SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT |
southern trees bear strange fruit
while southern seeds are planted, sown, and harvested
into more southern seeds of self-hatred
southern knees bend and southern hands clap
in buildings that continue t...
Posted by Solitude on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:48:00 PST |
Bar Kays - You Can't Run Away |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ial4NkUbfZ4
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Posted by Solitude on Sat, 17 May 2008 11:09:00 PST |
The Replay |
I hope she can find it in her heart to forgive
Better yet just pretend it never happened
Because this poem is more than expressions of fantasized thoughts.
Over and over I replay in my mind the m...
Posted by Solitude on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:55:00 PST |
SLAVERY TRAUMA |
THESE BANDITS:
took me away from my country
stole my culture
stole my will to fight as a soldier
THESE BANDITS:
separated me from my wife and children
removed me as the...
Posted by Solitude on Tue, 15 May 2007 02:44:00 PST |
YOU |
I just figured it out
Each time I write is just one small step
In a long journey to that ideal destination
To that place called YOU.
It's just that I had ro realize what You was,
YOU are love
YOU are ...
Posted by Solitude on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:52:00 PST |
JUST BEING BLACK |
WHEN I READ THE POETRY OF OLD
WHEN I READ THE POETS OF YESTERDAY
LANGSTON, RICHARD, GWENDOLYN, AMIRI, EVEN FREDERICK DOUGLASS DOWN TO GIOVANNI,
I READ OF TIMES PAST
I CAN FEEL THE PAI N THEY FELT
LIVI...
Posted by Solitude on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:17:00 PST |
CAN I? |
CAN I TOUCH YOU IN THE MORNING BUT NEVER WALK AWAY
CAN I START NEVER ENDING CONVERSATIONS
CAN I BEGIN A NEVER ENDING ROMANCE
CAN I START SLOW AND GET TO KNOW THE REAL YOU
CAN I FIND OUT WHAT YOUR LIKE...
Posted by Solitude on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:58:00 PST |
