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Poetry & Tales

Teenager feels alone—no father at homeA ripple in a tideless void still searching forA solution— Teenager wonder what guidance through exponentialFluxes in testosterone looks...

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I pray you get back together again.  I pray that your toxic thoughts in your mind don’t pollute you any  further.  I pray you...

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The day will come when you realise the code hidden in my hands. I’m fearful.  I wonder if you have already noticed. I message...

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Love comes to us through life, in many forms. We feel unconditional love from family, and true friends & who we are close to...

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Roses are red, violets are blue,I’m just saying these things toget a smile out of you. I’m optimistic of the truths in this world...

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It isn’t wrapped up,It isn’t placed under the tree,It isn’t expensive,or need to cost a lot,you see.It’s within us already,It’s there without sayinga word,It’s...

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You will never know how much you annoy meKind of like your hair—frizzy and complicated—its complicated I know. Desperation isn’t a good look for...

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Why would I be bothered?When clearly you don’t care.Why would I put energy into something?When all I get back is fresh air.Why would I...

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A face can say so much but cover so much more. You think you know what’s happening. Not caring about what you say. That...

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Fast.So fast.Beyond the elements.My heart’s thumping loudly.Taking in gulps of air as I gasp.Falling.Freefallin’.Hitting the clouds like a pillowafter a long day.Seeing the beautiful...

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Fumes of what were once familyLive within this frame— not allGrave diggers architect robberies Mornings begin with the removalOf the outer crust, an oceanic...

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You need to give yourself a break.You need to do what you love.You need to stop putting so muchpressure on yourself.You are more than...

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Where I’m from my ancestors taught me how to water bend.We took refuge in the rivers of the James before Columbushad consent to middle...

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Loss. A word that ripples through so many people’s lives. At so many stages. Sometimes with a warning or no warning at all. We...

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There’s been laughterand disaster.There’s been joyand pain.There’s been too many questions.Not enough answers withno one willing to own up &take blame.There’s been rainy days...

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You will never know how much you annoy meKind of like your hair—frizzy and complicated—it’s complicated, I know. Desperation isn’t a good look for...

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I’m just a number on a spreadsheetA figure written in a bookWith no name beside itWith no name for you to look I’m just...

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I offer you this hand in your peace and your calamity. Here is my hand. Here is me. – Rashid white Drifting If we...

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We come through the festive period into a fresh new year with new beginnings on the horizon. New months to make plans & set...

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Christmas is the time of yearOf drinking wine, spirits, and beerA time of eating till you go popThen eating again because you can’t stopIt’s...

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When my eyelids can no longer hold themselvesaccountable I see you in my rem state. I have spenteons journeying through the elapsed time of...

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I used to measure the inches of space between the two of you.When you hugged… when you laid together. I remember sacrifices made for...

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Dear Reader, I want to share an epiphany I had last week. I’m scarred but no longer wounded. In life, We all grow from...

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Cold side of the pillow.Listening to the rain fall.Looking at each otherbut not saying a word at all.Reading your favourite bookOn a snowy winter’s...

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Children don’t see colourChildren don’t see racesChildren don’t see differencesChildren just see faces Children aren’t born to judgeChildren aren’t born with hateChildren aren’t born...

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God. If I am lucky. One day someone will like to understand my story.Won’t be intimidated by trying to learn me.I don’t like disappointments....

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I want my flag backBack from the hateFrom all those spread the liesThe ones we can’t tolerate I want my flag backIt really isn’t...

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After our revolution there will begarden beds as tributes to us. Dormant seeds will sprout in response to our glow.This is how yellow dwarf...

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For the first time in 4 years, when I crossed the threshold of a doorframe.I feel a little less targeted. A little less outcast....

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When I am gone, let my spirit roam free.I’ll illuminate the sky.Cherish a memory and let’s celebrate.Let’s smile, let’s cook, let’s talk, let’s dance,...

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I be Idlewild—3000 Throwback mountains ofHip-Hop, Latin Quicksteps, Stepping, instructional dances,irregular heartbeats. I pulse things. By daytime I am your protagonistIn twilight hours… your...

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“When I talk about flesh, what I mean is that I want for mywords to be touched gently, as if you had never seen...

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When the Cast Iron Speaks… you will knowall crops aren’t created equal. Seeds hereare sacred… a culmination of intentional manicuredblueprints for ancestorial pow wows....

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Like blinking into the sunThe end of the beginning has begunFor we are told that a needle will save the dayAnd with that needle...

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The dates have read like obituaries,Lost in the confusion of limbo… WeHave been forced to face mirrors weNever knew existed. Jobs… depleted…Bodies dismembered from...

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I have a Question: What’s Black?  Answer: Black beside-eyes trailing  You just walk down the street.  Black be the innovators that trailblaze  Without the recognition...

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I’ll take a Venti Medicine Ball,Make sure to give me2 agave syrups, 3 honeys,let that sit in the hot water—half filled—with a Defense Up,Comfort,...

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