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This is more than just write, ya better listen close I thought you would get it light, nah Skipped it how you chose…
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Sail Away
Heavy emotions just sink and thoughts just float, drifting slowly away in my forever gone boat Sailing free I love being alone but I hate…
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The Class and the Furious
Professor is given lectures to students That are armed, while raising his arm…
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Living Statue
Her hair tangles in the wind, Bodies hurl themselves at her feet, behold a Queen held high. A goddess…
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The Hows, Whys and Whats of Missing You
How can it be that your absence is felt so keenly within my soul? Why do I feel your hands upon my body but you are nowhere to be found in…
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You can't winnnnnn!
Last year I was watching "The Wiz" with my kid, When the Scarecrow sang, she was shocked at what I did…
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CHARLIE'S HAT--A Whimsical Ballad
Charlie's hat Do you know where it's at?…
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don't fight it
In life theres no being in the middle only, its either you die or you live. You have to choose one, and exist in one. But where…
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Bob Beamons theory on speed
Sweet Georgia clay cling to heels. Breathless , on the run 700 miles…
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Suga-cube ( confessions of a one night stand)
Suga cube sweet coating on four sides called emotions going through the motions. In and out of passing glances. Looking to see whose eyes…
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The eyes of Felicia Snoop Pearson (the Wire)
Eyes betray the slate grey walls of Jessup Correctional…
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Rack it Up
The pool hall is silent. The bartender wipes imaginary dust from…
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faded thoughts(inspired by listening to ab soul's music)
This here right here I know its just what you thinking The melody so loud so familiar I ain't gotta do no sound tracking…
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X marks the spot
What if I never learned how to read and write? How different right now would be my life?…
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Role
I would like to know what mjy role is in this life, I'm mired in trying to understand the physical and undestand the spiritual…
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From Legends
I'm the girl they called Legendary, the one who didn't know what wings were so they fell off and now the pain is numbing down so I'm well…
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in perspective of G
It feels good to know that he yells at me My heart skips a beat when…
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26
Let me breathe in all your features from the past As I ran into the house where my secrets fell…
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I thought
I really did love her, I said I would in the end This situation reminds me of the time I sat on my brothers lap while we listened to Eminem…
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The Difference
I could have broken into pieces for the hell of it If you said you would put them back together…
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The beginning
I remember I called you a Phoenix I guess I was wrong because they only…
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dear friend
Hey you yeah I'm just saying Don't assume what you thinking…
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The Woman...
Her heart has been ripped out her chest by a man she pledged to spend her life with…
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Him?You?or Me?
My heart begged yours to love him, yours replied to him to wait patiently, but patience is no virtue it's the streets lights on the way…
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is it true?
Appetite for truth and knowledge aren't separate things, different but never separate. Either you start with an appetite for knowledge or…
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Especially for you (for him )
I am smothered by love.. I am waiting…
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Don't Believe The Hype (C'mon!)
All those wants that we fiend, The most desirable of people, places, and things…
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White House Slaves Were Well Fed
Bill O'Reilly made an insensitive claim Slaves who built the White House were well fed…
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MOTHERS OF THE MOVEMENT
#MothersOfTheMovement on stage Had the look of tigers caged…
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No Justice for Freddie Gray
Baltimore charges were dropped Freddie Gray justice was stopped…
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Free Flow
I hear God's call from within to push this pen, and let my words flow! What lies beneath this intricate shell of my imagination, that gives…
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Black people are magic
There is a unique power that black people use, To make a lot money for others who abuse…
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Afternoon Delight
Snuck home this afternoon for a slice of delight, In response to a urgent text from my wife…
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"Hispanic Beauty"
Golden heart on the inside Beautiful spirit on the outside…
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IN PRAISE OF FISH PONDS
Is anything quite as peaceful in city life? All that world of water and quick glimmers of fish…
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the reason
The more you act like a prisioner You stay in the trap longer
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By The Ocean Of You
I could not see tomorrow without the view of the sunrise reflecting off of your eyes, If somewhere far off the coast…
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Safe Belt
All I ask is that you hold on to me. Right now I feel that I am out of control…
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Yet To Wake
I fell into an absent minded slumber, One where it was impossible to raise…
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PUTTING ON AN INDIGENOUS MASK, I WROTE:
the unraveling of a cloud's circumference…
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Tranquility
Ocean vastness covers mother earth, as waves dance to and fro like dope beats of a Bonita Applebaum song…
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Street Kids
We grow up in public landfills, train stations, under the bridges of towns…
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Br'er Jordan (after Br'er Rabbit)
Is commerce over conscious shrewd? Republicans buy sneakers too?…
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Microsoft Gangsta
I'm proficient in PowerPoint, Excellent in Excel…
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MY POEM THAT WAS BOOED OFF THE STAGE AT A SLAM READING
There once was a very meek quiet cricket who never chirped much…
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Vote?
This is what change looks like? Dull and depressing, not happy and bright…
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Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom
Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom, Uncle white, Uncle wrong…
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Roses in cement
This is for the the black child because the black child is a rose,
 But there is no beautiful emaculate vace to protect them as they…
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The Loss of Cleopatra
Cleopatra where are you black mother to hold and comfort me in a world where dreams of Children in gaza rip at my soul so destructively…
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Broken-hearted .Notes
My heart is beating so fast because we keep replaying this same story. You make your…
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Another Tomorrow
http://headroominations.blogspot.com/2016/07/another-tomorrow.html…
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why can't men
when we as children - grew into men - when did we adopt - the lying gene…
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State of Confusion
Intimately you don't satisfy me anymore But sexually you fulfill every desire…
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Jerica
I felt your kiss against my lips, Long before realizing how much I needed you…
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A Woman Well Loved
A woman well loved sleeps the rest of the righteous…
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This skin is not black
This skin is not black, your eyes are, why should I be persecuted because you choose to live in darkness, blinded by your hearts blackness…
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What If You...
James...what if you find yourself face to face with the woman who has shared your slumber filled dreams?…
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Onus / Owned us
The onus ain't on us, As we die, cry, fight and cuss…
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THE CARETAKER OF THE PALM TREE
Wearing a flowing purple workman's robe water beaker in hand…
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Innocence
Everyone wants to be in a relationship that's healthy. But no one can withstand the pain and struggle unless you're wealthy. Material…
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Getaway
There is something about her, This thought that travels across the mind…
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Baktrax
ThereLere times, I didn't look back But, I find that memories attract…
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Mama
Mama / I hope you know you raised some warriors / and what's running through their veins is battle tested and glorious / in this cold world…
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The Muerto en Route 66
My brother, what becomes of a trap when pressure takes the form of a woman, in other words, that is unreleased entirely by jaws…
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Dear Poetry
Dear Poetry……How did we begin? Seems like now we are more than friends……
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Her Love Was
Her love was like a molotov, Spreading across everything it touched. manifesting into everything I'd ever know…
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"Being Jesus Characteristics"
Jesus I no longer want to be me mentally, emotionally even physically…
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I tried to write about love and hope..
I tried to write about love and hope, But the words just didn't flow…
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Super Natural Being
Eyes like fantastic moons that shiver in some stagnant lake folded like a white rose-leaf…
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October
The sweet, almost sickly, smell of flowers cut through the soft scent of the morning's dew-covered grass…
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