America by Anonymous
it seems like the world is falling apart at the seams that were sewn so jaggedly in the first place. we know that oppression is amplified...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
Remembrance- Johann Joseph, 281
Remembrance They come and go, Time and time again, No matter what I do, I always lose a friend. Through deserts and tundras, Snow and...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
Is Our Philadelphia Really Our Philadelphia by Laila Johnson, 282 (Insta: @lailarae1)
Is Our Philadelphia Really OUR Philadelphia Laila Johnson North, South, East, West We are all from Philly But we try to see who’s got it...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
America Screams- Isaiah Richardson, 281 (Insta: @lifesaiiad)
1) To Langston Hughes and all of my elder siblings watching from beyond. America does not sing, rather it screams, for we of the...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
The Cycle by Michael Green, 283 (Insta: @still.mic)
In America, When we fall, we don’t recover. We grow weaker, while they grow ever stronger. With not a penny to our name, we suffer in the...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
It’s Okay, It’s Normal by Christine García, 283 (Insta:@purple_starlight35)
It’s okay, it’s Normal I had a friend tell me a story Of how they felt so blue And didn’t know what to do So they went to ask their...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
Hands by Ajani Levere, 281
Once one of us began to tighten our grip, a grip filled with a passionate anger, we were to have all of our grips loosened. It would be...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
The Oath by Abraham Fofana, 282 (Insta: @ssr.zenon)
“The Oath” Places full of poverty and some who ain’t never have shelter My ancestors fought for the life of freedom, something better I...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
I See Me by Hailey Harris, 282 (Insta: @always_haileyjadeee )
I See Me Looking at her, I see more than just a girl I see her kinky curls And the pride and practice seen in each strand’s twirl I see...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
Sunrays and Triolets by Siani George, 282 (Insta:@irenic._.poetry)
Capturing this beauty requires a triolet, About the charm of melanin and sun rays. Skin that glows and traps sun like a net Capturing...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
Indigo by Kiki Onigbogi, 281 (Insta: @keyonmars)
The block is dim again, and like a blanket, the indigo sky is resting upon it. Every crevice house and tree are accounted for. The...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
Dear Divine Children by Anonymous
Forgive me for playing a record well aged and dust covered But everytime I look into your eyes it gives me a rush Tooth pain and stomach...
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Afrocentric
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
BLM ✊🏿 - Ayanna Weston, 280 (Insta: @realayanna)
In my own skin So filled with melanin Threatened on a daily basis When will it end Black lives matter Why is that when police say...
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Afrocentric
- Aug 16, 2020
- 1 min
Are You Sure We're American? by Joshua Grice
I walk home to the sweet aroma of barbecue. On the day we call America’s Birthday. But my friend walks on America’s Birthday too. For the...
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Afrocentric
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min
The Descendant's Uprising by Akili Debrady
Our African ancestors have suffered through murder, torture, and rape Fighting against a personality beaten into us, that constantly...
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Afrocentric
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min
This is a Love Poem by Dahlia Tarver, 281
This is a love poem. I press my pen to the page And pour out the words I've longed to say to you. You are beautiful, My sisters of color....
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Afrocentric
- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
high school by Rakiyah Akins, 281
for the first time we realize everyone is watching us or at least we think they are we did not seem to notice a year ago but now we are...
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