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Time for Haikus!
Haiku, Japanese poem of three line. Made out of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. In Japanese on replaces syllables, it meaning sound units. Originally it was supposed to include a kigo, season word, expressing a… more »
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Tieffa Harper wrote 2 weeks ago: No, we’re not talking about the time left until the end of the Democratic primary. Jill Scott … more »
Time for Haikus!
callitspontaneous wrote 1 month ago: Haiku, Japanese poem of three line. Made out of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. In Japanese on replaces syllab … more »
Amiri Baraka
callitspontaneous wrote 2 months ago: Monday in B-Flat I can pray all day & God wont come. But if I call 911 The Devil Be here … more »
callitspontaneous wrote 2 months ago: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Home-Chores-1945-Posters_i366333_.htm … more »
Amiri Baraka
callitspontaneous wrote 3 months ago: More online poems at http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/baraka/onlinepoems.htm Preface to … more »
Gwendolyn Brooks
callitspontaneous wrote 3 months ago: “Some days you just feel real cool and want everyone to know” The kind of poem you woul … more »
Still I rise
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lilkemet wrote 4 months ago: I Still Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in t … more »
Poetry of Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784)
maryt wrote 1 year ago: To S.M. a Young African Painter To show the lab’ring bosom’s deep intent, And thought i … more »
The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes
maryt wrote 1 year ago: I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow o … more »
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