU ARE NEAR,

There's no way, only if you...