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Boots   [13+]   0.6 KB
Poem about one of the everyday annoyances of sharing a room with someone

Catching the bus at 8am  [E]   0.5 KB
I decided to start writing some everyday poems, this is the first poem

not rooted here  [ASR]   1.4 KB
a homeland poem written for a poetry class (still a work in progress)

Define Virgin  [13+]   2.6 KB
this poem is about womyns right to their bodies, and my first trip to the gynochologist

Seasonal Lovin  [13+]   0.5 KB
blues poem about sensoul love and desire

Do Not Be Afraid  [13+]   2.2 KB
this piece is a reaction to the verdict on the Oscar Grant case among other things

A Poem a Day Keeps the Shrink at Bay   [E]   15 Items
31 poems written for my poem a day challenge in the month of May

Confessions of the Daughter  [ASR]   1.1 KB
reflections on the relationship between a cheating father and daughter

Love Poem  [E]   0.7 KB
A unique expression of love

When People Say those Things  [13+]   2.2 KB
Poetry explaining how it feels to when people racialy profile you

Because Life is Cyclical  [13+]   2.8 KB
Poem for all of the boys who grow up without a father,and more specifically for my friend.

In the Heart of Winter  [E]   0.8 KB
In our darkest hours we receive hope for better days to come.

Son of Leah  [E]   2.3 KB
Proud homeless man asks for money from a woman who is startled by him.

One Day  [E]   0.9 KB
Not quite a love poem about a very intense and sudden attraction.

Women and War  [E]   0.7 KB
written for the women all over the world who lived through world war two

Blue's Poem: The Future  [13+]   0.7 KB
Blue's poem written about the stress I've watched my mother experience.

Ballad of My Grandfather   [E]   0.4 KB
about my grand parents decision to move from Mississipi to California in the '50s

A Like Poem For Occupy Cal  [13+]   2.1 KB
inspired by the quote "A Revolution without Dancing is a Revolution not worth having”

The Last Football Game  [E]   1.4 KB
an immulation of June Jordans poem "October Snow Pea"

Following the Death of Troy Davis  [ASR]   2.8 KB
reaction to the situation surrounding Troy Davis's trial and death

On Details and Their Importance  [E]   0.7 KB
me venting my frustration with the annoying little details involved with writing anything

An Autobiography of My Soul  [13+]   1.5 KB
a confession. (poetry class assignment)

Lovers' Poems  [ASR]   1.1 KB
poems from a master to slave and slave to master (Creation Myth part 3)

Ungrateful Daughter Poem (Daddy)  [13+]   1.6 KB
description of a scene from my fathers childhood

Motorcycle (an if...then statement)  [ASR]   0.7 KB
About my first experience on the back of a motorcycle

The Great Conversion (the birth of soul)  [ASR]   2.2 KB
mythological depiction of the African slaves conversion to Christianity

Creation Myth  [ASR]   2.5 KB
this is the first part of an african-american creation myth told in the first person

look happy  [13+]   1.4 KB
about how trauma can become self-destructive

Caramel Apple   [ASR]   2.6 KB
a love is resistance poem about a young interracial relationship

For the Little Girl  [ASR]   3.3 KB
about all the little heartbreaking things that can keep kids from succeeding in school

Poetry Ought to Be...  [13+]   1.2 KB
An emulation of Ruth Foreman's "Poetry Should Ride the Bus"

Mask  [E]   0.9 KB
contrapuntal poem about wearing make-up

Ungrateful Daughter Poem  [13+]   2.4 KB
response to a prompt given in a poetry workshop

Deondra Age 5  [13+]   0.9 KB
Description of a little girl in foster care

Shopping  [13+]   2.3 KB
response to a prompt to write a trauma poem