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Featured BP Poets and Poems
(kwon316, chocolatecoils,
BigJay, and bynesbit)
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Tion Words Are My
People by
kwon316 (kwon316),
in Revolutionary
unity dictated our
CivilizaTION
we were enslaved and
bought for
CompensaTION
slavery was our
OccupaTION
being free was our
DestinaTION
DeclaraTION
acknowledged our
freedom
RevoluTION
was our hero
ReparaTION is
what we struggle to
earn
RedempTION
song must always be
heard
our worst enemy is
SubordinaTION
what scared our
people was a ship
that provided
TransportaTION
DedicaTION
only lies with a few
AppreciaTION
is what we try to
make new
its time we kneel
down and pray for
ResoluTION
thank God for ending
our DamnaTION
going the distance
is our EvoluTION
africa in reality is
the world's
FoundaTION
what will be my
destiny by
Big Jay (Big
Jay), in
Revolutionary
if these were my
last breathes,
if i aren’t able 2
finish this line,
and n this moment, i
die
then the question is
in accordance
with my life,
what will be my
legacy
if 2 morrow never
comes
and i do die young
what will the world
say of me?
what will be my
legacy
would it be that
effected young lives
changed courses,
prevented crimes,
would say he was
great
a man among boys
or just a waste of
God’s life force
if these were my
last breathes,
if i aren’t able 2
finish this next
line
and n this moment, i
die
then the question is
n accordance
with my life,
what will be my
legacy
did i ever reach my
destiny
what will be u’r
destiny |
BMW (Black Man's
Wish) by
chocolatecoils (chocolatecoils),
in Revolutionary
Black Man Wish not
for fame
Your beautiful black
skin can't bear that
shame
Black Man Wish not
for fancy cars
Your fathers' back
is bruised with
scars
Black Man Wish not
for money
Such iniquities
won't set Sundiata
free
Black Man Wish not
for freedom
Your mama still
cries to Heaven's
Kingdom
If you must wish for
something
As all black men do,
Black Man Wish for
more...
Black Men Who look
like you.
K.D. Murrain
Copyright 2003
What God sees
by bynesbit (bynesbit),
in Community
What God sees
Life is a parallel
of beginnings
Each step measured
in the mind as
eternity
And decisions of the
heart cascade into
events of
consequence
And destiny
Knowing is a clue
that is weighed by
emotion
Wisdom is the
ability to take each
step with navigation
Understanding is the
divine revelation
The heat of the sun
will glare
For we are just as
the grass of the
field
A jaded flower of
temperance
To grow in rain
Made of and planted
in God’s great
creation
It is a greater deed
of us to search this
rolling plain
To dream, to love,
to rise, to fall
And then within to
hear our savior's
call
Like thunder yet a
whisper in the
soul...
He called the old
Because they know
the way
The young... because
they are strong
And then the
internal search
begins
Like diamonds
discovered in
crusted coal
We find reason in
our nights
Glory in our plight
Without eyes a
greater sight
Though we may not
always be
What all we think we
should
He pulls and turns
us on the potters
wheel
Continually saying
... it is good
And we learn to fall
in love with what
God sees
By:Bridgett Nesbit
copyright 2001 |
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