The Poetree

386 topics in this forum

1. What The Fuck Do You Want From Me?

   By Shirley Gale, December 10, 2015
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   • Troy
   • December 20, 2015

3. Life's Candle

   By Shirley Gale, November 7, 2015
   • 16 replies
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   • CDBurns
   • November 17, 2015

4. The Color of Love

   By JonRenee', August 20, 2015
   • 11 replies
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   • Guest
   • November 11, 2015

5. From my poetry book.

   By Guest Nubianpoet, March 13, 2010
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   • Guest
   • March 22, 2010

6. winning entry

   By Guest Nubianpoet, March 5, 2010
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   • Guest
   • March 12, 2010

7. a joke

   By Guest Nubianpoet, April 27, 2010
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   • Guest
   • April 27, 2010

8. Gabby

   By Guest Nubianpoet, September 24, 2010
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   • Guest
   • September 24, 2010

9. PICTURES OF HANGED BLACK MEN..

   By boitumelo, August 23, 2011   

   • BLACK MEN IN GANGS.
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   • Troy
   • February 2, 2012

10. Rape

    By Guest Paul L. Leach, January 16, 2016
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    • Paul Leach
    • January 18, 2016

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

    By Troy, March 29, 2010
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    • Guest
    • March 29, 2010

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

    By Troy, March 5, 2018
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    • Troy
    • June 29, 2018

13. Gwendolyn Brooks

    By Maurice, May 26, 2020
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    • BonitaLPenn
    • September 7, 2020

14. interview

    By Guest Nubianpoet, February 10, 2010
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    • Guest
    • February 13, 2010

15. Be careful what you ask for!

    By Guest Nubianpoet, February 20, 2010
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    • Guest
    • February 20, 2010

16. Sonia Sanchez Now Poet Laureate of Phillly

    By Troy, January 9, 2012   

    • poet
    • laureate
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • poet
      • laureate
      • sonia
      • sanchez
    • 5 replies
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    • Waterstar
    • March 28, 2012

17. Graphic "Free Verse" Expression

    By Shirley Gale, December 9, 2015
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    • Shirley Gale
    • December 10, 2015

18. Disconnected

    By Guest, January 6, 2016
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    • Troy
    • February 26, 2016

19. ladies only.

    By Guest Nubianpoet, February 25, 2010
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    • Guest
    • March 7, 2010

20. my nephew's ad

    By Guest Nubianpoet, March 23, 2010
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    • Guest
    • April 2, 2010

21. Soul Food Diva

    By MissRMP, September 13, 2011   

    • poetry
    • spoken word
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • poetry
      • spoken word
      • african americans
      • african american women
      • black women
    • 4 replies
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    • Cynique
    • December 15, 2011

22. CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS/

    By harry brown, December 21, 2015
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    • Troy
    • December 21, 2015

23. 36th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: The 3 Bestselling Poetry Books for 1998

    By Troy, March 7, 2016
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    • Troy
    • April 30, 2016

24. I Miss You

    By Melica Niccole, September 10, 2017
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    • Melica Niccole
    • October 14, 2018

25. greetings from OHIO.

    By Guest Nubianpoet, March 31, 2010
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    • Guest
    • April 4, 2010

26. GHETTO NATIVE SON/

    By harry brown, April 2, 2014
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    • CDBurns
    • April 13, 2014

27. Isn't Slavery Dead?

    By Guest, July 25, 2015
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    • Akia
    • July 30, 2015

28. Loving Him

    By Shirley Gale, November 11, 2015
    • 3 replies
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    • Shirley Gale
    • November 17, 2015

29. “Wanda Why Aren’t You Dead“

    By Troy, May 11, 2020
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    • BonitaLPenn
    • September 7, 2020

30. YOKED

    By Ldvirtue, January 7
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    • Troy
    • January 11

31. Kanye compares himself to poet, Maya Angelou

    By Troy, January 14, 2010
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    • CDBurns
    • February 17, 2016

32. my words

    By Guest Nubianpoet, January 25, 2010
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    • Troy
    • January 26, 2010

33. dick francis

    By Guest Nubianpoet, February 15, 2010
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    • Guest
    • February 17, 2010

34. SHE WALKS IN DARK BEAUTY.

    By boitumelo, August 29, 2011   

    • ESSENCE OF BLACK WOMEN.
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    • AnnNinj4
    • December 23, 2011

35. BRED IN CAPTIVITY.

    By boitumelo, August 12, 2011
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    • Troy
    • August 15, 2011

36. THE PORTRAIT OF MALCOLM X

    By boitumelo, November 14, 2011   

    • BLACK MEN
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    • AnnNinj4
    • December 27, 2011

37. JOHN COLTRANE'S MY FAVORITE THINGS.

    By boitumelo, November 26, 2011   

    • SOULFUL CHRISTMAS MUSIC.
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    • AnnNinj4
    • December 27, 2011

38. ECHOES OF A FADING DREAM.

    By boitumelo, January 9, 2012   

    • DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
    • 2 replies
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    • Michelle Tamiko Hardy
    • January 10, 2012

39. WHILE SILENT RAIN FELL.

    By boitumelo, May 25, 2012
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    • Joyce Oscar
    • May 28, 2012

40. THE TOMB/

    By harry brown, May 7, 2015
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    • JonRenee'
    • November 18, 2015

41. Author Janice Mavis

    By Author Janice Mavis, July 14, 2015
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    • CDBurns
    • July 25, 2015

42. Lonely Fools

    By Shaniqka T, August 12, 2015
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    • Shaniqka T
    • August 22, 2015

43. Harlem Nights and Footstep Blues

    By juliusj14, May 23, 2016
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    • juliusj14
    • May 25, 2016

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

    By harry brown, June 6, 2016
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    • CDBurns
    • July 8, 2016

45. SLAVE, AUCTION,POSTER!!!!!

    By harry brown, April 23, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Troy
    • July 29, 2019

46. Survived

    By Ldvirtue, August 7, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Ldvirtue
    • August 7, 2019

47. The weaker vessel.

    By Ldvirtue, September 24, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Ldvirtue
    • September 25, 2019

48. Black. Boys. In. The. Library. !!!

    By harry brown, September 17, 2020
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    • MissKorang
    • October 21, 2020

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

    By Guest Ira Davis, July 29, 2021
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    • Guest
    • January 31

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

    By ProudOne, October 5, 2021
    • 2 replies
    • 516 views
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    • Guest
    • December 19, 2021

51. submissions wanted

    By Guest Nubianpoet, February 4, 2010
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    • Guest
    • February 4, 2010