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''The Anointing of a Black Poet.''

''The Anointing of a Black Poet.'' is...

by Dwight Drummond

added by Drummond.
20 days ago
''The Color of Black.''

The Color of Black is...

by Dwight Drummond

added by Drummond.
20 days ago
''Black Scarlet.''

What is Black? History.

What is Scarlet? Sacrament.

''Black...

by Dwight Drummond

added by Drummond.
20 days ago
Stay Alert

Another day in Chicago:
horns honking, train horns,

road raging, tires screeching.
Car accidents near every exit,

everyone rushing to work,
reading the corny signs

on the expressway: Click it
or ticket. I drive on the shoulder,

...

by Shanice Jones

added by shanicejones00
20 days ago
''Angelic Thoughts of a Black Poet.''

All Legendary Poets are led by ''Angelic Thoughts of a Black...

by Dwight Drummond

added by Drummond.
20 days ago
To the Mosquito

To the Mosquito

How soft upon me you alight
   To draw up nectar (scarlet meal)—
To siphon fluid from my frame
   From whatsoever vein you will ...

Well who am I to hold a grudge?
   Or who to shun your...

by John W. May

added by Vixility
20 days ago
''White Jamaican.''

What is White? Width.

What is Jamaican? Juice.

''White...

by Dwight Drummond

added by Drummond.
20 days ago
Get it Together

She is in a state of muse.
A calming role of her being just to be.
Sometimes it is needed.
Most of the time it is required.
Filled with scattered thoughts and boiling blood
Internally she was suffused.
Externally she is free.
But her...

by jennifer White

added by jwhite3134
20 days ago
''White Haitian.''

is white? width.

what is haitian? Hybrid.

''White...

by Dwight Drummond

added by Drummond.
20 days ago
Abraham Lincoln is my name

Abraham Lincoln is my name
And with my pen I wrote the same
I wrote in both hast and speed
and left it here for fools to...

by Abraham Lincoln

added by ThatPoetryGuy
20 days ago
O' Has the Day Now Come

O' has the day now come;
the time to grow to be a part.
But I strive to be my own, unlike some;
to expand & grow; to be a work of art.

O' but the challenge I now face!
There are rocks & hard soil;
The other ones, already tall, taking my...

by ThatPoetryGuy

added by ThatPoetryGuy
20 days ago
Colleen

So deep in love with you am I, Colleen I would marry you again! You are Venus incarnate, your form, intellect, and charm. Your sense of humor brings a smile to my face! Your personality and blonde hair light up the darkest days of my life! If I...

by Nick Allen

added by allennick493
20 days ago
Port Protection. Tiny Alaskan Village.

Whatever you need you scrounge

No ready cash on this Alaskan island

Barter or snoop around.

Share and share

Trade and trade.

Discover old motors

Scrap metal

Jars of screws, nails

Eye bolts and chain.

Heavy rope.

Fire...

by dougb.72572

added by dougb.72572
20 days ago

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