in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

recorded July sixth nineteen sixty
upon birth of she who dogged...

Sitting in silence…

Ears rhythmically ringing…

Quiet quietness flowing…

Dove into the pool

Got slapped right back up and out

With my wet sunburn

chains…

there

can

be

no

liberation

in

our

self

inflicted

exterm...

Yes, we could say that it could be worse

But to just sit by and accept it is even worser

(Apropos Of A Black Sonetto)

There is no such thing as killing softly

We’re k...

Even in Haiku

We tell it just like it is—

Revealing to you

Whatever we write...

My panther sheen glows

Weaving wisely with wisdom

I’m an ace of spade

Shrewd spades be aware…

Clubbing red jokers lurking…

Trump cards everyw...

Initially when race

was considered

and it became

obvious we were

the strongest

Year and months
Employing the use of my poetic
GPS
Exact direction to your address
Blooming f...

Its official, today is Black Poetry Day just because I called it. We miss out on this day or the ...

Billy Paul hipped me

to what the light

is all about during a

dark time of my life

One...

They asked forpoems written by african american poets, well here we are. They asked and Poetry Vi...

grey clouds gathering
together
whispering amongst themselves
freedom
just for the day
and th...

While transcending

Through this life

Death thought

He would pay me a visit

But be...

Everyone pushing their agenda

they believe it to b so splendor

from politicians to preacher...

We share love supreme;

An eternal love oneness—

A graceful union…

Death may seek...

Who would have ever thought it;

Us having a Lucy and Ricky bedroom

Laughing and...

We are all one in the same.

Everything is One, this is not a game...

I was Young, hopeful, ...

Once hung on a tree

Now lay grounded honey cones

Ignored just like me

Climbing life’s mountain…

Sysiphus-like rocks falling…

Life’s anger rolls down…

Dead before living—

Our children killing each other:-

When will we stop this?

I have been in a romantic mood all day thinking about poem you and I. I thought I was pushing the...

Is there such a thing as a love poem by women? Sometimes it seems as they are shifting from momen...

Can you believe that I actually had to think about a poem on why do I love you? I thought it was ...

Am I not great?, have I not survived? and lived to tell great american poetry poems. I was lost i...

They keep asking me if I am an American poet and I tell the truth. I write American Poets Poems a...

Be aware of the line in life you walk

Be sure it’s what you have drawn

For when we ...

Just figure it out—

BOTUS versus the ROTUS:

It’s America!

Now check out this...

Feelings.

Some say they are valid, others not so much...

To some, it's binding, and others? A...

Damn I must of missed the loyalty train

All these socialist

Fake prophesizing

Far fetched from...

Today, racists jump for joy

With the Supreme Courts

Well designed racist ploy

Th...

Stealing liberty…

Celebrations of the theft…

Strange morality…

The Preamble ...

Supreme decisions…

Licensed to discriminate…

Supreme prejudice…

I jumped headfirst into this situation with very little faith.

Carried hurt in my front left p...

To no one is the summer heat

taking a back seat

Front and center muggy suffocating

heat ...

Disguised as an Apple Computer Technician.

He initially hacked Macbook Pro laptop.

He (alia...

Over

the waterfall

I’ve gone

Into

The ocean

Of life’s

Strife

Meandering

I’m no cicerone…

Just a cistern of wisdom…

Quenching thirst with words…

Let me not assume as though I know the person that you are now.

That the love that we once sha...

This system has stopped the natural growth of everything in existence, just like it has stopped m...

Seventeen thousand special K
vanished into thin air
in one fell swoop life savings
fraudulent ...

Hear Ye Hear Ye

cried the Town Crier

of old

The latest news get it

write here for you...

White
is the acceptable attire of the majority
when you attend this sporting event
polite appl...

They say me no threat...

But them just don't know of me...

I'm a worker bee...

(Consider this...)

Choices juxtaposed

Preparing for the future

Gaslighting the...

In cold civil war powering

Bombshell words falling daily

Sounding evil political ex...

We have been denied the opportunity for freedom, manipulated to be demons that attack our own men...

Democracy owed;

Liberty in foreclosure—

Debts must be paid now:-

Politicians play—

Chess gaming our liberties;

Leaving us rooked pawns:-

He used our story…

They threw him into the patch…

Red anal taunts spray…

IN GUIDED LIGHT

A bright sunshine day…

Bright full moon rising tonight…

New li...

Where has said love gone

Here yesterday…gone today

Can love bring back love

Fake love fakes the moon…

Waxing and waning freely—

Falsely reflecting…

The pain gets heavy…

Nothing seems to heal its weight…

My heart is full…

It’s said you reap

What you sow

As time wanes

so much sown

Is forgotten

An...

(From A Pedagogical Odyssey)

Shall I always be

As a transient soul

Traveling on ...

for the alarm clock
no day of rest

ringing rudely on my nightstand
rising in time
to don our ...

I'm getting ready...

peaking out my bedroom window
Rapunzel, I am
sorta
hearing you call ou...

You have to admit that it sounds like a good idea to have poetry black history month. Whe you ded...

I am already writing about black poetry in history. As I speak the words, they have already come ...

I was built to write black poetry, I can feel the blood coursing through my veins. The rush is in...

This ain't a dream, we were raised off lies, and you wondering why the world crying.... ....we h...

This ain't a dream, we was raised off lies, and you wondering the world crying.... ...See the b...

I see the flames but no fire, my life feels like Novocaine, my blood is like procaine with the ra...

The mind don't speak the same language of the soul, the mind grow cold why the soul gets old, whi...

I am alone when I'm alone, wondering if these four walls make a home as I make a home far away fr...

They want to hold you back... I get that..."But why you holding you back?"...you got a mind of yo...

I'm lost in space outer space with no space, slow pace, like I'm high with no face... I've been f...

MY THALAMUS TEXTURE

IS MEANT TO IMPRESS YA

DIGGING DEEP INTO THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL

AS I ...

I wanna blast your synaptics
With didactic & distractive
Hyperactive volcanic grammatics
Rappi...

THE DEVIL AND I GRAPPLE

AS I TRY TO MIND TRAVEL

TIRED OF HAVING TO EAT, I DESPISE GRAVEL

(From A Pedagogical Odyssey)

Let us be as crucible steel

Forged bythe life-fires

(From A Pedagogical Odyssey)

Arise you children of now.

Wipe away the matter

Fro...

Fraught traumatized wordsmith

telephonic grand slam rent psyche asunder

witnessing helpless...

As did Ancestors…

Divine Wisdom and Guidance…

Shielding the Children…

In labors of love…

Footprinting for the children—

Their journey guided…

Emancipation—

The shattering of shackles…

Equality waits…

MIRRORING MIRRORS

Just face the mirror

Mirrors always tell the truth

Try mirrori...

Hate can not love…love

Where hate is…love will go

Love can not hate…hate

Hate left its wormhole—

A dove flew down and had lunch;

Peace then filled the hole:...

Deep black pain screams loud,

Seeking its healing relief;

Deep black pain ignored:-...

Three for a nickle

Frozen flavorful ice pops

Corner bodega

When the journey ends

What will I leave behind me

Books of poetry

My name in a book

Whatever took me so long

Next one in progress

My world stops spinning

Thunder and lightning passes

Glad to hear your voice

Got on my last nerve

I'malmost on CNN

Write a haiku, quick

The blackness of the day
For our youthful protection
Was always kept at bay
Kept away from our...

Feeling kind of blue

So I thought I’d share

This with you

Together in loneliness...

Us killing ourselves…

The oppressor sits smiling—

The syndrome working…

wrought maximum monetary mayhem
within mein kampf

Incomprehensible inhumane
inquisitorial ...

Waning and Waxing…

Allegorical moonings—

Sunshine oneness taught:-

TOP CHEF OF MUTINY

Political chef

Mastered deceptive menus

Serving disaster

H...

In the same household

Always different points of view

Gods sense of humor

Listening closely

My six year old Granddaughter

Always wins her case

I love being black

Slow cooked and so flavorful

Delicious people

I don't like onions

Never have and never will

You're off my menu

In the marketplace

Working my way through college

Won't you buy my book?