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In Each Day Of Your LifeThere's One More Step To Be Made TowardsAchievingClimbing Life'sMountain

In school we had to learn algebra.
Ex: ½y - 3 = 2-½y
We had to find y, but why?

In life, I n...

As a people, we have the dance.

Way back in the Motherland, we always had the dance.

Throug...

Throughout history, people thought that she’s a goddess on earth.

I have been known for my bea...

Change the mind from a mind that was

Poor

Poverty

Limited

Closed

Stressed

Slave...

When it comes to abuse,

It’s everyone’s business.

It becomes a hospital’s business,

When...

In that case,

Let’s pack a few things shall we?

We could use some snacks.

Potato chips, ...

As a people, we have often been

Copied,

Covered,

Sampled,

Imatiated,

Even though o...

So, you love to observe art?

The windows of His houses,

Are stained with colors that illumi...

(Inspired by “Phenomenal Woman” by and a tribute poem by one of my poetic inspirations, the late ...

From the roots of the gospel,

Grew into some blues in the country.

That has some jump a...

Whether it is a big deal or a little deal,

Simple or complicated,

Conflict can really explo...

YES! I’M ANGRY!

YES! I’M MAD!

YES! I’M PISSED OFF!

SOMEBODY CALL THE POLICE!

THIS BLA...

Instead of beating

Around the bush

just tell me the truth

Stop telling me Fibs

Stop Lying...

Facebook is where you post stuff and also get to see all the fun, good times, mess, gossip and dr...

Tomorrow

Today's a New Day

Tomorrow is not Promised

Live as it's your Last

Unbelievabl...

Trying to Change my misgivings.

But what I'm giving keeps missing.

Off the mark, the target...

I smoke, and think upon those who built temples.

Don't worry about social credentials.

Just ...

Within the times of past days.

Ones long forgotten.

Giving way to days of maturity, of whic...

It's been so long, recollection of what day is gone.

Broken branches giving thorns, tripping ...

Whew, today’s unexpected chilled wind

Made a mockery out of both spring

And fall in...

Descending, the ever full Sun

Reflected its golden fulfillment

While a waxing moon ...

Death no longer jars, nixes,

and rattles mine sense and sensibilities

without pride or prej...

We live in a system that is pretty screwed up.

We have an education system that

Does not re...

A mind that is a multifaceted thing

A mind that is a work in progress

A mind that is evolvi...

“Get a Real job!”

They say

“A Respectable job”

They say

“Stable Job”

They say

N...

If you can’t get a job, create one.

If you don’t fit in, stand out.

If you don’t know what ...

It’s about time

To be myself.

No matter what everyone says.

That doesn't pay my bills.

You tell me that my skin is too dark,

So I use makeup or even bleach my skin.

You tell me t...

I’ve sent messages.

I’m debatable.

Laws and policies have been made about me.

I’m a mult...

Dixie. Rebel Flag.

Nazi. Right Wing. Swastika.

Surrendered. Losers.

Waves upon waves played

Performed up on summer stage

Unplugged curtain falls

Sunshine depends, shadows deepen

Breezes once pleasant, increases frequency

Waters satura...

you're angry you don't want any one to know you're angry you don't want to be define by your ange...

I sit in a box hoping no one sees me inside I cover the walls to camouflage the sides shifting ...

In the 6th grade, I won the first prize

Of Indiana’s state science fair, on one of my very fir...

Ashes to ashes dust to dust in dollars we trust her majesty a travesty speaking the Queen's Engli...

Germane generic geeky guy

five sixths enroute
to complete lxiv luxurious Earth orbits

expe...

I is somebody

Although I may not do right all the time

The times I do right still count

I ain�...

[Please] “… roll of thunder, hear [our] cry.”

As is your roaring strength, may likewis...

Legally declared,

War freely rapes fertile peace;

Then aborts the birth:-

1.

all are equal, but

some not as others;

juxtaposition

2.

Peso peasants

Many shirtless

Under the dreary sun

Live the life unpleasant

Be...

The year of 2022 and we still experience fear.
Why do you fear us in “Your” neighborhood, es...

Dear Reader,

I am a very well-educated writer. As we know, poetry is an expression of the poet...

Ima twisted sister

Completely out of my mind

Upon meeting me

I'm sweet, docile and kind

Bu...

NOTE: This is my first Ode Poem. Is it ok???

I tip my hat off

to the Creative minds

The po...

NOTE: Happy OCTOBER the 1st. Just a little word of Encouragement to start this New mont...

The Park

A walk in the Park

Do it Swiftly before dark

A brisk walk back Home

Track and ...

Over the horizon

Blazing on the desert beaches’ trail

Jet smoke trails

Over snails

L

Oh

N

G

Can

You

Hear

Me

L O

N G

Sunshine

Do you

Presents the following slapdash
higglety-pigglety bupkis, whereby reader
experiences being ment...

as

the

sun

was

born

to

shine

light

I

was

born

a old man is walking along a path when some children approach him kick his cane and camense to be...

I awaken to glass breaking in my head

Words she said yelling

She knew

She knew I was cheating

you standing next to me

I'm standing next to you

we standing next to each other

like we togeth...

by the fire hydrant in front of the store

a hairy creature slithers up out of the

sewer to devo...

If I stare into your eyes

I can see past the stars

beyond the Galaxies

all the way past mars...

Elevate your Mindset

to a Higher Perspective

Wise and Educated

a Brain of Electives

Keep r...

Scattered pieces are everywhere. Some are so old that they might tear

Maneuvering the pieces on ...

We Interrupted this program

for this crazy B***h!!

From a Conservative girl

to a psychoti...

The following poetic account

written more'n a dozen dirty dancing decades ago,

while I (a s...

I am completely out of options, there is only one way to go when there is no going back. Im just ...

(Apropos of Timamu Ahmed Lowe)

Along the banks

Of timed wrinkles,

Flowing meande...

When the Teardrops Fall

When you Left me Hanging

When you don't even call

Now, You have got ...

I reloaded or should I say I exploded. I saw the forest through the trees and I got on my knees a...

I had breakfast and Im already having dinner. Im a winner, i lived through this day and I did it ...

Most of the struggle is superficial, its all the surface. Thats why we struggle so much because w...

You goofy, you thought this was not going to happen. It did. It crashed like waves on the beach, ...

Call me McLoven, I built this life and easy with my easy bake oven. I mixed in all the ingredient...

I want all the smoke, I want it so bad that the smoke is as thick as custard. I brought the musta...

Pitter pat, that life's calling, looking for you and you aint lookin' back. The odds are stacked ...

NOTE: Covid is still out there!! People please be safe and follow all Precautions!!!

It's T...

As I sip on my Coffee I hear the Rain hit the

Pavement.

Finally, we got some rain what a

Ama...

Me and the missus live in decent
sturdy accommodations (formerly

Schwenksville Elementary Sch...

Franky the Fantastic Flying-Frog can jump from 40-50 feet. Bullfrogs and Tree Frogs not as high b...

(Apropos of Turtling On)

A turtle’s pace—

slow but steady,

exemplifies will powe...

Dying to be free,

A fish leaped out of its bowl

And became lifeless:-

Cocoon...

Once colorful leaves

are fading and preparing to fall;

Yet there are ripening

co...

Because of the unending flow

Of memory, scaring pain has its way

Staying afloat in ...

A duck in a pond;

A turkey in a yard;

A blackbird, a crow, and

A dove soaring in...

Like the moon

seeking fulfillment,

my thoughts hung dangling

in cosmic crescent ...

NOTE: I'm not too sure about this one!! What do you guys think seriously?? Do I need to Revis...

I'm speaking to this

crowd of people

no one hears me

I yell a little louder

no one hearsme

I...

I listen to silence

I record the sound

I hear the tone of voice

I write it down

it sa...

their out there taking what they want

be careful of what you got

beware of where you are

if a artist duty is to reflect the times as artist we should be coloring outside the lines if we'...

No matter yours truly an atheist,

I consider myself fascinated with my ancestry
x cited regar...

Yesterday you were two;

today you’ve become one—

a single string—knotted...

To Keeping On…Keeping On

(For Kwame Nyerere Bongodia Lowe)

Old uncle time has called...

There laid the empty gray trunk;

never to hold a thing again.

There in the...

UNRAVELLING IT ALL…

In the spirit of hope

we contemplatively search beyond

the h...

yes…

out of the deep

dark stagnation

of malignant

apathy

we must pull

o...

you left today

you were just here

yesterday

you won't be here

tomorrow