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#negro poems

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Pardon my melaninOh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? / Noticed I called you by your rightful title. / Negus

@chante-hinsey45

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Josiah JackJosiah Jack / never uttered a sound / when they dragged him away

@christopher-k-bayliss108

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Black RoseThey say a rose by any other name will still smell as sweet / But what about another color / Will a black rose still captivate the heart

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An IntroductionInto reading, a lot / probably introverted / weird is good in my book

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Black v. Nigger"I don't want you to think I'm racist. I love black people! I just hate niggers." / Now, you will not believe how many people have said this to my face. / That they smile, thinking themselves so eloquent and clever,

@cydneysomething20

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CHANGENigga's chasing dollars instead of change and wonder why we get treated the same

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LIFT OFF(I seldom publish anyone else's poetry, but this one is so exceptional on so many levels, I had to reproduce it here. Hillary Clinton reposted it, so why not me?) / “Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, / Is a great equalizer of the conditions of men.” – Horace Mann, 1848.

@brent-kincaid98

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The RingThis ring, / He gave it to me, you know. / It came as a surprise,

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pretai was born in the middle of a question / one of those that people theorize about / one of those science tries to explain and religions preach over:

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Sweet Nothing!words can stand empty like shrines of gods forgotten / and cave rooms inhabited by nothing / but stones and decay

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The Dog, The Cat, & Fluffy MouseA dog, a cat, and tiny fluffy mouse / Are learning Spanish in their English house / Since they are going to the Southern Spain

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Yes, I am a NegroI am a negro / I say it with pride / I cannot my colour hide

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Obsidian BlessingA material as soft and silky as a velvet / with a sweet scent like lavender / bringing me the creamy sight

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You are Enoughlonely is YOU / when you are not comfortable with yourself / and

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Of course yes, we are blacksWe didn't want to be in your country / In this first place, / You dragged us to your country.

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TimeI needed a minute; / to stand in the rain, / to feel it’s droplets toss and slide down my face,

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I am ValidMy black has roamed the earth since the beginning of time. And even before the biblical earth was created. / Before civilization became mainstream and hungry European limbs raced for a stake in Africa. / My black existed even before the term "Negro" was coined in the 1800s to name me into a corner with property, beasts, and things that crawl the earth.

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I walk In Thousandsman / woman / a mat on a floor at night

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