Theysaiditwouldn'tlast,

Butrapmusichashad a very long past,

Kurtis Blow, Sequence and the Sugar...

(nevertheless ex post facto still flattered

genuine heartfelt kinship mattered,

hence the r...

Back in the day mothers of Cabrini wouldn't allow you to leave the porch until you came of age,
...

Remember back in the day When rubbing alcohol Cleaned the scratches On LP's and 45's, And pla...

Just when you thought that you didn't need your parents anymore and that you were on the brink,...

As a child growing up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini Green I was told that if you go into the bat...

16 Shots! (Laquan McDonald) They get Sixteen Candles like Molly Ringwald We get 16 shots to the b...

I Will Never Be On Sue's Side (Suicide) (WORK IN PROGRESS) Mama, In gym class today we played ki...

I am a poet Not a court jester Therefore I think In rhymes Not in riddles I am a poet Not a music...

This poem goes out to those ofyouwho

have neverreally cared for me and would

ratherseeme ro...

This poem goes out to those ofyouwho

have neverreally cared for me and would

ratherseeme ro...

This poem goes out to those ofyouwho

have neverreally cared for me and would

ratherseeme ro...

What God Has For Me...Is For Me

When I feel like my position in life should be more advanced, I ...

My heart is heavy, as I watch news footage of you gliding across the stage and gyrating your pelv...

As I sit here still in shock with pen in hand and tears streaming, I can't help but wish that thi...

Do not stand at my urn and weep Do not lose slumber nor sleep For I am not there I am in the smil...

You ignore our RED RUGS We ignore your RED FLAGS We're not the only minorities In this country bu...

Today I shed tears For the man who was Light on his feet and Easy on the ears The party rapper Wh...

We all know that there are tears in Heaven,
But how many of you know that now there is laughter ...

I want to merge so far over into the left lane So that no one can see my tears or my pain So that...

They say that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones or; Instead of judging other...

Sometimes I watch the '70's movie 'Cooley High' in reverse Because for me the ending is the worst...

Traveling through this life for over five decades
I have discovered that everyday living will ne...

Some people say that the things that tend to make us fondly remember,

Are a familiar fragrance...

Damn, J. Edgar Hoover!

WIth all of the shenanigans

That he concocted to maneuver

The rui...

Sitting here in this chair Listening to Alicia Key's You don't Know My Name Loving the lyrics and...

BLACKLIVESMATTER!

Come on y'all and stop the chitter chatter we watched ablackman get murdered o...

Everyday you brag about cheating death Out in these streets But I think you are really cheating l...

This is a Sonnet About That Bonnet

Girl, didn't you hear Monique say take that bonnet ...

The following artfully crafted back in the day

(actually poetic endeavor presented below
writ...

I gave you a gift and you threw it away because it wasn't what you wanted you're too deep in your...

Death passed by today

Waving and calling—

“Come on”;

I waved back

And smi...

Yes, nature has her way of teasing us

Into reality;

Causing us to reflect on the ch...

PART I

This may be a winter of many grievous

Hailing discontents,

But w...

In my life’s soarings

I had always

wanted to be

as wise

as an owl

un...

(A Haiku Quartet Of Who She Is)

Sensed or not, she lives—

Her gleam breathes eterna...

In the weathering seasons of time

We‘ve survived many storming events

Of injustic...

This frailed tenement

May not host me much longer;

In faith I have dwelled:-

Being afraid does not necessarily make

You’re a coward;

Being not afraid to right a...

Fields of dreams

Must not become

Burnt forests

Of smoking nightmares;

Pat...

God called me today,

and said labors of love wait;

that I’m not done yet:-

0...

when I caught wind of his senseless demise I swear I died with him then came back to life I woul...

I’ll be in this storm for as

long as it last knowing

for sure this storm will

pass when ...

Ring with no feather in my cap only envy
at handsome man drakes with bucks,
who could bank on "...

some people don't deserve your energy some people don't deserve your time some people don't deser...

All You Have To Do Is Just Keep Living

And As Your Days Here Above Earth's Ground Become Much S...

you don't have it in your heart not to care you say you don't care but you do care you pretend no...

Above title attests

how mine mundane mein kampf

insync as a veritable clogged drain oh:

I was taught to keep my head down, watch my mouth, stay close in the yard, watch the the house, l...

Long emotional eves

into a deep moody pink

lined in a milky coat

draped in tea leaves

F...

Blessed are his fingers that

Grace the strings of the

Acoustic guitar he gifted me.

I si...

Belief:

Know that most things sought
As we journey on through life
Can be ours in time.

Every time I look into your eyes,
I want to envision
The next 5 years of our lives;
Where we’l...

Looking for forever in a world of uncertainty.
A place where lost hopes
Find empty dreams of yo...

drawn courtesy lots of byte size chalk.

When e'er I summon fat chance

to empower me sel...

did you hear did you hear what I said don't think l can repeat it again should've had a pen to wr...

if art imitates life then the artist has a part to play what kind of art will you display if the ...

I am not even struggling with this back pain, I carry the weight of my children on it and an exam...

If you were looking from the outside in, you would think I was drawn to conflict or mediocrity. I...

Steppin through that sliding

door of time

Love ones friends they all

have done their tim...

In the still of the night, My thoughts burns like in the heat of the night to see what's right wh...

Lake mine previous

(stream of consciousness

imponderable) poetic efforts,
sans spiritus mu...

Effort

A word to mull over

a word that causes some

to cower

If one wants some form

In the trek this life demands,

let no devious stone

be unturned; least lies left

Black child be aware;

bullets are seeking you and

they are everywhere:-

As...

Back men

Daily shot down;

No matter where or when,

Justice seems not to be f...

Looking out and above the snowy ground

Into a branched tree with snow-sprinkled leaves...

If only, for that one time i hadnt listened to your voice. Perhaps, instead of wrapping my arms a...

Chances are...

we

are aware of our surroudings

we have received instruction

become ex...

Yours truly (an amazingly,

gracefully, and markedly modest

passively aging baby boomer -

Dune not be bashful, grumpy, leery

or any other contemporary dwarf man

regarding countless ...

Shield me from harm’s ways,

always damaging my sail,

saturating my spirit in waves

leaving m...

You came back to me like the air that fill my lungs, I breathe the breath of life, Forgetting abo...

born February 7, 1812,

whose living descendents
I would be thrilled to befriend,

hence if ...

mental not so simple more like scribbles, dimensions I paint try to hide my pain canvases don’t s...

Tired of being—

the laugh of the joke,

the fun of the poke

with no hopes, what dream...

Even when iron not red hot,

I implement non customary quarks

regarding foreigner rather col...

Oh No I have some

REALLY BAD NEWS!!!!;

but as a Child growing

up in the 80's, I WAS DRUG...

Man, y'all need to tighten up and I brought the vice grips and back slaps. I'm disrespectful with...

HA, HA!!!!,

I Dodged Cupids arrows

once again!!!

I feel like a Champion,

a Hero;YEAH!...

Touch me

not with your hands

but with an open mind

to truly let me in

Begin w...

Bright sun is shining

but icicle winds blow on

this ghostly cold day:-

We can’t breathe; Mom…Mom…Mom…

Laiser and lead; my body they stole;

His, the victim...

Graveyard cold today;

quiet snow buries earth’s heat—

tombstoning her warmth:-

Awakened naturally—no need to go

to the bathroom—I peeked through

the blinds of the...

As I sit here in thanksgiving

Of another blessed day,

I now dip my penning mind

You called us weirdos—

Said God had made a mistake;

And errored with us:-

We...

In the pool with her,

hear, feel, and pen the sweet flow

of divine wisdom:-