all

the

time

we cheered

tarzen:

mr

...

Here

All alone

In the crowd

of my thoughts

My mind

Weaves through

The web o...

No eulogy can change the present or the past,

Neither charter the course of the future;
N...

It’s a long way
from the cotton field
to the White House---
like journeying to the moon
and s...

DRIED TEARS OF SABLE GENOCIDE…
(APROPOS THE MOTHER CONTINENT)

I cannot cry for the childr...

Her lips quivered with despair

as the frail hand struggled

with its self to position outstr...

We have been taught and told we’re the children
Of the bought and sold.
For ages, this his ...

Sitting on the muddy banks of faded realities,
Lingering in the spaces of time, lost souls
Stru...

Here in the psalms of our being,

hate plagues the world---

its spawn of players dispersed

Been said and is always true;
the truth knocked down
and crushed to the ground
will always ris...

Ravished womb drips
precious blood of incestuous rape;
the ghosts ofdaughters scream
from shar...

On the wings of tilme, we have soared---

from the canyons of history---to the horizon

of ne...

Moving on the floor with you the music lifts us up,

the people stop and stare at us but we don't...

I listen to sounds, melodies and whispers

Vapors are sent to me wafting off remnants

Left f...

Brown Pupils…..

Deeply intense, her brown eyes dancing in light

Igniting a rage, I casually...

do what you love

why would you do anything less

then what you dream of

whatever that may be

I should have listened to you..when you told me that I wasn't ready.

I just wanted to rebel

FALSE FRIENDS, FAKE FRIENDS, OR SOMEONE I KNOW
NO GOOD FRIEND, NO BAD FRIEND, IT WAS ALL FOR SHO...

As the sharp rays
of sunlight slowly sliced
through the tarrying tinted clouds,
I wiped away t...

Anger is an acceptable and normal emotion,
but I must not be;
such an emotion is only for the f...

FROM DREAMS OF DREAMS OF THE SEA AND ME
(FOR TONI M.)

Standing, staring seaward,
Sore eyes...

Sometimes
we put blank spaces
between our togetherness;
unaware of the created lonely
ness we...

That you
in your perpetual
slime
should question my rebuke:

to err is human;
to forgive is...

Now you want to descend
The rope that hung
And choked---
To walk in footprints
With me
To of...

What a holy sinner I see hidden behind my iceberg heart,

Happiness is a beautiful smiling word;
that soars the skies like a radiant black bird;
Culling ...

Listen little ones
And pay attention.
You need to know
That you are the embers
Rising from th...

PREFACE:
It was the dawn of a new day;
knowledge and truth sought and given.
As I gave, so was...

Been stomped, kick and beaten to the ground;
But don’t mourn me child; I’m not yet dead.
Comato...

A Monk’s Tale…
(For “Stank”)

The misunderstood banging
Of the ebony-ivory
Union
...

Water breaks to freedom,
Flows and seeks its own level:
Rebirth is as hard as crucible steel....

today God anointed
earth with his tears
and crowned her
with his rainbow
of love
unity and d...

The Coming…
(Mood Variations…)

I
The long hot summer yields to the arrival
of ...

Happiness is a beautiful smiling word,
That soars the skies like a radiant black bird;
Cull...

There's nothing left here for death to claim; even hunger

has abandoned the swollen bellies of...

I need not wear a rose colored hat of old;
Nor a darkened remnant of today.
The hue of my f...

AND ON THAT DAY…
(APROPOS MLK: PART 1)

And on that day we will rise
And raise the hued s...

AND ON THAT DAY…
(APROPOS MLK: PART 1)

And on that day we will rise
And raise the hued s...

FATHER TO SON…
(Apropos A Quadriplegic Son Who Lived And Died Beautifully)

In the s...

Time longer than rope, chokes hearts
dangling in the reality of struggle;
refuted victories...

“A man said to the universe,
Sir, I exist.”

You ripped ...

au teur…
(apropos spike)

stage two
act three
enters
you:
action g!

just dead b...

as God is our witness…

you told me you loved her
adored her
could see no beauty like her...

as the sharp rays
of sunlight
meticulously sliced
through lingering clouds
to sculpt away t...

There are things I want to tell you

That I couldn't previously say

Feelings I kept inside a...

Everything that was created for free, why is it that the world causes us to pay a fee?! Water was...

IT’S A CRYING SHAME…
By
Millard Lowe

Awakening from a restless night of sleep, Jay rolle...

Dear God,

In spite of all that's in my life I know You've got my back,

my faith (for lack of a ...

APROPOS THE WORD
(FOR MAYA ANGELOU, 2001)

There is something about the word
You giv...

Nubian chin, resting warmly in the talored cup,

Seals the union;

The smooth bow tenderly...

Bombs know no agony, pain or joy;
No victory nor defeat:
They simply explode....

The arid winds steal

Our tears.

The sterile dust tease

Cystic hopes

Of dreams d...

Tears of Joy…

God cried today; His tears fertilized

Mother Earth’s womb;

...

BORN AGAIN

(FROM THE WOMB OF MY REBIRTH)

As I descended t...

SHATTERING THE SHACKLES…

(APROPOS RESURRECTION)…

I shall no longer be your traged...

CRUISING WITH THE TRANE…

(Apropos Our Musical Saint)

Sometimes

In a blue note mood...

Justice took a holiday today;

Peace fought back the tears.

The mourners came to knell a...

When the levees broke...

When the levees broke...

When the levees broke...

The world...

I am a canvas…as plain as I am.

I am far beyond what your imagination perceives to be its limi...

I feel like I have already lost you…even though you are still here with me.

Waking up and not ...

When you see me, refer to me as your majesty. You have just witnessed royalty and you can testify...

Wondering mind not knowing how deep the memory it keeps

Reminiscing in silence or being discre...

‘Shyt’ is what it is ‘cuz’, I ain’t gonna front; I miss how it was.

I’m trying to forget the s...

Can you see the struggle? Poverty; Family dying no one caring

Only me crying, and fighting ste...

my past you're my ex I miss you

I don't want to go back to you

my future my love I long to ...

Now I realize that I'm a stranger in a strange land, I've never had the choice to live in my pred...

you’re a story teller

telling stories to me

I don’t know what to believe

fac...

First hand experience

Last minute deal

One last tear before I hit this blunt and leave.

Set by mark, I go for

Strolls in the park

Doin’ it after dark

Rock Creek,

barefeet

Much respect to knowledge but much more than 5%(ers)

Held up by devils projecting incr...

I casted all of my fears and feelings underneath the thick sheets of ice in Alaska, Boy is that c...

Walking down the inner reflections of my mind. Muddled by thoughts of insecurities and doubt, a b...

Watching all the kids leave school johnny stands alone,

wishing he had a place to go other tha...

As the sun kissed

the sea’s soothing bosom,

caressing waves splashed the shores

leav...

CRY THE BELOVED CONTINENT…

(Apropos The Ripping Veil of PanAfricanism)

In all...

Sex.....

Passionate, ecstasy,

the illiusion of something real.

Today sex holds no value ...

If only the sun could warm my aching soul
shivering within my inner being---immovable---
an...

Salty tears littering the ground...fingers griping the air like I'm trying to snatch an imaginary...

It's not like

it never happened;

it did.

The gentle sighs;

the soft sweet smiles;

I remember the ticking of a clock as I lay upon your chest. Wondering how in the world did that h...

The jasmine scented air

gently caressed the cool night;

Foam crested waves teased

the fl...

Went down to the river;

touched the stilled waters.

From the Diaspora o...

Though stolen,
I never left you:
Remaining Like a keloid
Etched across your healing womb.

I

your love

is like the sun

the ember

of my life

fueling my being

ener...

When I'm gone

remember me in tamarind season

reflecting the bitter

sweet of life we shar...

How long

must we still march

and sing---

our feet grown weary

and facades of justice