Love’s Labor

Today you can’t change

Love’s job God planned

yesterday—

Just ge...

an unusual situation
quite a situation for us to be
in transition

seated in the waiting area...

In the ocean of mind, still waters of thoughts

Deeply run;

Boarding these thoug...

Sweat is the scent, sweet sweat acidic even it is hanging in the doorway

Back room is blue, wa...

In everyones book of life there's a TESTIMONY before the Survive

Some have went through Hell On ...

Fore score minus xv orbitz ago
from being centenarian

strong contractions forced me

to pas...

Yes! She’s running too;

No need to mention her name—

She looks just like you:-

I'm bettering myself...

Why can't he get on my level,

I never claimed to be better...

just wet...

It is you who has

the power

to elect people who

r true

People who will do right

fo...

I
chill if you want to
not telling you what to do
'cause someone else will

II
ancestors cryi...

Complain Not, For No One Gives A Damn.

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Indeed since about eight

almost straight out

the gate

music a big part of the

village...

I told myself

That I’d write a three part love poem that had a very happy ending.

So certain ...

(Tribute To An Ebonic Princess)

Quietly she sits…

her still waters running deep…

A gas-soaked body;

Self-lit to protest the war—

Peace burning to death:-

What was it like to be alive

As a member of the world’s first tribe?

Everyone was famous an...

Time does not past for light…

A star, light years away, still shines so bright…

And moves s...

before the arrival of dawn
the line is already formed from the front gates of the palace door
a...

Asia generic guy gastronomy (and how gourmet foods eat destructively clearly beyond any) excess e...

Not present...but present...Ablessing*

Guiding me to his alter, as I dig my feet in the sand

Th...

(Black History Month in VA, 2024*)

Went down to the James River

And touched the...

Positive thinking;

Ignorance is evicted—

Wisdom…abiding:-

I was born into this world and something just wasnt right, I was too nice about it and there were...

Not only am I an insomniac but diagnosed

PTSD but also an active mind that never

wants to wind ...

Just

Look at you;

You are awesome!

You and all you are,

Are just phenomenal!

Y...

When the entire mug awash
with floating leavings
by golly by gosh,
sipping said herbal brew
a...

Assiduous, hard work, laborious by Hand isthe way a majority seek success and provide for their f...

there's times when
we can't see hope
in some cases we
feel there's no hope

we feel hopeless...

I feel like I lost all my at the casino

Gambled all of it trying to get rich

Forgot that the...

It’s the well of love;

The rutter and sail of life—

Home of the Shepherd:-

Chess : Every pawn means nothing , mindlessly pushed to the side, as the Queen thinks her Night...

Reflecting
Innocent days of my being the inquisitive
Fearful
PK
A quiet moment
when he was h...

When I was younger, I’d always ask why

Now that I’m old, I ask how

Things that I was too af...

Love equals space divided by time

In the beginning, both yours and mine

An infinite numerat...

Look into the mirror and notice

The one looking back at you—

The you that you are and w...

studious sexagenarian skinny scruffy scribe

My utmost humblest apology
for inducing the fol...

I am guesing the subject Life

has a lot of different meanings to

a lot of different people

I m...

My mama and uncle always bickered

I mean hard down yelling while every one snickered

I neve...

Never chase a person because when you do

you'll eventually have to stop running

and realize yo...

This vibe reminds me of "You"

Like a movie - rerun in my head

Just to be next to you.

Li...

One pound thorough, Thirteen ounces bred

An innocent child born, but who knew I bled

They say I...

See:

Falling in love is one thing;

Living love with love is another:-

Thus...

(alternately titled GENESIS RESPLENDENT)

No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal ...

I tried to bounce back, I need to take full advantage of what this life has to offer. I think I h...

(Black History Month And Year Round Awareness)

Another Black History Month has come

Lust is the new Love,

Teaching my daughters

to nevergive hugs,

and nevershow love.

Remember growin up in the

rough tumble inner city

Our growin up generation none

of that ...

that clenched another win today

February 20th, 2024

(eight hundred and ninety yesterdays ag...

Always walk with your head held high

Carry yourself with a winners quality

Have great chara...

she wrote this poem

it gave me a cavity

poetry dentist

talk to me daddy

your blueprint road is dusty

I have lost my way

here at six-thirty

my morning coffee in hand

approach me at nine

coffin lid was closed

an encyclopeda

last volume was read

had to change the name

protecting the innocent

nobody got hurt

The thing about pain,

Is that it is painful:-

If you’ve never felt pain,

You’ve ...

It's early

Time 3:06am

Daily workout began for 45 mins.

After that my day began

The smell of ...

Linkedin to being lax,
and shirking house cleaning tasks,
which negligence cost us
(yours trul...

I talk, you don't listen

I talk, you become defensive

I walk, you become submissive

Inse...

When I STARTED WRITING,

I was 14 years OLD,

My CREATIVITY was STRONG and

it STARTED to U...

there she is in her chair
weaving fingers through her hair
waiting for the perfect man to call ...

An Intermediate Day

A bright sunshine day;

Small greening leaves motionless—

The tem...

Every man, every mind...

Our men and sons are unemotionally ill

Using one side of the brain

Th...

My life is moving at slow speed

While the world moves so fast

My emotions are tearing my heart ...

I acknowledged my memories, I was shaped by the action before them and I will make new memories. ...

Today a growing reality confirmed itself

With me,

And it became clear to me I’m not...

After descent of eventide
luminescence of freshly fallen snow
still illuminates the terrestrial...

Despite wintering,

God is always shepherding—

Springing us onward:-

Be always gr...

He penetrated

Deeply

Slowly

Inside

My fantasy

Lifted

He Sucked

I Melted

My Womanhood

Had...

To know me, is to understand how I move,

How I think

Judging me , is judging you

Yep it's true...

You are exactly whatever you find yourself drawn to

If you are wasting your energy on bull today...

poetry
don't wear black ties and tailz no more
nor do it sashay 'round Central Park in horse dr...

Been retired not for rehire

for quite a while

Now well up in age long ago left

the partying li...

Choice

My demons ask me 2 come out and play, and replay moves that sink me in black holes 2 de...

At times people may speak words to upset you for whatever reason or may do something unethical to...

While you are sitting there thinking

What you should do, is let your mind

Walk into you...

I remember the day when the Ten Comandments were on the walls of schools in America and senselous...

EVERY DAY

FROM THE BEGINNING

HAS BEEN VALENTINE DAY

FOR YOU AND ME;

AND THE OLD A...

AGED SIMPLICITY

In the simplicity of the vote,

Here is what we need to note:

Let...

If you arefree and not in bondage

You absolutely have no f*ng excuses

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Eat Potatoes, Eggs, Steaks,Beans, Fish, Grits, Pasta, Beef, Chicken, Bread

Drink Water, Juice, M...

Overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such...

In order to gain you have to lose
The masculine gives strength and gains power
The feminine giv...

Sage trees stand smiling;

Resurrection is coming—

Ascension springing:-

Bounce it on the floor

Dunk it thru the rim

Celebrate the win

Then do it all again!

B...

I came here to rock this world and I need to push past my limitations. I can do everything that I...

In the beginning,

We were the architects

Of God’s world;

And they became

The...

A galaxy endingcomet

A month away from crashing into the sun

Changes everything

Panic, t...

If your girl desires and stray away into the arms of another man

Don't checkthe man, check your ...

Established in 1975

In Oak Cliff Texas

On Camp Wisdow Rd

In the 90s what a time it showed

Sto...

Hello Everyone

And Welcometo the POET DEPARTMENT

Come On In and met some of the best poets in t...

A scent (and sixth sense predominates),
when apple boughs
and other aromatic flora
laden with ...

Think perfection when it comes tohow you should carry yourself

Be the best at whatever you do an...

Pay more attention to and love the girl that likes you

not the girl that you have toget their at...

Face

Your

Fears

If

You

Want

To

Be

Successful

In

Anything

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What would we do baby, without us?
What would we DO baby, without uh uh us…
Sha la la la

Y...

harangue since landing
yours truly immersed
in a dream-like
fiercesome state of war,
not quit...

When I was volunteered to speak about Diversity, equity, and inclusion, I did so with sincerity

Don't ever be consumed of what others think of you

Hone out any words that may go against you

Am I even on the spectrum of where I resonate with you, were you expecting something new. I was a...