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Stories in Poets that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
"My Blackness" & "SKIN"
My Blackness Let me tell you about my blackness It's strong It's powerful It's beautiful It continues to flourish into greatness
Vernon T. ScottPublished 3 years ago in PoetsTest of Time
”time is on our side” so, why do we run and hide trespassing, crossing all those thin lines working tirelessly to make sense of a dark mind
Chairoscuro
a match flares breaching the dark blur of bones two sea-black eyes shimmering inside of the crackling rain I've forgotten my way back
Timothy James LanePublished 3 years ago in PoetsLaying with Lucy
Maybe I was too young, the first time I laid with Lucy. I placed her on my tongue. She picked me up, dumped me on my back
Samuel BraithwaitePublished 3 years ago in PoetsNow, or Coming Soon: Six Poems of Longing
Word; World There is no world without words But when I see another world; yours I lost my words; wordless I thought about your word
Moch Aldy MAPublished 3 years ago in PoetsThe Pull of Water
I am fascinated by wild water, the great power of it’s rhythmical sound, yet remain terrified that I might drown. ***
KJ AartilaPublished 3 years ago in PoetsEscape From Modernity
City, streets, people, cars, Kids, noise, pollution, gastro bars, Suffocating flats, invisible waves from tech devices,
The Soulful ScribblerPublished 3 years ago in PoetsMoonstruck
I forget too often to look up. The night And the spectacle revealed as the light fades Still fill me with childlike wonder.
Dana CrandellPublished 3 years ago in PoetsA Halloween Fable, October 31
The dead trees on both sides of this macabre road line up like bony corpses with contorted arms. We recoil in horror. The bruised leaves dangle from their branches like limp fingers. The air smells of our decomposing dreams.
Irina PattersonPublished 3 years ago in PoetsRemembering the Heart of a Phenomenal Black Woman
Maya Angelou is one of the first names to come to mind, when I think of a phenomenal black woman. Her autobiography titled: "The Heart of a Woman" is an inspirational birds-eye-view into her life and relationships, primarily between her and her son.
Justiss GoodePublished 3 years ago in PoetsSecond Chance Man
There once was a man with a master plan to always get his way. He gambled and cheated, was awfully conceited,
Chanelle JoyPublished 3 years ago in PoetsMy kind of Colorful:
No flout; the boldest individuals have infamous past Living unafraid to make a “splash” Leave the wackiness to the weirdos
Saroyan ColesPublished 3 years ago in Poets