to get something done

that's not being done

sometimes you might

need to act a st...

Enjoy your stroll on

this earth

This precious gift Free Will

given 2 U by the Creator

at birt...

I feel like something I like is dying before my eyes I feel like I don't want it to die I feel li...

I BELIEVED your LIES,

and HUNG on every WORD,

You PROMISED to be TRUTHFUL,

is what my SOUL HEA...

12:01 a.m.
I look forward to the new day

Others will worry about how much they lost
how much...

"So you want it straight from a black man"


I know you want to hear it but,
I know that ...

“Pink Nails”


Mmmmm…. Those sharp and delicate nails…

Touching my skin,
making me fli...

"Till the day brings the light"


Love...

The beauty of human interaction at its highes...

"Scream at the Sun"

Let it fly, the words needed to be released,
as you stare at the beam...

“It Comes with a price”


I must say,
I must say,

That the heard of emotions and dreams ha...

“Arise poet arise“



As bright as the moon lit night.

I’ve fallen into a trance from ...

"Flip the pains to see how this feels to me"


Flip the pain to see how this feels to me…

L...

“How many of us feel like Sherman Klump“

How many of us have felt like Sherman Klump…

Peopl...

“What happens when a star loses it’s shine”

What happens when a star loses its shine?

It fa...

“God’s seeds are good”

There he stood atop
a mountain calling out
to the stairs of heaven
“...

"Eve"

Three ladies I’ve characterized with this name for they were the first to capture a
lov...

“A body was found of a murdered little girl“

She was only thirteen
a rouge little queen
who ...

“One mo cry for black folk“

One mo tear,

one mo cry,

one mo brother or sister that has...

“ The day of the Lynching “

So, sunny was the day,

So clear was the sky,

So still was ...

"It's not Valentine's Day without you"

Happy Valentine’s day the world is saying,
the ones th...

Naz’e and I wrote a poem together, which was actually his idea. I liked it the instant he suggest...

“Even heroes bleed”

Even heroes bleed…

To let go some kind or sort of
frustration that the...

Rocking myself to sleep

Oh, how this hurts....
It hurts so bad I can not even cry and even if...

“Discarded like no good fish parts“

all the pretty girls have all the fun,

all the pretty b...

“Doctor, doctor won’t you cure me”

Doctor, doctor won’t you cure me,
I’ve come to you with an...

A crack baby is born


Somewhere in America in the west wing of an ICU unit a little a chi...

"Daddy's Rampage"



A child is running down the halls of her home with tears vividly plaster...

"Daddy's Rampage"



A child is running down the halls of her home with tears vividly plaster...

"Daddy's Rampage"



A child is running down the halls of her home with tears vividly plaster...

Just off the top of my head

This is just off the top my head while I am laying in bed thinking...

Stalemate

How do I exist while I live in a pile of sh_t I am tired of the stalemate I exist as...

The pyromaniac within yours truly
beckons sacrificial ritual
mine burning (man's)
sacred plast...

there's a car in a yard

it sits on one tire

I wouldn't call it a car

it's more like a di...

I seen this movie

countless times

it's something about it

that stays in the mind

I'll...

woke up in a mood

loooked around wanted to move

to where I don't know

don't much car...

some times words don't paint the picture

to convey what I'm meaning to say

some times tryin...

The death of my elder Sister

Took a grief toll on my soul

That was paid by divine love

do we make our bed up every morning

to comeback and lie in or do we

make it upbecause we don'...

CLIMBING ON IN FAITH…

Even today, life is no escalator way;

Rather, it is a challenging...

BETTER…NOT BITTER…

There is black and beautiful

There is white and wonderful

There i...

In fantasy games of satanic fun,

AI engages our children in killing joy;

Screaming ...

TEASING FALL

Sweet rain is falling

A cooling breeze is blowing

Fall’s tease is risin...

I’m still loving you

But am now following God

Come and follow me

Know this,

The world

In which we live,

Is bitter enough.

Let us,

In la...

Where in hell has it all gone?

What has taken it away from us two?

We can’t deny the bo...

Pregnant with the dream

Dream’s reality breaking

God’s promise coming

CASCADING…

Like a waterfall

Challenging tribulations

Cascading the sea

In keloid memories of supreme love,

Tears of grief and joy flow together;

Reflectin...

They say we pass

This way but once;

That once we’ve been here

We pass away.

Be not proud, death;

Your achievement

Is in name only..

Vengeance is God’s:

PLANE TIME

(A Haiku Trio)

We’re flying freely…

But our wings are not flapping…

St...

Standing green leaf trees…

Readying for falling times—

Renewal assured:-

Busy buzzing flies

Webbing awareness lessons…

Fall’s traps are coming…

Sitting here in the waning sunshine of Summer

And the waxing sunshine of Fall, my mind...

"Word Play"

We play this word play...

We play this game but it is

not a game to ...

“Bliss”

Bliss…

The word we categorize

as wonderful all the time.

“Blackness Vanished”

My blackness is vanishing

by the minute, the hour,

the days and...

Cream Soda

looking into your eyes, i'm mesmerized
at how intensely you're staring back ...

“Entangled Part 2”

Me,

&

You

Are an entangled two…

Sharing our minds

“Entangled Pt I”

Entangled I am with you…

With all the laughter that you give

me a...

“Jaded”

In the end, we seek comfort

tried and true is easier to

swallow and the unkn...

“Pompeii”

have your face, face mine and kiss your lips that are so luscious and divine, ca...

?Raspberry Park?

You are my Raspberry Park

Sweet as honey,

nicely toned li...

“Rode that to glory…”

Don’t get it twisted in no shape or form…

I am a diva,

I ...

“The perfect Love”

The perfect Love Is that special feeling
That you find with that...

“TONGUE KISS”

Love when you give me the kiss, when you give me the kiss down there

yo...

Flames turned into a flint

I love you

I miss you

I need you

I want you

I adore...

Take a moment to contemplate - TruthChills - Contest entry

My moment in time was when I was in...

The Ashes

There used to be....

A you n me

There used to be a reason for the mean...

The Content for Communication

Literally we are here to share information

that will please o...

The gentle touch of the ocean

The waves are crashing against the shore...

And yet t...

Tidal waves do sting

My obsession is not a poem that you can say,

A song you can sing.

Write a poem for contest Discrimination - Padparadscha - The noose with blood swinging from a tre...

Misfit is me...

the one they said had big eyes,

the one they said that had a big nose,

“When I spread my legs”

When I spread my legs...

Brotha, I want you to scream a...

“But… Poetry never left me”

The world is a scarred tissue

to all that inhabit it.

Th...

"Black men your to valuable

to be dropped in a box"


If you could realize the depth of our...

Every time I think it’s all good

Something turns it bad

Every time I’m showing love

It f...

"Black Woman, Blonde Ambition"

You wear the weave, you sell the weave,

you spend hours ...

"The Re-Election of Barack"

The re-election took place and the other party had to hide their f...

Death no longer jars, nixes,

and rattles mine sense and sensibilities

without pride nor pre...

Cheers To You

My Poetryvibe Brothers And Sisters

I Thank God For The Writting Skills That Each ...

I don't like to tie my shoes

I like my strings loose

I know it's dangerous to do

I don't min...

I played this game for years

a game I could not win

no matter how long I played

no matter how ...

Twisting corridors,

doors unknown,

in this dreamscape,

I've flown,

aspirations to exp...

You really cannot say it enough, say it with me Black Man Black Man Black Man. What a goal to set...

The White Of Your Eyes

The Color Of Your Nails

The Color Of You Teeth

The Smell Of Your Breath...

Full of myself
Thanksgiving writing poetic hangover
Gluttonous
Snatched the last glazed verb f...

Even after death, My soul still beats. Even in death, my soul remains active. It's as if my spiri...

Last rays of wicked flickering candlelight

even to this present day
(October 4th, 2023)
lxiv...

ISOLATION is a BLESSING

even though we

don't really see it,

Being SEPARATED from

OTHERS AROUN...

Being Together with

YOUR LOVE ONES,

gives off a

WARM FEELING INSIDE,

whether a HOLIDAY, an EV...

I am taking some time out to celebrate myself, my black king. Heavy is the head that wears the cr...

why is it suicide

to want to make things better

to love one another

to stick togethe...

I was once one of the

greatest drifters of them all

felt like I was born to

wander off

fe...

I can't take back what I gave

I can't get back what I lost

all I have is what I saved

on the way to meet

a sweet destiny awaiting

a twist of fate got in the way

I had to face a u...

I am weathered, yet she still loves me

Every breath invested into her

Softens the edges of my l...