poetry
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Ain’t it Strange and Kind of Wonderful
Ain’t it Strange and Kind of Wonderful..that LOVE always exists? That LOVE has always been the main course on black dinner tables?
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The Masterpiece
There’s this picture… that I want to paint. I’ve been building it in my head. I’ve been outlining the edges, the angles, and the shape…all in my head. It’s a picture… A painting or sketch of a Man. A very large Man. A very dark Man. A BIG, Black… Man. …..A huge Man with wide…
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Colors
Black nails..scrape; striping your forearm, I watch streaks fade from Scarlet to Blue. Tinted Purple fingerprints mimic my grip. Facing you..Green eye to Brown. Wide, Kohl lashes flicker fast. Moist Crimson lips..twist between White teeth nibbling Pink…creating warm Fuchsia. Tightly pulling Ivory. Wrestling Magenta. Grabbing Beige. Tugging Yellow. Yanking Burgundy. Clutching Caramel. Pushing Almond. Pinching…
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Wake Me Up
Wake up toes… Wake up legs Wake up knees Wake up thighs Wake up pelvic Wake up pubic Wake up navel Wake up stomach Wake up breast Wake up nipples Wake up arms Wake up shoulders Wake up neck Wake up ear Wake up scalp Wake up mouth Wake up lips Wake up tongue Wake…
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Treasure Hunting (Poem for my Daughter’s)
“I found jewels and gems, priceless artifacts and riches foretold.”
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Voodoo King
Sometimes..I wonder how we got here? What magic did you sprinkle on me? Which Witch doctor did you visit, which High Priestess made you potions? And which one of these candles on the Altar is lit for me? I frequently check the closets, the drawers, under the bed..for a raggedy doll with tethered clothes and…
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mantra lime
Tender twangSweet tangypurple thighfingers of limeblue navelarched eyeRavenwrists flutter-byblueberry chesthealed bowmaple humpbony kneecurved legcherry toeflat lipbeaded waistblazed neckangled chincarob facemilked hipburgundy tipboysenberried side carries babies high Twists with turns, oozed sting, lasting taste of lime at every place
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Flute
Blow…Blow through bitten lips. Tight and clung…wisps through teeth. Hollow, curved and turned. Flung around tongue, wrapped around jaws. Open loose Blow.Blow. Stretched through me. Opened airbreezycold Blow.Blow. on topinside throughout and round about Wide, long, and puffed. …Played Flute
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These Fingers
I’ve noticed that I haven’t been wearing any rings lately; on my fingers. No polish, or color; except for my own brown glossy shade. I’m attracted to the plainness, the shortness of fingernail, the roundness of knuckle, and the delicate bends. The softness of palm with blushing lines throughout The thin of finger and tiny…
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Black Beauty’s Song
I sing on top of mountaintops I sing at births and weddings I sing at jazz clubs in Hip-hop clubs Reggae fests and Auditoriums plays and musicals parks and supermarkets bathrooms and bedrooms I sing of into the night talks and 5 a.m. runs and walks, Of holding hands while walking through the mall Of…
MANTRA 