poetry
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Guest Feature – Touched by an Angel
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the… Continue reading
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Truth Is…
…foundational no structure can exist without it, and no tree can stand if its truth has not taken root. Truth is not held captive to the dogma of religion…. held bondage within the framework of theology…. it is not trapped inside the walls of College classrooms, oppressed by the lips of Baptist ministers, and does… Continue reading
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Poetic Soul
“Do not write poetry only for its music unless you wish to get lost in the song. Instead, see to it that life gives to life so that you are truly a deliverer, and not just a tool.” Continue reading
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Not Another One
No This is not another one Not a sex poem, not a hood poem Not a “I’m black and I’m proud!” so let’s try to be real poem Not another marching No more killings (and please let’s do something other than sit in) not another “We shall overcome.” No not another one Not a slow… Continue reading
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Black Beauty
**A little History on this Poem** This is a 12 year old poem. It has since been revised but this is the original copy that I wrote back when I was a sophomore in High School. It was entered into a contest and it won. I was then to fly to Rio Nevada for the… Continue reading
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Poetry like Jazz
“Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that contextualize our lives.” – Aberjhani Continue reading
