Category : Poetry

Wode MayaThe son of every African WalayaMy village elders are proud of youCome for honeymoon with yourwife Miss Trudy I will tell you how to...

A failure, my image proclaimedOr so I thought.A pout as the display lingered.“It might just be a thought,” she said. Shiny, that’s the right word.Those...

Her eyes, more than her lips will ever do,Scream a scarcity of self-esteem.She is stranded; she is chained. When her tongue moves to talk,All her...

She wakes to days of great distress,A heap of feelings she won’t confess.As the sun climbs the high sky,So does a life that makes her...

In the reflection of the lightBefore me is a woman I long to live for,The woman whose tears I held dear.If anything we don’t look...

You, black woman,Should capture x-rays ofYour chestAnd let the world gazeUpon the images of your heart.For within you resides a masterpiece–An art that deserves to...