Tag: Poetry
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Untitled (POEM)
Today is the anniversary of my baptism. 2 years now, I believe. I should be smiling I was, smiling… Until I thought about my behavior Considered my sin Why must I Have to go through this again? It’s torturous. I told someone the other day That the scariest thing we can ever —do Is face…
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Daring To Be (Poem)
Thump, thump, thump I can hear them Thump, thump, thumping Knocking Banging against the walls Of my ribs Knock, knock Open up Let us out Let us in Shall we write today? Why not It’s been weeks since the last poem So many things Swirling inside So many feelings And thoughts Yet somehow After all…
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Tiny Thoughts (Poem)
(I wrote this poem in dedication to Child Abuse Awareness month, which is every year in April. I had originally attended on writing one piece each week until I realized that I don’t know enough on the topic. Child abuse is a serious thing, but I think once I read more on it then I’ll be…
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BOOK UPDATE: To Whom It May Concern
Big news folks! To Whom It May Concern is now available for purchase as a PAPERBACK book. So for those of you who’ve wanted a physical copy instead of the digital, you can buy it here: To Whom It May Concern (PAPERBACK) The paperback is 600 pages and costs $25, but I’m giving a 20% discount for…
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Paying Homage (Poem)
PAYING HOMAGE Scraping Digging for the crumbs in order to piece —together Something Anything Just get it done That’s the mission Stamp your name on it Make it your brand You gotta make a name for yourself Don’t you want to be the one Who everyone’s talking about? That’s the motive As I watched a…
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Eye of the Beholder (Poem)
Here’s another piece I’ve written. This will be in the Safe Haven later today. I never imagined how hard it would be just to find a decent picture with a group of women, all women of color, with all the races represented in this poem…I still wasn’t really able to achieve that, so please forgive me.…
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The Telephone Game (Poem)
(I decided to write poem in the Safe Haven for BHM like I did last year. Thanks for reading and let’s work to keep Black history alive.) THE TELEPHONE GAME Ancestors Passing down stories to ancestors Passing down stories to ancestors Pass it down, pass it down Gather all the children Gather them all around Great…
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Bursting (Poem)
BURSTING Distractions Lackadaisical laziness Idleness I can feel the disonance all around —me It’s all a diversion specifically intended For me to ignore And not speak about How I feel And how I’m feeling right now Such as the seething anger I wake up —to Filling every crevasse of my heart Almost every part of…
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New Year, New Poem
SHALLOW BREATHS I said I loved writing so much That to tell me to stop doing it Was as if to order me To stop breathing altogether I stopped breathing I stopped doing everything For quite awhile, in fact But the pain that comes from —the loss of life Keeps bringing me back I want…
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Strangled (Poem)
Rather than write a post, I decided I’d write a poem instead. I hope you all receive something from this. STRANGLED “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 I had a dream about you The other night And in it Was a grieving woman Crying over the loss of…