you know when you trying
to do something but
nothings working every
thing is falling apart
yo...

Funny how loss can leave you speechless

You still pick up a pen to deal with the grievance

Seeking to enter,

she knocked but got no answer—

the heart...skeptical:-

She tri...

Seeking to enter,

she knocked but got no answer—

the heart...skeptical:-

She tri...

You are the LIGHT,

of an ILLUMINATING SOUL,

That'll BRIGHTEN up the DARKNESS,

Everywhere you g...

I give accolades

to the younger me,

For being intelligent and

sharp as can be,

For being so c...

I've told you a

thousand times

in thousand ways,

you still don't seem

to understand,

I repet...

No MATTER the TRIALS,

LIFE will GO ON,

Continue to LIVE,

TRUST GOD

and STAY STRONG,

No MATTE...

They say that LOVE

is a four letter word,

The feeling of

LONGING and ATTRACTION,

A deep feeli...

When I Look Deep into your Soul

For, the Eyes are the Window

To your soul

That I seek

I've Fo...

Let's Go!!!

My pen strikes flames on paper as Iwrite

I burn through pages trying my God Given g...

Some people would say that I crept into this, that I had a slight tip-toe and I tried to watch my...

Struggling in darkness;

The nature of life testing—

God bringing His light:-

was early to the party.... so I left— what a waste

Took the hate train home put the secrets in...

Betwixt and between us
lies an immense untraversable realm

of never knowable forbidding possi...

I see in your eyes reflection

I see stars and moons and wonder?

You ask me ''mama what is this?...

Crumbling, crashing, burying children in rubble

We must take their dreams and hold them in our h...

Mother taught me not to live with regret

Father urged me to always tie up loose ends

Pearls...

they will all read this aloud
gun sounds
repeating rounds
mass bolting from the starting block...

I had to wise up over the years

there was a question I had rolling around inside of my head
l...

Majority rules;

civil disobedience

is for Whites only:-

Civil disobedience—

r...

I went through life and ate the crumbs. I saw the world for what it was and I adapted. I also mad...

courtesy latitudinarian, nonestablishmentarian,
sexagenarian, and Unitarian son
and modest mast...

Sometimes I wanna scream

So loud dogs bark

Blood curdles

Scream not holler

Scream

Late nights sitting back with memories

Reminiscing on our past life

Pin the wings on me...

out of mind
out of sight
was what you said last night
as the light was turned off
and I walke...

I took everything that I loved in the world and made a casserole. I should have taken out the rai...

bending low to the ground
aluminum dustpan in hand
brushing the last remnants of who you were
...

Keep penning the word;

sharing liberating truths,

erasing those lies:-

Let’s fre...

I am grateful to have earned a Ruby for posting my poetry, my short stories, and my motivational ...

(Light skin sister):

My beautiful black sisters please love me

I might be light skinned, bu...

Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland
before...

She offers herself to him anywhere or at anytime he needs

Like prey that gives up when failed ...

I can remember when

It was a blackboard,

Which hasbeen replaced

By the whiteboard;

I’m under the weather

Yes, I’m feeling the reign (rain)

A pro with pain

Flowing propane

Seeking sequels of eventuality / There’s a kind of hilarity

As the population dwindles / Into ...

Lying here dreaming,

Playing with reality—

God sending me you:-

My desire is...

we will say

at the end of
the day

forever
and a day

from this day
forward until

th...

in a library I decided

I decided in a library

I wanted to be a poet

made a mean mug face

in the mirror don't know if

I was trying to scare myself

or if I sc...

I tend to offend those I

do not intend to offend

the goal has never been

to come off off...

once upon a time

sand ran through

a device made of glass

to measure time

an hour wort...

the work has been done
how do we protect the
work that's been done
from the damage that's
bei...

Where do I begin?

Sh*t I’m a sinner, I’m not here to wear it like I am proud of it.

It’s ...

If in fact such a female and/or male exists
an insufferable existence clamors for surcease
agai...

Spell evolution;

delete the last 5 letters;

spell backwards…those left:-

Getting...

In the early years, it was quit normal to see a pet dog chained to a tree, chained to a stake in ...

Thank You Father
For giving me,
Me
I honor you in all my
creations
Thank You
for seeing me
...

No need to ask, just be, love supreme
unequaled in this life, ignore the mainstream
Black man w...

Here’s everlasting truth;

“The blacker the berry,

The sweeter is the juice.”

If ...

Isnt it still about her, did I step in the wrong category ofurban black love poems for her. I sta...

Yeah I had to say it and ask for it explicitly. This is thei am a black man poem because I want y...

I wantedpoetry vibes so here I am and this is where you should be. The world is yours and you can...

I was looking for a subject where I talked only about me and I think this one is it, love poems f...

Somehow, no really somehow,
not just now but somehow, that thing that
escapes that somehow mome...

courtesy evil ferocious wraithlike grimace

Acrimonious scurrilous words
flew out the mouth
o...

When I was a child, I would occasionally visit my Grandfather In the Floridas, New Orleans LA

Hi...

I try my best not to deviate in my thinking,
sometimes it’s easier to follow a course
one that ...

Millions of people across the world live in poverty

I myself was born into poverty

At the a...

Do you wanna be the woman for me

I really wanna give you everything you need

Just be true andlo...

Sentient beings distraught
psyche rent asunder
courtesy false accusations
heated words exchang...

As I dive deeper

down the mind’s inner sanctum,

The higher I grow:-

I need not w...

I have known youfor sometime now

But I have'nt seen you, for a while

Yesterday I thought of you...

Join the resistance but in real life, you have to breathe like you are trapped, a coffin returnin...

I had wisdom but I pulled my toothed. I have been sucking on my bicuspids so long that at this po...

She steals the light from your eyes when you look at her. Like medusa, she turns you to stone. He...

Plunge in my chest a double-edged sword. We both bleed as it dives to the hilt.Brand me in the fi...

Leave me to dwell on what could have been. Abandoning a story left unread. Chapters bleed with th...

My fingers pray what my soul displays. It tosses and turns within the confines of my chest. It bl...

Soar with me. Let us travel the moonlit rays. Their essence fills our souls with luminescence. We...

Call out my name under the soft moonlight. Take my hand, lets leave this place

Tumbling down the never ending abyss. Down into the pit where no light emits. The Father of love ...

She treats her words as glass, careful not to break any soul. He spits words of fire, burning thr...

The current state of the nation

That has now become the new I am,

Consist of the re...

the afro gave the sis
and the bro brain
more room and space to
wiggle stretch out
exspand and...

found the right shoe

couldn't find the other

left shoe behind

pushed into the world
believing I could
do anything imaginable
until some soul told me to
get...

mine is apug

yours is a point

we breathe different

staring into space

a star staring back at me

a cloud ends the gaze

powerful men hold human life in the palm of their greasy hands struggle for more power weakens ...

I've been loving the taste of beer since the age of seventeen

Fellowshipping, drinking with th...

The one thing that I must do in this world is love black love. I have made it one of my responsib...

Let us disembark—

Leaving Middle Passage hulks,

Let us hit the road:-

God is our...

In this life, always remeber this:

God has given you all you need

To do all that is required fo...

I Wonder, Why Is It ThatOur Country Move Ever SoQuickly To Send Billions Of Dollars ToHelp, Aid, ...

Everywere you look

I see fake Asses

Our Women think it's cute butto me it looksClassless

I was lost & unable to be found

Hidden beneath a mask of sorrows & frowns

Sadden by my very...

Before you judge someone by what you see

Mindyour own for it's not known from where they come fr...

No matter what you do

Don't steal from me, Don't lie to me,Don't ever f*ck over me, Don't share ...

so I write
never asked for this cup to be passed to me

it's my turn to drink it's bitterness
...

no words spoken
she walks about the house
my hug breaks the spell

he preached the gospel
in season, out of season
final yea and nay

haiku discipline
much to say, so little time
get in and fit in

crates full of pictures
faces and places not known
yesterday once more

faces and voices
pitter patter of grandkids
kool aid carpet stains

hashtagged introvertedness trademark
silently exorcised, ostracized, and vilified
Impossible mi...

1.

Teach this to the teens…

God gives glory gracefully…

Let’s live lovingly…

A craving for intimacy and passion, avid dedication. On levels surpassing human comprehension. De...

A yearning to be kissed ardently and unfolded gently. Peel me apart and savor each of my layers. ...