Night

The period in which darkness prevails over light

No shadows are seen; creeping animal...

Walking through the park in the early morning

Refreshing is the breeze, gently kissing your ch...

drooping flowers crave water

when sunshine is not enough

freedom craves equalit...

Trapped in the web of

the labyrinth of time,

love struggles in the balance;

companio...

What time are you ready

to go

we will go about doing things

real slow

No need to rush...

Went fishin for a red snapper

their beautiful red color

glowin in the deep water

that thick ta...

fear of failure will nail you

long before you perform

your first miracle every one has a ho...

Studying and tracing cracks and lines on the ceiling

Opticallyracing the cieling fan blades

Won...

some people are too sorry

to apologize so they tell lies

somewhere in another life

leavi...

#184

Being single doesn't mean thirsty or needy

But if I like your mind I might get greedy...

you're a jewel in the rough
you make me dumbfounded
I'm hooked on Phonics
it's a common core d...

The plan was in action before we could stop it.

You have the black community, add red and ...

the rhythmic waves

frothing to and fro

carry Middle Passage echoes

of journeying ody...

I looked upon an alien shore.

There a dank old bronze door.

Inside was a hidious sight.

shes drawn to me like words to paper
no pencil or eraser its permanent
like the black ink in th...

time to change zip codes
put in a change of address
countdown to liftoff pushing
buttons in th...

it's so mush smoke and mirrors
how can you see, your reflection
do you remember who you use to ...

Do we hate ourselves that much

To disown our own culture

And go against flesh and blood

Our ri...

Truth

The technological age is making the research of information more easily accessible. ...

Reflections

Images mirrored by the faces of mankind.

The many wrinkles that line the eyes o...

On this carousel that we dolefully call life

Each of have different meanings, lessons and stri...

EMOTIONAL OASIS

I have traveled many uncharted lands

Crossing mountains, oceans, desert...

A teardrop frozen in the looking glass of memories

An emotional kaleidoscope of feelings of th...

Where am I? What planet is this?

When did a disagreement end up with blows from a fist?

Wha...

There were times not long ago when people you would meet

Did not care where you came from, wha...

Wake up; open up your eyes to see

That the person you have your gun pointed at looks like you ...

Looking at the changes mankind has made throughout the years

With all its technological advanc...

Why are we here?

This question has been asked through every generation

To live life without...

What happens when the sheep snaps?

The sheep get strapped

Thesheep claps back

©2017 Haa...

Saturday new and shiny.

Hope smells like bacon frying I'm trying to get a dollar.

Maybe two...

what i really miss most about her is her touch
to say that we were close to each other doesn't a...

Sending multicolored Sanskrit on subway cars.

Stars accented with names, monikers, characters, p...

A Dream Revisited

Dear Rev. Martin L. King

I am greatly indebted to you for all your ef...

My soul lives

in the branches

of the old Baobab tree

that nourishes itself

in the dro...

Ever humble

Erect on my square

Keeping perspective Always aware

Time on a tear

Drag racing

D...

welcome to another morning
its beginning to feel like im going in circles around myself
like yi...

Tad Cummins

Elizabeth Thomas

A beautiful sexual odyssey*

*We need to re-think our rights of ...

There is this feeling I feel, like being so close to home...

The trembling and the shaking, li...

Addition by subtraction turned one and one into two...

Lust over lies caused the division of u...

Don’t know the feeling of seeing the grass grow green

Grew up learning crooked letters, humpba...

Little children in our

yard, Yes love,

our children.

Life and the passage,

our passag...

May melodies of success

never cease;

may ebony elevations

never devolve to the l...

By Street Cries

As snow flakes fall to cover the side walk my people get tired of the side talk

put some ice on the swelling
it will go down, here wipe your tears
I know it hurts that's what ...

nothing standout like a star

no matter where you are

there's nothing so bright

there...

By Street Cries

Passionate penmanship ignites the truth of white supremacist Limitless benefits ...

All of that chocolate waiting to get devoured. Leaving no traces of scattered crumbs within my li...

imagine this:

drumming words

to 88 keys

rainbow

ending

into each other

mell...

Camus can you

Pass me something new

To use to prove

That love is moot

That life is real

And ...

Don't let my distortion

Paint a portrait of misfortune

What I thought was all a lifetime

I see...

Dinosaur Jr. ain't got anything on me

Except everything they ever wrote

Unlike them I can't pla...

Do you miss me?
The way my tongue caresses every vowel that formulates your name.
The way deep ...

Do you miss me?
The way my tongue caresses every vowel that formulates your name.
The way deep ...

I could see that the sun still set on me in your eyes. I would lie if I wasn't surprised by the d...

Whatever you want, the thought dangled between thoughts of just wanting him. From limb to limb I ...

I stretched out my arms, and allowed your broken wings to become mine. The hurt, pain and emotion...

I thought that I had reached the end

Slammed into that unbreakable wall and had nothing more to ...

Missing the light carried so deep inside

Still there silently shining just not as bright

As...

you're romancing the stone

I just want to be alone

you got it all upstairs

sometimes my ...

I found consciousness in forest hills arboretum.

After sitting there and actually reading betw...

Behind the stillness of space

the wind hides its self;

yet in the void and timed space

there they sat—

four cultures

of american children:

cheerful innocence

of the wor...

You cried a smile

shadowing anger

beneath a canopy

of love

Your necks filled ...

The King is dead and Malcolm too;

Those who are left include me and you.

Now is the tim...

what can i say

jack of diamond played

today

ace of spade split

the deck

an...

the state of the nation

within the nation

presents a dire situation

the prize ca...

today

the rain fell

steadily;

her tears

reminiscent

of waters

drowning just...

snow—

that whiteness

that blankets

the path

ebony footprints left

may cover th...

Though the body be weary and tired,

the soul burns with everlasting energy.

To where we...

Despair sought a captive audience;

hope showed up instead.

Faith handed out flyers;...

Knee high, maybe more.

They both said, "A BORE".

Walk like that and talk.

Next pitch, ye...

I stood on the porch as he walked away.

With tears rolling down my eyes,

Pain in my hea...

rest in peace

my last achievement

don't mess with me

I'm on bereavement

had to burry ...

that's not a word
I don't believe you
I got roots
I know Hebrew
neon fluorescent
like a ligh...

so many dimensions in the high
no telling how far you have to go
just to touch the sky
half pa...

BEE HIVES GOLDEN WITH OUT THE HONEY, FLIES ROAM FOR CENTURIES BEES SURVIVE ALONE FLIES LOVE TALK...

I was stabbed in the back, I needed that knife
I let go of my life, I needed my life
I was shot...