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The Poetree

You are encouraged to express your opinions, post poems, or any information related to poetry.  The Poetree, forum was named by the forum's first moderator,  Poetess Sister Shiree Sarana .

  1. What The Fuck Do You Want From Me?

    Shirley Gale,
    • 34 replies
    • 6.7k views
    Troy

  2. Life's Candle

    Shirley Gale,
    • 16 replies
    • 8.4k views
    CDBurns

  3. The Color of Love

    JonRenee',
    • 11 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. From my poetry book.

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. winning entry

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. PICTURES OF HANGED BLACK MEN..

    boitumelo,
    • 7 replies
    • 8k views
    Troy

  7. Gabby

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 7 replies
    • 2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. Rape

    Guest Paul L. Leach,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Paul Leach

  9. a joke

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 7 replies
    • 2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. Gwendolyn Brooks

    Maurice,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.6k views
    BonitaLPenn

  11. Call for submissions: The Writer's Literary Muse

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. Win $250 in Nubianpoets.com 2018 National Poetry Month Poetry Contest

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  13. interview

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. Be careful what you ask for!

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. Sonia Sanchez Now Poet Laureate of Phillly

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Waterstar

  16. Graphic "Free Verse" Expression

    Shirley Gale,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Shirley Gale

  17. Disconnected

    Guest,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  18. I Miss You

    Melica Niccole,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Melica Niccole

  19. 36th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: The 3 Bestselling Poetry Books for 1998

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  20. ladies only.

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS/

    harry brown,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Troy

  22. my nephew's ad

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Soul Food Diva

    MissRMP,
    • 4 replies
    • 4.5k views
    Cynique

  24. YOKED

    Ldvirtue,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  25. GHETTO NATIVE SON/

    harry brown,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
    CDBurns

  26. Loving Him

    Shirley Gale,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Shirley Gale

  27. “Wanda Why Aren’t You Dead“

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.5k views
    BonitaLPenn

  28. Isn't Slavery Dead?

    Guest,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Akia

  29. greetings from OHIO.

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. Harlem Nights and Footstep Blues

    juliusj14,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    juliusj14

  31. Kanye compares himself to poet, Maya Angelou

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
    CDBurns

  32. THE PORTRAIT OF MALCOLM X

    boitumelo,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.9k views
    AnnNinj4

  33. my words

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  34. JOHN COLTRANE'S MY FAVORITE THINGS.

    boitumelo,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
    AnnNinj4

  35. Love"s Interpreter.Singer. Levi Stubbs.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    CDBurns

  36. THE TOMB/

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views
    JonRenee'

  37. War Between Good and Evil (New Book of Poetry)

    Guest Ira Davis,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. I wrote you 37 Letters

    Dee Miller,
    • 2 replies
    • 820 views
    Dee Miller

  39. dick francis

    Guest Nubianpoet,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Guest
    Guest

  40. ECHOES OF A FADING DREAM.

    boitumelo,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Michelle Tamiko Hardy

  41. Survived

    Ldvirtue,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Ldvirtue

  42. Author Janice Mavis

    Author Janice Mavis,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    CDBurns

  43. WHILE SILENT RAIN FELL.

    boitumelo,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Joyce Oscar

  44. BRED IN CAPTIVITY.

    boitumelo,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  45. SHE WALKS IN DARK BEAUTY.

    boitumelo,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.5k views
    AnnNinj4

  46. Lonely Fools

    Shaniqka T,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Shaniqka T

  47. My Life, a series of short poems. My introduction and first installment- My Neighborhood

    ProudOne,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Poem: "Black Boy, Black Girl" from Lalibela Collection

    Regina Shepherd,
    • 2 replies
    • 604 views
    Regina Shepherd

  49. Black. Boys. In. The. Library. !!!

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    MissKorang

  50. SLAVE, AUCTION,POSTER!!!!!

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

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