DARK GIRLS

[caption id="attachment_5495" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Girls][/caption]Bureaucracy of greedy county men Slaves of power Freedom of pain Shameful dark girls Resent the power of their language Discriminate the choices of...

THE DANCER

[caption id="attachment_5506" align="aligncenter" width="305"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Dancer][/caption]She dances like one possessed; Somebody should hold her. She dances, Causing ripples in the dust, Stirring up the ghosts of her past; Somebody...

MOMA

[caption id="attachment_5501" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Moma][/caption]She birthed in me these seeds: Resourcefulness, decorum and faithfulness When my bones recline Trailing the weaknesses of my flesh Her knees become a tripod....

RASTAMAN

[caption id="attachment_5503" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rastaman][/caption]He says Jah Rastafari is all he’ll ever need With a good taste for ganja and weed Then he’ll feel ‘aerie’ down in his soul...