April is National Poetry Month: Sonia Sanchez

Poem #3 - Sonia Sanchez

I gather up

each sound

you left behind

and stretch them

on our bed.

each nite

I breathe you

and become high.

April is National Poetry Month: Tupac Amaru Shakur

I've always loved this piece by the first rapper I ever felt moved by Mr. Tupac Amaru Shakur.

4 Jada

u r the omega of my heart
the foundation of my conception of love
when i think of what a black woman should be
its u that i first think of

u will never fully understand
how deeply my heart feels 4 u
i worry that we'll grow apart
and i'll end up losing u

u bring me 2 climax without sex
and u do it all with regal grace
u r my heart in human form
a friend i could never replace

April is National Poetry Month: Larry Jaffe

I love poetry. I write it, live it, love it. April is National Poetry Month. This piece is a new favorite. Enjoy!!

Unprotected Poetry by Larry Jaffe

I had unprotected poetry last night
it was unexpected you know
spontaneous and we did not use anything
we just went at it to keep the mood.

It was incredible but not safe
and now I am worried
cause it can be infectious and dangerous
to say things without a condom.
It could be disastrous to speak without protection

A guy should not have unprotected poetry
he should take more responsibility than that
not just leave it up to the girl.

It was so irresponsible of me
to have unprotected poetry
to not even ask or consult
her about poetry control methods
she might be using or gulp not using.

What if she gets poetically pregnant
and wants to have my poem?

Or what if she has some kind
of poetically transmitted disease
you know PTD –
and we have to wait
and see what happens
taking regular poetry tests
to see if we’ve got it.

But wow
we actually did it last night –

We had poetry…

How many people
in this day and age
have pure unprotected poetry?

We should be thankful for that
after all it was good poetry
we both really enjoyed it!

We soared like angels
without wings
never coming down
just coming
poetically, that is.

But what a high
to hit that climax
and feel like you
will never be mortal again…

Now that you’ve had
unprotected poetry
who can protect you?

Now that you’ve had
unsafe poetry
and want to do it
again and again
and again…

Cause it don’t feel
the same
with a poetic condom
blocks off the all feeling
and the flow.

And the words
the words
are stopped short
with safe protected poetry
and I will never
write that way again!

April is National Poetry Month: Robert Frost

April is National Poetry Month. So I've decided to share some of my favorite pieces with you weekly. Poetry is one of my absolute favorite things.

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.