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I Have No Idea (Amy Winehouse Tribute )
I don't want to drink again No, not from those lips…
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Utterly Random
And like that I was strung out on every word she spoke…
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Book Of Her
In the book of her There is a chapter often skipped…
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Abyss
I've fallen into the abyss; fingers toes nothing to grasp. I've fallen into the insanity of your heart…
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Sung
Perhaps she never loved me for me, Perhaps she loved the song that I sung that reminded her of another; long sense gone…
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Like Discarded Paper
I had an inability to understand the effect she had on me, A drug that revealed every high without the lows that accompanied…
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Air Wave
And when she cut the radio on Everything became so clear…
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A Prostitute authored by: Robert H. Smith
Late in the nighttime’s heat at the street's corner a woman stands, Watching for a fast signal of an even stranger man's hands…
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The cautionary tale of brother Quaku
The story of brother Quaku is a cautionary tale, Of what not to do, and how to fail, An internship in corporate America, As an African…
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BLACK SWAN IN THE SPRING OF LOVE
BLACK SWAN IN THE SPRING OF LOVE…
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GOP Doesn't Care About Benghazi
GOP pretends 2 care about #Benghazi Pursue Hillary like Paparazzi…
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GOIN' THRU
I may be slippin' thru time But I gotta thank my God…
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A pianist and a kid play at the airport
At DTW Delta Terminal 71, Is a classical pianist second to none, Playing, "I don't get around much anymore", I appreciate the melody, but…
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My Life ( Pt. 3 Dear Mom )
Part 2 Was Me Sharing a Tragic Event In My Life.. Even If I Went Back In Time I Couldn't Make It Right…
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What's The Next Play, Kap?
#NFL ballers chose 2 take a knee The sentiment looks good to me…
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Your losing the one you say u love
I guess love is like magic Never think twice from…
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oj waiting to see a lawyer
gonna rain? he asks himself naw he says to himself…
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The New Chicago Fire - Killing On Fleek
Chicago hit a huge milestone But this one will make you groan…
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Leap
To lie for me was some what of a big deal To lie for me was mundane in the existence of truth…
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The Door Was Opened
We never heard of Monica Lewinsky Until Bill Clinton opened the door…
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Doodle
Her love was rebellious, Perfectly Defiant to man made testimony…
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Love is like fruit juice
Love is like orange juice, when you don't have it, you want and see the use, so you grab it, pursue it, open it, and drink it, after it…
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When black folks sell their homes
Black folks selling their homes gotta remember one thing, The only things some whites love black are coffee and Dr. Martin Luther King…
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A Mother's Choice authored b: Robert H. Wimsitt-Smith III
A mother is pregnant, but is still unsure of what to do, “It's not my child!†says the father, now she must choose…
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Dedication authored by: Robert H. Wimsatt-Smith
To any thing, person, and place in my life, and in my story…
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Perspectives Of Life authored by: Robert H. Wimsatt-Smith III
The past: Yesterday was a history of memories birthed…
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Robotic love
How many times can we say to someone "You melt my heart with your smile"…
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Roses and Thorns
This particular flower, holds so many thorns As if screaming behold thy pain…
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The Useful Negro: Volume II
Detroit is an embattled city Very little money in the kitty…
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New stranger
I never been this high on tree tops, funny how the crisp air takes my breath…
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Mom and who?
You gave birth to me and yet you still can't see me you…
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space
We were talking and all of a sudden you decided to give me space You never said anything…
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The Ugly Truth
You see love, love blinds the truth Because if I didn't love you…
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Craigslist Conundrum
I got things I want to do, Places I need to be…
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Michelle Obama's Dilemna
As one of the most visible African-American females on the planet, Michelle Obama is in a very precarious position…
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no more than the bird with the piercing voice
I’m a mother-side caroler I stay by her side always I start my warbling when she’s sleeping stress away…
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My motivation
My upbringing, my inspiration my encouragement. I don't stop because someone says they don't like my poetry but out of spike try to keep me…
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Brighter Days
Brighter Days if u look into the sky, brighter days when asking why, who's by your corner who's gonna be by your side and not lie word of…
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tercet of praise for thumbs
thumbs are the sine qua non that help get the toughest jobs done…
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Sincere intentions
Past decisions and past mistakes, laid the foundation for my words of today, Hated my faults, I paused my day, burned some sage, calmed my…
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if not winter….
If not winter then will you come to me in summer?…
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Burnt
My mind is burnt, I wish I knew the words to say to you to add a flame to the cinder that is the soul of you. But I already know that I…
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The Useful Negro: Volume 1
Most people are useless To the society at large…
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That someone is you...
That's exactly what i want someone with potential…
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Forever casted away
I come to you with this aching heart pulsating throughout my body numbing every piece of clear space in my mind though i try to tell myself…
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False assumptions:
He lay there watching me... The silk sheets lay over the lower half of him…
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Darker days act 1
I feel corrupted as if something entered my spirit without my permission and all of a sudden i feel as dark as i look i think its coming…
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The Detroit Exploit
Trump's whole approach is foul Reminds one of Simon Cowell…
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THE OLD BELIEVER A Haitian Tale
Now that the war is over and the armies have gone…
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When White Privilege Collides With Rape Culture
Brock Turner out for good behavior Victim doesn't have a savior…
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Life, death and dreams
Sickness is temporary, Death is permanent and scary…
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Jack Daniel's Real Secret
Sobering claims of Jack Daniel Whiskey Slaves masterminded distilling…
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unsolicited advice for life - part 1
There's more that unites us, Than the $#!+ that divides us…
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F#&k AMEX, Visa, Discover, and MasterCard!
Just paid down several thousand in credit card debt, An expensive lesson, hope I never ever forget!…
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The allergic truth
I get these epiphanies, Attacks like allergies…
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Apology to the Starving Artists
Apology to the Starving Artists, How do I start this?…
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