a mothers will cannot defeat a mothers will. They are a strong bunch, built from an unbreakable c...

more apropos and alternately titled:

praise to thee people
of variegated melanin color,

wh...

break away from the noise and remember the sound of thunder on a sunny day when it felt like the ...

Here I am—threading the waters of life

in deep contemplation—pondering

My next stro...

Last down is now here;

We’ve chosen a scoring run—

Running with faith’s ball:-

With needle in hand incorporating love
in every single crochet stitch
that's my wife
tad more'...

Winter has its cold—

Faith, peace, and love have

their heat:-

Our spirits---on fire!...

Yes…I am burning—

My rising smoke releasing

My liberation…

if you don't want me in your house ask me to leave you don't have to put me out I'll leave quietl...

these are noticeable times much too salient to look away from like gazing out into the sky wonder...

I think we are a strong people, we are able to do all things through a higher power, we are a str...

Unsolicited, revered, and praised
potential literary fete,
(yes a bit hyperbolic),
sans mine p...

fish don’t complain

about being wet

because they don’t

know they’re wet

and it would ...

"Abort, Retry, Fail?"

(or "Abort, Retry, Ignore?")

essentially spells does not compute

i...

I remember what I learned from my love, it was something essential and I will never forget it. I ...

I may seem fried out…

But my seemed crispness is from

Fighting for freedom…

...

I am as a poetic Drum Major—

Rhythmically guiding the inspired

Word—

Slicing away wo...

Freedom-waves ashore—

Frothing sweet liberation

On time’s shackled sands:-

I’m sunrise upward;

Raised from night’s paralleling—

God still needs me here:-

Death passed by today

Waving and calling—

Come on;

I waved back

And smili...

Ah... tis nothing more heavenly

(to one borne again devout atheist)

then a spring like Janu...

Different strokes

moan everything but monotone

as they come together

,but leave differen...

I would like to think this is how things change, all of a sudden. Truth is that we are always wor...

Tell tale indelible woe y'all

privy to learn yours truly harbors

traces of the masterful
i...

Still in jeopardy;

Black wheel of misfortune spin—

Blacks never all three:-

The World Was Moved To Make Changes In The Honor Of Dr. Martin Luther Kings Dreams And Anointed S...

Our history holds misleading stories
printed, repeated, published, and sold.
Yet, our true hist...

A life of labors of love—

Reflector of Christ’s teaching:-

He too was sent from...

Born January fifteenth ninety twenty nine

if still alive seven years shy

attaining age of c...

Write Down Your Expectations On A Sheet Of Paper

Do Not Speak Of To Noone

Repeat What You've Wr...

After wishing upon a star
to garner a handsome windfall

as a positive fated birthday gift

Its wind may have gone,

But oppression is still here—

Freedom’s winds comin...

Night and day and night—

Juxtapositioning life’s

Circling journey…

As golden clouds fade,

Frogs and crickets start to play—

Lunar light shines bright…...

Slowly descending,

Setting sun leaves golden beams

Dusting western clouds…

...

We’re not scripture musers

Just sharing our spirituality

That divine wisdom and gui...

Tired hungry words

Have gone into

A deep sleep—

Their source feeder

Having sh...

Many of us

have seen

and experienced

timed spaced reality

of what a poet/est

(M. Lowe, Former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]Freedom Fi...

She not feelin me

Ghosted calls no text replies

Tired of the lies

Phantom touch from her...

I put my fist through the wall because I believed I could reach in and pull out the noise I neede...

date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.

for those who fail to look up all planes in the US were grounded today not one took off to a dest...

there are those who want to keep you in a fishbowl cause they know God wants you in the ocean don...

Apathy toward mine personal hygiene
i.e. relinquishing attention
linkedin with bare toiletries,...

Some May Be Forced To Make This Move

Others May Seek To Challenge Themselves To Take On A New

T...

If You Consistently Find YourselfRiding The Fence On YourGoals

Year After Year Putting Your Drea...

Like when daylight,

Catches the squint of praise

In the glint reflecting’ daze,

2b aware...

My boot game is a shame, I cut the people off that I should be keeping in my life. I keep the peo...

This prose Im getting ready to kick is mad-wicked, im gifted when I speak and write these rhymes ...

every revolutionary must be warned of the consequences every revolutionary must be sure of what t...

he said she said is anybody listening can anybody hear a word that's been said streets talk walls...

wish we all could win our race by unanimous decision against those fighting to prevent us from w...

poem
tucked neatly
discretely
underneath three upside down walnut shells
people
places
than...

courtesy thee youngest sister of mine

The special parcel

courtesy Amazon courier

hurri...

I'll look at the moon
And I'll think of you
Cold, luminescent, beautiful
Mysterious
Is how I'...

We ride life together

Hand in hand

Mouth to mouth

Resuscitate me

Awaken me

Instinc...

(Apropos Of Vibing Us)

You’ve called me your mentor;

You’re now naveled and set fre...

Morning sun shines bright;

All is going right—

Was blessed overnight

Mountains o...

Once again

I cannot pinpoint

The exact moment

I dove into

The deep waters

Of t...

(Apropos of a Griot’s Mentoring)

Don’t need to say much,

Just give truth its magnit...

Life’s a paradox—

We live it so we can die

In eternity…

Crying beloved land;

Encircled in division—

Tears alone...can't heal:-

Today our nation is in a critical crisis—

Political disability challenges the ideology...

Here I stand in the golden dawn

Looking out over the horizon awaiting

The complete ...

Today bright sunshine ushered

In a new day and in it I shall be

As a wind—blowing f...

Life’s waters

are turbulent today

but I shall no longer be

as a fish tryin...

Today, I shall sow

Mustard seeds of faith

In the fertilized field

Of...

I'm one of few words but sometimes my words can be prolonged outdrawn heavy on the verbiage bomba...

First time out in so long

Flying solo but invited by an acquaintance.

I would’ve had some c...

Superficial tears remain ignored
I expected some fragility over time
But unbeknownst to their d...

Most gracious God,
Maker of Heaven and Earth,
I come to you humbled and
On behalf of my brethr...

Vignette faded street lights
Strive to illuminate the
Midnight blue parking lot as
Soup like f...