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siamkram · 2 months

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"A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world." -Alice Walker

#Alice walker #artists #poets #heart #love #creation #creativity #quotes #philosophy #blackpoets

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ripkubrick · 1 year

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I'll Always Be With You

By: @ripkubrick

You departed from me physically

and still a thing hadn’t changed

I grieve

as if you aren’t still existing on the same plane

though you don’t exist in my reality anymore

You are but a cathexis in my mind

infiltrating every door

open my heart at any condition

I am willing to surrender

may the love be true

to me

I’ll always be with you

Soul singing the blues

a colorless life with only one hue

through Everyone else’s colorblindness

still the only one who can see every shade of me

Never felt so alone

detached from life

meaningful when we were one

my dreams are now the afterworld

where you’re always in sight

You are but a cathexis in my mind

infiltrating every door

open my heart at any condition

I am willing to surrender

may the love be true

to me

I’ll always be with you

#poetry #love poem #poem #death poem #black literature #black tumblr #black love #black writers #black women #black woman writer #black art #urbanrph #mine #blackpoets #Blackpoet #rupi kuar

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yahyaea · 4 months

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Hiiii, on my last live we decided to have writers submit pieces to be read & shared on my next live. If you wanna send some of your own or your favorite pieces by other writers (music, poetry, short stories etc) you can drop it in my inbox or you can find my email in the link in my bio!

I wanna credit the artists too so pls include your handle/name.

I’ll most likely hop on Wednesday night, but I’ll come back & update with the specific time!

I’ll be reading some of my pieces too:)

I promise this is a safe space because we’re all artists and sensitive about our shit okay😭💛

#exploretocreate #poet #blackpoets #aspoken #writerscommunity #black poets #poetry #writers on tumblr #writing #female writers #creative writing #creatives

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hathorwritings · 3 months

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Women’s Rights

Why did they have to silence

What is a man’s strength

The one behind the man

Is who men are searching

It means she’s the smarts

His embodiment of strength

She’s his head

He’s what she thinks

His power is her love

Her war is his fight

Why couldn’t I vote

Who said I didn’t have the right

I am who watched

What he created

Don’t you think I had a thought

In his creation

Smiling in his glory

Or was it a she

Could be opposite

Who cares not me

All that matters

Is us as unity

I wasn’t separated

Just we are a well oiled machine….

#lovers #black poems #black girls rock #goddessof love #black poets matter #melenated #self love #poetry #poet on tumblr #poems on tumblr #blackpoets #female poets #female

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observantnotions · 9 months

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A piece I wrote for my 23rd birthday

#me #poem #poems #artists on tumblr #blackpoets #black poems #black poetry

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walkingdetroit · 2 months

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Celebrating Black Arts

After leaving my tour at the Guardian Building, I noticed there was a man giving out cups of coffee outside of 1001 Woodward; exactly what I needed for my afternoon pick-me-up!

I've been wanting to check out "Celebrating Black Arts" to enjoy the art and fashion, and it just so happened that the coffee was a part of the month-long celebration.

I made it in time to see a panel honoring the late Detroit poet, Naomi Long Madgett, and even met Martell of Sepia Coffee Project.

Thank you for a beautiful day!

#celebratingblackarts #bedrock #bedrockdetroit #detroit #walkingdetroit #downtowndetroit #carfree #architecture #woodwardave #blackhistorymonth #sepiacoffeeproject #scpcoffee #naomilongmadgett #blackpoets #poetry #campusmartius #1001woodward

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ambitiousblackfeminist · 1 year

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High art. Street art. Critical social discourse. 3 AM IS THE NEW BLACK #3amblack #rezarites #ambitiousblackfeminist #poetry #art #blackownedbusiness #blackbusinesses #blackwomanowned #blackwomanownedbusiness #blackgirlmagic #blackwriters #blackwomenwriters #blackpoets #blackwomanpoets #blackartists #blackartmovement #blackwritersofinstagram #blackpoetsofinstagram #blackartistsoninstagra #blackentrepreneurs #collageart #writingwhileblack #carefreeblackgirl #digitalart #askmeaboutit #pariscollagecollective #pariscollageclub (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqStrHBuljc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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yellahoneysworld · 2 years

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Come find my love 🫶🏾💍

#blackpoets #blackqueen #blacktumblr #love #blackart #black love #blackgirlsontumblr #blackgirlmagic #fit black girls

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lpenpoetry · 2 years

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“To my Heart, I’m Sorry” ✍🏾

This is long overdue.

My apology to you.

All the things.

I allowed you.

To be put through.

I know you’re breaking.

Or.

Already broken.

Falling apart.

And.

No longer open.

I know you’re hoping.

That someday I’ll learn.

To stop letting people light you up.

To lessen the burn.

I know you wish.

You weren’t dismissed.

By those who claim.

You’re at the top of their list.

You deserve to be a priority.

I need to be.

A better figure of authority.

Because you deserve respect.

I’m trying to do better.

At being your umbrella.

Keeping you dry.

When someone brings you stormy weather.

Stopping the shots.

Dodging the darts.

I am so very sorry.

Here’s an apology.

To my heart.

#poet #poetry #poem #poets on tumblr #poems on tumblr #poems #poets #blackpoets #poetrycommunity #writer #writers #black writers #black woman writer #blackwomenpoets #black women writers #national poetry month #lpenpoetry

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ablueboxfullofbooks · 1 year

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BOOK REVIEW

Dark Testament : Blackout Poems Crystal Simone Smith Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) @macmillanusa

With Dark Testament : Blackout Poems, Crystal Simone Smith shares the mourning and pain of a community, deeply wounded by unlawful killings and racism : Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton, Michael Brown, Jordan Davis, Michelle Kenney, Daunte Wright, Aiyana Jones, Laquan McDonald, Rodney King, Sandra Bland, George Floyd, Walter Scott, or Breonna Taylor ; to only name a few of a very long, too long list. It is to them, and many others, that Smith’ s poems are dedicated.

In her poems, Crystal Simone Smith shares the voices of the Black Community and Black Lives Matters Movement. She shares the voices of the dead, but also the ones of the living. I have never read Black out poems before. They give a very unique perspective on the text, a poem within the poem with a totally new meaning. This collection of poems is beautiful, deep, and sad. It is a tribute to justice, truth, equality and love. It is definitively a book needed to be read and shared with the Community.

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ghost-37 · 6 months

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aweddle83 · 1 year

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Please come out to this event, at San Antonio Culture Commons Gallery, 115 Plaza De Armas. I may not be there as I am waiting on a wheelchair to be approved, and surgery, possibly on both feet is highly likely. However, my art is up and that of all of the participating artists. Please come to hear the wonderful poetry and music. The exhibit will run through November. I hope to be at other events later in the year. I am not supposed to be walking at all right now. Crossing fingers my wheelchair gets approved and my apartment complex makes changes to make my unit accessible. In the meantime, I hope everyone who goes out has a great time. #sanantonio #blackart #blackartists #blackpoets #blackhistorymonth #disabledartists #poetryreading #music #spokenword #poetrynight #artexhibit #art #sanantonioartists #artistsoninstagram #poetry #freetothepublic #contemporaryart #contemporaryblackart https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0lqMaum0h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sanantonio #blackart #blackartists #blackpoets #blackhistorymonth #disabledartists #poetryreading #music #spokenword #poetrynight #artexhibit #art #sanantonioartists #artistsoninstagram #poetry #freetothepublic #contemporaryart #contemporaryblackart

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yahyaea · 9 months

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question for my writers, who do you write to?

is it a person, feelings, memories, yourself?

#exploretocreate #aspoken #blackpoets #black poets #blackgirlmagic #personal thoughts #poet #writerscommunity #poetry

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hathorwritings · 3 months

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Mrs. Crawley

Even when I’m in the upper echelons

I still wear my humble crown

It’s not something I claim

When I give to charity

It’s what I am

To show I appreciate where I was placed

I get my hands dirty

I say what is right

Even when what I was taught

Says that can’t be

I’m in the outside of society

Cause I am a genuine being

Whether rich or poor

I stand firm on the humble door…

#black girls rock #black poets matter #self love #goddessof love #melenated #downton abbey #poetry #blackpoets #black poems

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observantnotions · 9 months

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I haven’t read one of poems aloud in a while and was in the mood to do so tonight. Hopefully you feel this as you listen to where my voice takes you as you read along🖤

#me #spoken word #poem #black poetry #poetry #blackpoets

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iamadb · 1 year

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So I watch them walk by. Witness their legs become small and their backs sprouts wings that lead them to me and my sweet juices. I let them pest and feel less alone, hope they pick me and find value in my seeds. Their hands squeeze, turn me towards the sun, squint and choice makes their eyes dull. I settle, sink below the others, and wait for my flesh to turn soft, my juice to bitter. . . . . #benetthewriter #poetry #blackpoets #poetrycommunity #poem #prose https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmsVAcPUVI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#benetthewriter #poetry #blackpoets #poetrycommunity #poem #prose

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