If You Let Me Love You Tonight
(**The Poetess made me pull this one out of my attic... **) :
if you let me love you tonight
I promise to be gentle with you
to give you hours of pleasure
to last the whole night through
I’ll take you to a land of love
but only if you want me to
...if you let me love you tonight
if you let me love you tonight
you will be so glad that you came
I’ll gently and patiently kiss
every inch of your frame
such an experience you'll feel
you'll start calling my name...
...if you let me love you tonight
when was the last time
you've been treated like a queen?
to have your mind explode in colors
that you've never before seen?
and once it's all over
I know you'll ask for more
I have so much in store
for you...
...if you let me love you tonight... |
Nah, I Ain't Him
Nah, I Ain't Him
whose shoes are worthy to be unlatched
whose fashion fit is always perfectly matched
whose word and excel and power point files are always attached
nah
not me
I ain't him
whose words translate into five thousand loaves with fish
whose fantasies become reality when you make a wish
whose menus in the kitchen turn into the perfect dish
nah
not me
I ain't him
whose poetry can lure that beauty into your bed
whose lantern can make you avoid the danger seen ahead
whose words can make you alive when once you were dead
nah
not me
I ain't him
whose name blazes outside across the open mic marquis
whose nouns, verbs and adjectives every poet will agree
whose quatrains, haikus and lines make you walk across the sea
nah
not me
I ain't him
you have me confused
with the Last Poets
Nikki... |
You Send Me
you send me
yes
your poetry sends me
it really does
from warm fields of grain
waving languidly in southern suns of yesterday
as you watched the world
sipping on Aunt Mae's homemade ice tea
leaving no crumbs from her flakey hot buttery biscuits
on any part of the old wrap around wooden porch
opening my eyes again
your poems
send me to overcrowded tenements
overcrowded
underfunded schools in the north
graduates
in lock step with diplomas for janitorial careers
and housekeeping mastery
streets
with black berets and bullets
bodegas
with 10 cent ices for the children
while daddy shoots dice on the corner
with the dollar beers slowly consumed
and the eviction notices
nailed like the crucifixes on the apartment door
I'm really g... |
Take Two (How I Celebrated Juneteenth)
it never happened
it was a all a dream
a dream we still dream
although we are today
“woke”
they call us
then
it was just
words on a page saying they we were free
June of 1865
was just another day in the hot
sweltering cotton field
still punished and/or rewarded for their daily yield
escape
how many of them tried?
how many of them died?
between the time Masssa Lincoln signed the proclamation
and the two years when they finally heard the declaration
the second coming of independence
and it all was supposed to make sense
then
now
I do declare and do agree
for those who lived in slavery in both
1865 and 1863
Juneteenth
was not the end of slavery
Buck And The Preacher
art imitating life of the day
those who thought they were free
back roads an... |
It Ain't Me, Babe
don't mind me
I'm taking my cue from the old
Flip Wilson show
where I can best see poets on stage
doing their thing under a solo spotlight
I'm quite alright
got my
booth in the back in the corner in the dark
sittin' with Sanford and son
we ordered a bottle of
Champipple
they was out of regular Ripple
what kind of joint is this?
not sure where I am
sign outside said
poetry slam
and thought it was some kind of steel cage match
poets lose
if they come out without a scratch
words are supposed to slice and dice
not once
but twice
lines
designed to pin me to the mat
sign outside the door
says
poetry slam
so
this is where I'm at
in the booth in the back in the corner in the dark
hiding
cause I ain't got no decent poetry
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Yeah
yeah
I often wondered why
you and I
never touched the sky
why we never stopped along the way to paint pictures of ourselves
abstract
or in fine detail
admiring the finished product before the final exhibition
yeah
every step along the way
a quick glance but no words to say
as we fantasize about what might've been
if we had touched the sky just once
reaching that glorious plateau we thought about
all those years
smiles
and miles ago
yeah
taking what our fantasy gives
we would make our own verbs and adjectives
our nouns would resound from every cliff of Dover
but the morning came today
and it was all over
just a dream
yeah
dreams are cool
they were cool then as they are now
circumstances impossible to change
anyhow
yeah
even today
do I th... |
You, On My Mind
white snow falling on black streets
you, on my mind
the arrival of spring
awakens the earth with every shade of green
you, on my mind
summer
melting the senses
hypnotizing the body into submission
you on my mind
autumn
caressing
inviting
enticing the soul into a myriad of unspeakable pleasures
you on my mind
I lay in bed and wonder in the darkness
am I on your mind…?
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With Lust
lust
seduced me into a moment of unfaithfulness
it drew in my wandering gaze
as your fingers were felt reaching out to me in a dimly lit hallway
sinfully exploring my hair
my mind
consumed with a myriad of thoughts
social
historical
carnal
poetic thoughts
a street hustler on the corner
I bought things I never intended to buy
never needed
or wanted
the door left ajar
a low light seen on the night stand
I slowly creep
again
along the dimly lit back hallway
not wanting to get caught red handed
as I satisfy my moment of gratification
couldn't help myself
transfixed
memorized
lusting
when I saw the first three lines of your poem
fever pitched curiosity
hating the term
"nosey"
but it is what it is
and t... |
Rain Check
I promised no one in particular
besides me
that I would sit myself down
flip the light switch
listen for the sounds of my computer coming to life
wait for desktop icons to appear
the moment is silent
someone is waiting for me to write something that I never promised to do today
wasn’t on my
to-do list
my
honey-do list
I procrastinate
again
maybe
I’ll get around to doing it tomorrow
but I am in front of this thing
lit up
dressed up
awaiting my command to address society
impropriety
blackness
whiteness
anything to do with
my love for you
for us
for our people
maybe a prayer to Him
if I die before I wake
please don’t take away my pen
until I finish what I promised to no one in particular
that I would write something today
half glass empty<... |
Before I Let Go
I was gonna sit this one out
sit in the back row
while other poets dip their big toes into
imaginary
deep crystal blue waters
a phantom
glistening reflection of ourselves
a warning
that we’ve been down this dusty road
too many times before
the call for us to be filled with
American pride
and we're not to remember those who were lynched
and died
returning from fighting for we know not what
a warm
summer
stirring breeze
returning black soldiers lynched
strange fruit
swinging from low hanging trees
minutes after stepping off the train bound for home
and never getting there
and don’t get me wrong
don’t get it twisted
critical Race Theory on tap
grotesque looks
we are barely mentioned in public school histo... |
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