There she sat

On an old wooden box

Moonlight reflected upon

her exposed watermel...

The rising and setting

Of the sun…

The waning and waxing

Of the moon…

The cel...

It’s not snowing yet…

Just chilly raindrops falling—

Fall’s teasing weather:-...

I was in a room full of suckers and I promised myself I would not let this happen. A single dad t...

Closeted spirit, I use to fear it,

Closing doors, denying belief

Relief came in grief, no l...

Never leave home

attract

what you want from

wherever you roam

keep in minds eye

co...

Hearts race, love is chase

Found wanting, thrown in place

Life calls collect from memory la...

Some People Can Not Keep Their Tongues At Bay

They Thrive Off Of Seeking To Spead Others Perso...

She Runs ToThe Mall Without A Pause

Her Style-Fashion-High Profile

Only Name Brands Her Taste

Seems like walking the line has become a daily

Routine;

It’s that over-charged birt...

Sleep waxing…

The moon likewise growing—

Pleasing life…

The gentle night wanes on—

From the bleeding stolen womb of Africa to the dried navel of America…

Black Man Walking->...

Our black world is not a stage

And we black men and women

Are not mere players in i...

In the spirit of hope

we contemplatively search beyond

the horizon for the myst...

Why only in dreams

Do we become entirely free—

Entirely free—

From the gloom

Oh how I love being held

Next to a warm body

By hands whose fingers

Pluck up and dow...

No pond

Could ever be

To its creatures

What my love is for you.

Indeed, to float

the thunder roars

the lightening sneaks

quick peeks

through the darkness…

Liberated

from

its cocoon,

a butterfly

soaring

freely

in the air,

flew...

untimely death sentence ordained

approximately six months prior
to mother dearest celebrating...

Who in the world came

up with that

Hilarious fiction farthest thing

from a fact

How m...

Bonafide catatonic doggedness,

nevertheless this stubborn stoic poet writ
afore and another f...

I know from personal experience

the foolhardiness of

courting, flirting, honeymooning...

Do you think that they fulfill your needs

Do you count on them to make you happy?

Or do you...

NOTE: This one's a Little different but Creative. I still like it anyway!!! It shows how versatil...

“Where she at?”

Lookin' out Hand to brow

Can’t wait to welcome her back

I lost her som...

My mind wrapped around a pretty puzzle

Maybe this is a poem about me

Or a poem about you

I met a fisherman just the other day who

cast his line my way

What manner of man is this

A beautiful bright sunshine Fall day;

A soft, sweet, gentle breeze blowing

Falling ...

hovers over 100 seconds to midnight

as of January 2022,

which apocalyptic prognostication

September 22 to December 21

According to the

Calender is Autumn

A time for Change,

Fo...

There's a Gravitational

Force that draws me towards you

In the Heavens

so High and

th...

Adam and Eve

When Man met Woman

It was in the Garden of Eden

God placed a deep sleep upo...

One thing today we need to note,

We’ve got to get out and cast our vote;

Too many h...

Rather than seeking belief

Of others in you,

Just believe in the you that

You ar...

Hey now Hey now its fire barell pop

poppin time

Dark as time set back 5 30 and

the weath...

Where is my culture? We made one from the one we lost. I think they tried to make it into a subcu...

analogous to a fish out of water

Ever since being a little gull hubble buoy,
I bobbed (while ...

the power without

the power within

is no power at all

all the modern

technology in the

world can't teach

a lazybone how to

toss a ball in the air

there's a story told about Jesus that stands out to me the storm was approaching Jesus was in the...

Oh baby you make me feel alive

N Dead at the same time

Like Life is but a rhyme

N I’...

I

The capital of my soul

Has been invaded

And the Black House

Of mind

Is i...

To allow that shiny ebony hue to pain you,

Is to allow it to lynch invisibly, the beau...

So Lost… and look what I found

A bloodhound

And out for blood he was

I let him drink the...

The Beautiful Sunset

On a Warm Sunny Eve!!

Was such a Beautiful Day

you have to see to B...

I went for a walk in the Park!!

I hurried before it got Dark!!

I took...

We Are the People

That are near and are far

Evey race and Every color

It doesn't matter ...

Democracy headed toward

dictatorship

The violent coup attempt

the outcome they tried

Minutes before the stroke of any given midnight

Armageddon is threatening to end all the time,...

No wonder in wandering, is as useless as solution-less pondering

I am never beyond reach, as l...

Cold hands’ clutch to pine for minute hours

Warm hearted touch, reminds amore to forever

Ho...

I danced my but off to the saddest song because the beat was rump shaking but the lyrics were he...

the lack of disciplining children allows them to get away with murder but not in a literal sense...

Hour hands of o'clock get set back
sixty minutes gaining extra hour of Autumn
round about thi...

had a long drawn conversation about nothing but the words spoken started something I didn't see...

Im genetically superior to being inferior, I never want to be more than a woman. I want a woman t...

NOTE: This is for Thanksgiving. A Day for Family and Friends to gather together in Peace and Harm...

The Rain Drops are Falling

The Clouds of Gray

The Sky is Crying

On this Wet and Gloomy Day

posited puzzling apt aperçu...

While pondering particular
theme to address
amidst tangled wi...

abuzz with Autumnal thrum

Approximately six weeks since August sum
er re: lazy dog days witne...

Dad worked nights and mom during the day
When needed
She would happily make her way over to our...

it's easier to find a solution to a problem than it is to find the reason for the problem if in ...

I used to take things apart to see how they work but in the process I break them and they never w...

Deep within

the mind

of pregnant

womb

umbilical word

kicks with rhythmic

indeed

always be

who you are

to not do so is to deny

the child of god

that...

Once again beloveth we must cry;

In strife, we remain so far apart:-

The hein...

When Awaken Each Day

To GOD We Should PRAY

Honoring Him For This Day

Giving Thanks For The Goo...

Got this box of large crayons

Vivid colors of the rainbow

just one of the things

I like ...

When I look into your eyes I see magic reflecting back at me with longing desire of love in our b...

Even though we’ve been conditioned to think that the only way to be worthy of love is by having s...

"I am a Woman now feel my Wrath!!!"

Some don't take me seriously

Some even start to laugh

I ...

I know that you've never been loved this way, but this is the only way that I love best. When my ...

Doggone poet laureate

wannabe his index finger wags

nonverbally naysaying those,

who dou...

When the sparks fly

between you and I

I Feel like I could

touch the sky

Not a day goes by...

As I Look at my Reflection what do I see

Another sad soul Looking back at me

An Image of a ...

Poetry is my Therapy

Creativity is my Drive

I keep on pen to paper

My writing keeps me Aliv...

NOTE: I consider this Rhyming, Free Verse

Go to Bed and Sleep Tight

Close your eyes

Goodni...

A Smile can go a Long way

they say!!

So, turn that frown upside down

today!!

For, it will...

This world today has

turned upside-down

Through the Ceiling and

Down to the Ground

From th...

I miss the days where

we could chill and relax

Use to have friends

Now, what do you think o...

A sucker for Love!!

For, What Love Spell is this?

I Fall in Love everytime,

I can't resist!!

NOTE: God's Perfect Timing and our Timing are not the same. He See's outside of time.

It Wasn'...

Aged and waning in being,

Yet waxing in awareness of being,

My mind speeds into tom...

Be aware

Elections are coming

And domestic

Political violence

Is everywhere

Ye...

With God on our side and with the spirit of Wakanda

We’re on our way

And there is not...

In the weathering seasons of time

We‘ve survived many storming events

Of injustices a...

You portray

a canvased being

whose best friend

is loneliness…

Yet reality

There I was

sitting at the head of

the bed with my back

against the wall—

pon...

There I stood

as black as night

as naked as the day…

A blood-sucking mosquito

White maggots fading…

Black thin-wing creatures buzzing—

Free flies fly away:-

Ducks freely floating…

Other winged ones soar above:-

Anglers baiting hooks…

Marketers smiling…

Thanking their top tricked treaters:

Halloween…Xmas…