We was kickin' it

Like a Karate flick

Me and my Chick

A Geto Goddess

Fantastic Voyage...

A young man

A friend of mine

Back in the 80's

In the Lou

I wonder if he knew

That on that da...

Hard times can come and go like seasons yet still I stand.

Ten toes down I stand,

Rooted in my ...

NOW, I AM A BLACK POET

because I am black
and a writer of poems
my semi-automatic pen should...

We all have a story

A story that developed us to bewho are today

Some had it hardthan other...

With memories fading, vision tunneling. The bigger of life's meaning is mighty humbling.
My room...

We met in 7th grade by accident

You were sitting at the back of the class

Throwing crumbled...

Forlorn; bereft of golden
(slippered) opportunities I weep;
Three score and four years
replete...

Now,you know that if you do wrong onto others. cause pain, oranguish

Karma shall come before you...

Boo hoo, boo hoo, black sheep

Do you need a stool?

No sir, No sir,

I've had a gut full -

O...

Well, these days

It’s hard to believe

The elected are there to lead

Pushing misinformation...

Intrusive thoughts pulling me, closer, (to the edge.)

I need more than prayers,

and 10 Ha...

When born, each of us has an equal spirit

But through life, wherever raised, or whatever go thro...

Reap the whirlwind

The enemy of peace has let himself in

Mechanized murder let loose upon the m...

Albert was born in 1898

His father, William, was born in 1853, how do I relate?

My great gr...

Laughter is living

Giggles become guffaws

Gotdamm that was funny

Take the sting outta sa...

Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996

after the comma error
punctuated mein ...

once one has come to

long the past drained of

fought effort exertion

once one has forked ove...

Basically I can't let go, of everything and more.
I've lost myself and soul, losing all self con...

It is
The voice of Phyllis Hyman
Or whoever you got on your Bluetooth playlist
while you buzz ...

Me, was thatguythe loved the street life

hanging with the wrong crowds, diddling around at night...

Sunshine is what can be seen when a lady smiles with beautiful teeth

You can definitely tell by ...

It's not wise to judge someone

Ifdifferent appreciate and consider learning from that person

it takes life to feel

illness don't necessarily

lead to death disease

can be ahe...

What do I do with myself now that I'm unhappy?Been hating my life and the ways thatit has me, cau...

I AM HAPPY in my

own SKIN,

God made me

BLACK,

FAIR SKINNED

and BEAUTIFUL

I LOVE...

After extorting pound of flesh
lifetime humiliation drummed into captives
hammering indelible n...

Thought I was drinking the holy elixir. Because without you I felt my heart grow sicker. Couldn't...

Over the years more and more have filled this place

This place, my town, my city, my state

Some...

to salvage flotsam and jetsam
of human wreckage
amidst a sea where triage
witnessed courtesy s...

The St. Bernard

The Calliope

The Desire

The Florida

The Magnolia

The Fischer

The Lafitte

S...

You Use To Fight All The Time

You Use To Get Mad At The Drop Of A Dime

You Use To Hang With Loo...

They Hide In Your Closet

Underneath Your Bed

Come Out In Total Darkness

Back From The De...

Blue lights in the basement
Roberta and Donny sing to me
Slowly
Softly getting me closer to yo...

I have been given eyes to see and nothing has really gotten passed me, I I just paid attention to...

A Disaster Occured

All Hell Broke Loose

For Now Patience Is King

When There Be Nothing Y...

Peace to the land and death to the destruction. Breathe in the air and exhale negative assumption...

I think that life can be either one way of the other. You can call it 6 one way or half a dozen t...

Emotions are something I can't depend on anymore. As they always keepme in a state of inner moral...

Have this LP from the early 70s one of my top favorite LPs

of all time Its by a favorite group...

"Run..."

Run…

Running…

Panting…

Gasping for air, breath by breath my lungs are explod...

“Genie grant me a wish”

Where do I stand when it rains,
Who do I hold when the sirens of
...

"Ignorance over intelligence”

The African slaves to those of today,
The Spanish heritage ...

'Dragon’s don’t eat people because there not real'

I gave you the time to not hear a word from...

'I man part of this world'

I man part of this world,
In the image of God,
The provider,
The...

'The Rhyming One'

Let's take a spin...
Don't take my spine...

Do I love thee
Yes, I do th...

“Have I lost my edge”


Have I lost my edge with writing, living & loving.
Have my words beco...

“Ethereal”


Could you be celestial…

So heavenly that my eyes are seeing things.

This ca...

Black skin be free…

Be free to walk the streets, be free to not fear

White men,
Black men,...

I am not giving you anything filtered”


Yes, yes, Yes!!!!!

That’s me screaming at all thos...

“Today we lost a voice”


Today we lost a voice…
A voice of courage,
a voice of equality,
a...

The World is
full of my Kind*


I struggle beyond belief to be recognized...

How I lay was...

To whom I owe...

To whom I owe this gift,

Of life's pains and treasures...

Oh yes it has...

“Ghost Story“

In an old house live many unrested souls
that gives no peace to its residence t...

“A moment without words”


Bitter salty tears flee from me…

In my dreams and In reality.

...

“Burned our fires”

The smoke was clearing…

A figure crept through.

I thought it was a de...

A Child's Last lullaby”



My, God my God why…

How am I going to sing
my child’s last lul...

“Burned our fires”

The smoke was clearing…

A figure crept through.

I thought it was a de...

Dark Poetry

I can see what you see not

milky visions when eyes rot

when you turn I will ...

“The Faceless Virgins“



Some women remain throughout
their lives reluctant to show or
sha...

My soul is tired

I have no “attire”

Yet unlike a squire

I flow with fire

And I know s...

I CAN HAVE YOU APPALLED OR ENTHRALLED

AS WE EXPLORE THAT WHICH YOU DEPLORE

WHEN I OFFER A G...

Imagine 365 tv monitors in a large room

Each one tuned to different stations

volume turned ...

They whispered to us
Collectively
Told us of the seven more miles to go
Promised land clearly ...

Sometimes there

will be

SUNSHINE

Sometimes there

will be

RAIN

Sometimes you

You can’t grasp liberation

With butterfinger hands;

Rather, you must grasp her

W...

Sitting here in deep spiritual thought

I’ve come to realize that both

Life and deat...

Beheading babies…

Burning their grandparents

alive…

Glorifying war…

Hostages ...

World wars are rising…

Bloody deaths are increasing:-

We’re praying for less.

Be not in any way in despair my

Aware child;

We’ve come a long way since Middle

I was biblical when I approached this event, I was looking forward to the crowd and the adrenalin...

EMBRACE your

INNER BEAUTY,

just let it STAND OUT,

Be your TRUE SELF, is

what is all a...

BLACK POETRY

It ain't nothing

but a THANG

Where we TEND

TO ACT GHETTO

and

TALK WITH a

SLAN...

Tell Yourself

When I Awaken In The Morning, I Will Win

Tell Yourself

When Others Choose Agains...

IN A CURT WORD
I EMERGED HURT
WHEN BIRTHED IN AN INFIRMARY
WITH AN INFIRMITY
CURSED WITH ADVE...

I’M HIGHLY PROTECTIVE AND NOT ONE TO CONTEND WITH
‘CAUSE I’VE BEEN STUCK IN THE TRENCHES
NOT ON...

NOT SO SURPRISINGLY, SOME DEMONS INSIDE OF ME WERE HIDING & BIDING YET PROVIDING ME
USURPING THE...

During the day he portrays to be a beacon for The LORD

A follower of CHRIST

but by night there'...

Deaf? Dumb? Blind?

What?

Who?Yours? Mine?

The Good! The Bad!

The Butcher The Baker ...

I Inhale taking in my surroundings

There’s a thick cloud of smoke

Circling above me

My s...

GOP once meant Grand Ole Party now with the group of misfits

in the GOP it is now refered to a...

He's A Married Man

But Seems To Be Confused

Running Into Randoms Sexually Without Protection On...

In Times Of Hardship

Why Complain?

Their Are Probably Millions That Would Kill To Journey Your ...

I think this is one of the most important questions I will ever ask you. For different categories...

“Making love in a car”

There it was that look
the look that comes from
two people wanting ea...

"Every Little Thing" (Naz'e version in poetic form)

Breathing you in...
Smelling such that sw...

"How does one know"

How does one know the ebb and flow of joining another human,
How can we...

“Fingertip Love”


I’m kissing her,
I’m rubbing her,
I’m enjoying her.

My hands conne...

“Northern Star lead the way home”

There will be tears tonight!

Even if you don’t see them.
...

“A short trip to apocalypse”


My mind is stretched
to its limits, But where
is the barr...

"Ignorance over intelligence”

The African slaves to those of today,
The Spanish heritage of s...

'I man part of this world'

I man part of this world,
In the image of God,
The provider,
The...

'The Rhyming One'

Let's take a spin...
Don't take my spine...

Do I love thee
Yes, I do th...

“Swim”


I Look Upon THE Quiet Pond, Surrounded BY Large Whispering Trees.
I Hear THE Wind Bl...

'Uhhh... My lover.... How can I forget... your taste'

Uhhh.... How can I forget your taste...
...

"Black Skin"

Black skin be free…

Be free to walk the streets, be free to not fear

White ...

“Poetic Lives”



We sit in the corners
Contemplating,
Writing,
wondering in thoughts
it ...

“Taste the moonlight please”
Part II


In my madness I cry…

Shaking and tearing at my fles...

“Taste the moonlight please”



Come taste with me the
beauty the mystery
of the moonlight
...