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njoma omi

yale miller

yale miller

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unchanging the collected verses of


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njoma omi

yale miller

change unchanging

the collected verses of yale miller

published 2009 by The Cultural Collective

All proceeds from the sale of this book go to the

YALE MILLER MEMORIAL FUND

Account #8103707397

Bank of America15010 Jefferson

Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230

Attn: Juanita Robbins

313.821.6804


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CHANGE UNCHANGING: THE COLLECTED VERSES OF YALE MILLER.

Copyright 2008 by Yale Miller/Sankofa Emporium. All rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used orreproduced in any manner whatsoever without expressed written permission

from the publisher. For information contact: The Cultural Collective,8900 E. Jefferson #607, Detroit, Michigan 48214. All proceeds from the sale ofthis book go to the YALE MILLER MEMORIAL FUND, Account #8103707397,Bank of America, 15010 Jefferson, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230,

Attn: Juanita Robbins, 313.821.6804.

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faith

solar aura

steak dinner

before the book

watermelon

afrikan flag

find one

alabama red mud

camaraderie?

reconcile

fall

facet yourself

tehutistranded

beautiful

two poems

life

Important men

damn baby

alone

iron bitch

hate

in one

words

one is all

goddess reborn

khryst

yes us

kill my poisoner

change unchanging

khristian focus

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forward iv

contents


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ebony

ode to blackness

valerian white

amerikan breakfast

fuckthisshit

black M3

dollars

miracle

crow

khrist withinfeminism

infactuation

negro please

ahati

smoking goddess

new horizons

social workfor no apparent reason

inglish man

succubi

the wound

89 circa

flavor

power trip

face of heaven

freedom

black blastulae

twin

crash course

shoe

new afrikan horizons

dream

what happened

poem for ya'le by the late great Yakini Abubakhari

for njoma by Kefentse Bandele

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Special thanks to the mentors of Yale Miller

Chimba Omari and Yakini Abubakari

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.


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forward

Yale Guy Miller was born on April 9, 1971 to

Edna and Elwood Drake Miller, and received his primary

and secondary education at the New Center Academy (in

the Waldorf tradition), Friends School, and graduated from

Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit, Michigan. Shortly

thereafter he attended Wayne State University, and was

also on scholarship attending Kemetic Studiessponsored by Ipet Isut at the Akwaaba Center.

At eighteen (18) years of age he received his

HIV/AIDS counseling certification and became the

youngest HIV/AIDS counselor in the State of Michigan,

which led to a ten year plus stint at the Detroit Health

Department. After that he enjoyed a teaching position atTimbuktu Academy in Detroit, MI, and was employed at

Catholic Social Services as a prevention specialist serving

various at-risk communities, and mentoring countless

youth on and off the job.

Yale was very active in bringing about social change

which included a Study In at Wayne State University in1989 where the outcome produced an African Studies

program that is still in effect today. Dedicated to the

liberation of African people, at home and abroad, he was a

Pan-Afrikanist who focused on cultural redemption and

the collective restoration of the African mind, heart, body,

and soul which culminated in a physical pilgrimage to

Mother Africa (Kenya) in the early 1990s where he was

initiated into the Gikuyu high culture, becoming very

fluent in the Swahili language.


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As a poet he was published in the anthology Pitch

Black Poetrypublished by Broadside Press, and was aboard member of Kabaz Black Jewels as well as a member

of the Plebispsyche study group. It should also be

mentioned that he was highly successful as a youth activist

and was very involved in every facet of his children's lives

not to mention the youth that he served over the years. As

a contributing member of the Babas Club, which came

out the efforts of fathers whose children attended Nsoroma

Institute in Oak Park, Michigan, he was instrumental in

addressing societal ills and formulating strategies that

could be used to help Black men recapture their

god-selves.

On Saturday, February 24, 2007 around 5:15 p.m.

shortly after departing the residence of a long time friend,

a barrage of fatal gunshots were fired at Yales 1993 jeep

by those whose hearts were overran with violence and

souls devoid of the light of THE CREATOR, claiming his

life at the young age of thirty five (35).

Yale leaves behind his four beloved children,

Fahd (Bahati) Hassan Abubakhari (ten), Edna Leona(Leah) Muthoni (seven), Maya Jan Deborah Selassie

(five), and Ellyne Irene Wrarimu (two) as well as his

loving wife Joya Porties-Miller. He is also survived by his

mother Edna Lewis White (CuCu), father Elwood Drake

Miller (Babu), mentor Bennie White-Ethiopia, brother

Elliot David Miller and wife Amy, special brotherDavid Houghton and his wife Kristie, aunt Deloris Lewis

(Shangazi), uncle Arthur L. and aunt Trinita Lewis, their

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children Justin and Allison, father-in-love Vincent Robert

Porties (Babu), mother-in-love Debra Joyce Porties(Yeiyu), sisters-in-love Cicely, Nadalyn (David Isaiah), his

Kenyan family: CuCu Grace, Gicheru, Sammie, Maggie,

Sarah and Ann, and a village of other special family

members and brothers and sisters in the

Pan-Afrikan and Afrikan liberation movements.

A man of positive actions and righteous convictions,

Yale lived to serve others, but his first dedication was to

amelioration of self, family, people, community, and

culture. While it cannot be denied that his actions and

deeds greatly impacted many people, particularly the

watoto (children), whom held a special place in his heart,

his spirit lives on in the fecundity that sustains

all existence.

May these collected verses afford you an opportunity

to share in Yales convictions, hopes, dreams, sorrows,

frustrations, joys, pains, and ultimately his vision.

The pen continues to be mightier than the sword.

Detroit, Michigan, 2008

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IMANI

TO BELIEVE IN YOU AND YOUR SOUL.

TO TRAVEL IN YOU WITH YOUR MIND.

TO BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE.

TO FIND YOUR AFRICAN POWER IN YOU.

TO COME TO MAAT AND GIVE PEACE.

TO HAVE FAITH IN OTHER PEOPLES SOULS.

TO GO BACK TO YOUR HOMELAND AFRICA.

by Fahd (Bahati) Hassan Abubakhari

10 (ten) years old2009


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Dedicated to the wife, children, and family

of njoma omi Yale Guy Miller


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if seeing is believing

not looking is knowing


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faith is to knowledge

as hope is to belief


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April 9, 1971 February 24, 2007

omi njoma

Yale Guy Miller

PROPHET OF TRUTH


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faith

the faculty sensing absolute truth

processing perceptions refining character

ultimate knowledge certainly

factual beyond flesh

breathe of life ending death

cosmonolougous rhetorician

having harmony within


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solar aura

aakhu jua sol sun

brilliance brings deliverance

thy kingdom come

thy will be done

hellions suffer heavens severance

castrated men oppressed made dumb

find light wielders in the wings

swing low sweet chariot i sing

ra scolds apep the snake

preserving real destroying fake

still the cause good things growonce was blind, now I know

the chlorophyll/melanin need

soul khemystry carbons heed

black seeds of totality

liberate from partiality

as we photosynthesize

the calling to realize

heliolotrous concentricity

return humane civility


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steak dinner

eating products of a wound

will it heal mine as i consume

or exasperate my problems

licking cows seething pain

like a little evil goblin

cattle see me coming

and know it's time to sweat

though i do not hate you

ive reveled in your death

you tasted your family's gore

as you breathed your last breathnow your blood drips from my jaws

gnashing and rending without pause

like a rebel without a cause

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before the book

i am a man of JAH not a man of the book

you worshipers of the book shall perish for your idolatry

no book can tell me of RA resonating in my soul

faith is the faculty tediously unlearned

through worldly parenting

and books books books

the books you deify know nothing

JAH speaks to essential man,

bumbling scribes misinterpret

holy symbols are misused by lack of insight into

bahavad-gita, al-quran, and other biblesanxious for the freedom carried in subtle breezes

missed in the fervor of flipping through impotent pages

making gods of whimsical definitions

appraising sizes shapes and cover designs

finding beauty in particles shitting on others

exclaiming I have the truth

denying that she has you

frantically producing swords guns and books

to defend your prophecies of peace

killing the peaceful by natures grace

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before the book/continued/

imaginative youth find refuge in dreams

and ethereal idols of unbounded words

the lord is my shepherd I shall not want

to worship your graven crosses dollars and books

but o the green pastures

my alter is there

where mumbi met gikuyu

where eshu bridges planes

where khunum spins his wheel

calling all to paradise

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watermelon

undressed

succulent sweet delicate flesh

cut for comfort in eager palms

sucked and poked til seeds emerge

catching every sumptuous fluid drop

upon lips tongue and skin

engulfing epicurean ecstasy

til an exhausted sticky end

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afrikan flag

Red as the vitality of diverse warriors forever eminent

Black as the infinite depths of holes in outer space

Green as the perfect tempo of corn strides in breezy fields

I am the foundation for the opener of ways

like the swallow, none can hinder me

I am the one reckoned

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find one

answers within condone no sin

nature is balance each soul kin

hold to truth peace harmony rhythm

opposites attract? Obey this system

yin + yang + dark + light+

moon + sun + woman + man

= 1

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alabama red mud

finally

alabama red mud

dirt my color

earth hued afrikans

come in all shades

mine is alabama red mud

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camaraderie?

neglect and disregard oppose intimacy

while faith inspires unity, you are disappearing

will and intention are hardly mentioned

so where is camaraderie

fateful decisions are made silly

my heart is filled with sorrow and

i miss the glory of love

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reconcile

wayward pretensions precluded theft

of mind ether time and space

ulterior affections result in utter condemnation

the light of becoming defeats transgressions

brilliance reveals the venomous secrets

barriers against intimacy crumble

pleasure has no appeal as we work for peace

synthesizing principled convictions

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fall

bowlegged black baby runnin' down the hall

dont fall

already cursin his mama

black boy don't fall

bowlegged pseudo-man cursing us all

nigga

hurry up and fall

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facet yourself

there is one truth

with so many facets

you wont know them all

that is until The All calls

submitting your will completely

making you a deity

perfect angelic servant

facet yourself

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tehuti

husband of Truth

guide of ancient quills

now mine

perpetuate thine perfection

manifest real progress

pointing to conscience beyond scrolls

in words known to souls

the seat of which is black and rich

minds womb, holy tomb thank you whom

till there

perpetuate thine perfection

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stranded

stranded

awaitin salvation

divine redemption

burnt out transmission

tow trucks only come

if you call them

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beautiful

red dirt

green grass

white rocks

blown up mountain

roaring four lane highway

whatever happened to a small dirt road

one lane comin-

one lane goin

granddaddy said

beautiful used to bes

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two poems

two african scholars

admired by masses

with beautiful large asses

causing internal struggles

for my tongues titillation

of the labia universa

a symphony of pleasure

becomes a queen

sweating sweet affection

imagine my excitement

at the scent of her arousaland the rhythm of her stride

reverberating my soul

into her throws of passion

lost in wonderment transfixed

fervently plowing my field

butt around switch hitter hips

of another even more intrigued

by tasting my ablutions

tossing up forbidden delicacies

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two poems/continued/

may my senses remain consumed

by excellent ignorance

except for heaven on earth

for she is more than sensual treats

a volcano erupting fluid light

granting another black sand shore

as her magical powders settle

providing the vital ash

for ancient rituals of power

a phoenix race's resurrection

her orgasm rains divine protectiona paradigm of love

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life

creation of expectation

continuous

fermentation of senses

inflation of reality

terrible truth

experience

transition

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important men

important men

flip through papers

make love to beautiful women

and eat well

important men

ride in big cars

making phone calls

saying no

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damn baby

damn baby!

you so large

you keep growing

quite intimidating

with that large knife

set it down, its already bloody

as i wait, scared

foolishly willing

to die

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alone

since the murder

i have grown

alone

here in this

deep dark dank womb

warm nurturing healing

when you left

once again

the universe became

my woman

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iron bitch

the muse of a thousand poets

impenetrable by my words

ignoring my affections

what i thought was fertilizer

ain't shit to her

my heart begins to morn

for the stranger i adorned

impartially took my baubles

dropping carelessly at her feetdesperate seeds sprout in sand

still seeking the moisture of paradise

tromped under adamant paws

the iron bitch drags a sleigh

full of baggage across the desert

loathing the terms of her existence

shrugging of an oasis

as if only a mirage

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hate

thieves are not to blame

for the pain which wracks my brain

depressing my dimensions

into psychotic directionless delirium

compromising my inherent integrity

out of noble essence into the enemys trap

what karmic debt must i pay to be free

the giant mosquito mounting petrifies me

sucking sucking sucking

parents of the gods, help me smash her

before she leaves my body a huskand feeds me to eggs making more like her

i cannot go peacefully neither can i make war

therefore i hate myself

i hate hating myself

when i havent done what i aught to do

hate excuses my non-doing

becoming weak with discontentment

wallowing in desperate disease

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hate/continued/

loathing the futility my hate produces

the infertility the ignorant chaos

the masochism of torturous complacence

how long will i venture not to move

toward a humane destiny

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in one

becoming Khrist is a goal where evil is normal

where Khrist is normal perfection's home

life run, supercede time

accepting divine

fathers and sons

in one

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words

breaths formation contemplation

parted mouth's reverberations

resound throughout the universe

thus return blessing or curse

reliant upon intent force and rhythm

when true say them

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one is all

who has called the one and all

one creating all, yet distant

preyed too externally

i attest blaspheming west

did invest this pest o' tests

eastern eyes with sun rise

to see the skies within

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goddess reborn

consider your divine attributes

find the symbols each of them suits

don yourself in such finery

of daughters and sons of egypts ancestry

sparkling robes, the sheerest of gowns

kilts, vests, headdresses profound

accentuate body set aura aglow

prepare for a festive energy flow

the time is right, planets congruent

the goddess reborn offers unguent

bring her a smile a will to dancean inkling to love perchance?

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khryst

Original Source

Balanced Dialect

Clairaudient Voice

Upright Square

Passionate Prosperity

Perfect Paradigm

Sovereign Love

Astral Matrix

Pregnant Potency

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yes us

obeying cosmogenius law

rebellion self destructs by design

not to be born again

christians have you forgotten

the Khrist before Jesus

the question Y must replace the silent J

to finally betray the devil's lie

the truth is Yes-us

before any savior saint or other crucifixions

the kingdom of heaven is within

each and every vibrating molecule

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kill my poisoner

that shit you fed me

is fighting in my stomach like demons

what foolishness made me trust you

if only i could vomit

my brain might stop throbbing

distress disrupts my synapse

i snap leaping in spastic convulsions

to kill my poisoner

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change unchanging

becoming what is

ever changing into the unchanging

is

life beyond existence

acceptance tolerance adoration respect

redundant monotonous peace

comfort is not complacence

change!

into the constancy of change unchanging

divine paradox

the same yesterday as evermorejust honorable real

conscience awaits your dance

change into unchanging

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khristian focus

the Khristian focus is God in everyone

Yesyou represents the point of connection

His Imperial Majesty

The Prince of Mercy Justice and Peace

The Wholly Spirit is free

the sun of man is

manhood, management, manifestation

of The Sovereign God's kingdom, our nation

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ebony

if your timelessness was recognized

by my fragmented particles

i might accept your CPR

your gaze permeated me

before your hyacinth breath

only 18 years in flesh

upon this musical alter

your tongue breaks concrete

turning soil to plant a gardenfull of playscapes for ghetto babies

eating the intellect of monsters

regurgitating mercy

your husky voice summons naps

to the pillow on your lap

where I nap further dreaming

of milky pearls dribbling

from the mouth of a babe

imbibed and inundating

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ebony/continued/

your ancient maternal purity

original yet so very new

if only I could hear you

like my own conscience

among these foreign folkways

your wisdom might absorb me

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ode to blackness

what in reality isnt black, in darkness unseen unknown

what subject do you know all about

putting it completely in the light, none

do you fully comprehend ink on paper

the beauty of knowledge is discovery

the smart ones never stop learning

only fools have knowledge

the rest are had by her overwhelming blackness

an ever realizing relationship

thought un-betrayed until spoken and acted upon

how black is the you nobody has seenas Unseen controls the scene

is your spirit privately as it seems to us absorbing it

where is the home of the light you emanate

if not the carbon of your cells paneling your photosynthesis

in the twinkling song of spectrum even the light is black

as colors extend mix and change becoming indistinguishable

like blue and violet shimmering in onyx eyed reflections

what in reality isnt black in darkness unseen unknown

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ode to blackness/continued/

what subject do you know all about

putting it completely in the light, none

ink on bright white paper do you fully comprehend

the beauty of knowledge, discovery

never get enough un-quantifiable stuff

only fools have knowledge

the rest are had by an ever realizing relationship

the Un-definable begets the defined

as children are born of abyssal wombs

(Nun fathoms the miracle of birth)

coming out of blackness

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valerian wine

degrees of peace digest revelations

psychic channeling pores breathe

inspiring northern highlights

calming adversity in Sirius blue

intensifying lifes radiance

as sweet drops squeezed, from petals drifted

return to lotus core

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amerikan breakfast

black chinese like teas

mingle with diversity

homeboys span the globe

of richer color than coffee

drunk with milk and cream

sweetened by tan shafts-crushed

chemicalized into crystalline granules

even the wheat of my bread is bleached

the texture is gummy between my teeth

with grafted scraps of unfamiliar beasts

potential frappe is merely a condimentmy berries are minced my vine fruits pickled

only my leafy greens are crisp

this morning i am in amerika

the sun rises as any place

breaking violent constipation

burning through mucus and too much fat

diarrhea aerates lucky bowels

bodies become earth ethers become air

though no shamba may grace this scene

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amerikan breakfast/continued/

there is still cooperation

among men and land and tools

loving the unity of God

in this valley of death

reality dispels illusions

as bitter frigid space and time

melt on undeniable horizons

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fuckthisshit

venturing to move away from violent ingratitude

witch pays my bills keeping me hooked

unable to digest, nervous stomach trouble

her brand of love is domineering force

lying beneath a faade of professionalism

she professes to care

she professes to remember

she professes

she is only a professor not a parent or teacher

leading me to say fuckthisshit

i cannot afford to compute her false datai cry out

leave me be cuz you dont know me

my words are tired and out of breath

i count the drops of blood diluting creeping ichors

witch quantifies life and hates numerology

her prosthetic tentacle, i refuse decomposition

becoming bionic through psychophysical intelligence

redefining artificial

breaking away

transforming

into a new machine

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black M

fibrous fruits scrape rotten glued meat

thirty feet from intestinal walls

herbal tonics restored vitality

water flushes heavy toxins

physical healing becomes meditative spirit food

a stomach shrinks to moderate size

focal chakra increase potency

in men once dimmed by hateful vengeance

respect for retrospect returns

consoling psychic repercussions of satans greatest gaffle

cleansing static minds cling, millions of men convenethe nations resource on crackers front porch

a dynamic sovereign display

of neglected forbears civil ways

the whole village prays

Free The Land!

this federally reserved plantation

demands unemployed emancipation

with choices of freedom in quad formation

communing to stand on solid ground

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black M/continued/

where New Afrikans abound

atonement resounds, resolutions round

divine forgiveness rings profound

hounds fear Reciprocities' order

though black men did not draw this border

we now approach with confidence

to stand for justice and recompense

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dollars

notes of promise

from liars

IOU silver

gold and happiness

bitter scrounging

petty wars

lust blood and tears

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miracle

your miraculous appearance

out of the bowels of hell

like my own

impassioned polyrhythmic breaths

were you my husband and i your wife in a past life

known as one self

marriage of I and I

with this power we shall fly

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crow

the black caw circles

flashing glance recounts, ignorance

deathly quiet precedes, calamities

plucking corrupt eyes, spiraling dread

perches on heads of mentally dead

pure rogue saint bandito

horrible thief of carrion

gulping bloody senses

ground in freedoms gizzards

where blazing coals rage

fanned by deceitful bellowsa morbid gust goes, remaining unfathomed

circling beyond 360

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khrist within

love all, not to condone

lust nor greed which poisons home

to know a mans Khrist within

observe the rule which governs him

twisted words misrepresent

continued action proves intent

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feminism

dont be insane

a man aint yo bane

Aman made yo brain

dont be afraid

we're all man hand made

then birthed through

yo mamas womb

hence the intense experience

your first mans day

half yo existence is man

girl dont be afraid

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infactuation

beyond our platonic ties

im possessed by x-ray eyes

doomed to fantasize

the hollows of your comely thighs

weaning from a precious milk

an aura wrapping me, supple as silk

the babe of age denied the breast

as hawks bring solid food to nest

before the test of fledglings

to fly or die

give me reality let me chew

strengthening bone flesh and sinew

nudge me to leap and plunge so deep

until an upward coasting sweep

lifts me into the sky

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negro please

you still a broke ass nigga

gettin paid

gettin laid in the shade

tryin to hit a lick

with all that slick shit

beggin massa please

steady payin fees

how you gonna grow

down on yo knees

nigga grow niggagrow

nigga negro please

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ahati

at tension attention aten chan

Tamos shaolin returns

to orient our black dance

the science of holy defiance

from nile valley through song shan province

since he came from pallava to kan chi

indus kushite in china free

fanning the flames of unity

Bodhidarmas skills return

that babylon may swiftly burn

flickering red gold green blackfinally peeling the cap

off of cap it all ism

the true universalist mission

to manufacture anuka

as Buddhas blessed chuan fa

drives home resounding aha

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smoking goddess

a beautiful black goddess

smoking like a dragon

her wrath, stern harsh yet just

she knows the immortality of love

her faithful convictions

shall never falter

her world is cruel

and she communicates well

pacing her inevitably violent existence

by puffing clouds of death

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new horizons

so many suns linger on horizons

avoiding the apex of midday

smoldering chocking on uncertainty

fearing needed change

relearning lessons known all too well

anxiously forgetting the cycle

dwelling on pleasures of the night

but the day is so young

for high strung well hung afrikan bandits

destined to restore a life of ecstasy

arise o sun you are the godof crops of seas of men

rise in honor of your mother

who knows your silent names

rise in honor of your father

with timely seeds of freedom

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social work

a concentrated beam of force

enlightens the wisest course

peacefully pursuing peace

though demons on the land unleashed

wreak havoc on partial selves

the myth of western culture fails

only Shu blows Nubian sails

throwing overboard complacence

with arms of love and common sense

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for no apparent reason


i break out in tears

i call your name with fear


you walked out on me

i wonder where you cold be


i sing you this song

youve been gone too long


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inglish man

du a luk lak an inglish man

way yu worin bot haw mi yus der wurds den

de was only fa paten an sellin tings

befo we com tawkin bot Jah Rasta

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succubi

shes one a dem succubi

shell suck you dry

she hates the man you see

just drinks his precious energy

shell entice you with her frame

sweet voice or the sound of her name

disciplines her bane, she plays a deadly game

she wants the energy, released in a mans seed

shell suck you again and again

until your life is drained

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the wound

before painful memorys came

the startling visualization

crimson slices in flesh

spreading into beautiful sheets and streams

remarkable yet pleasantly temporary

now a crusty puss filled character

is often teased and scraped

from nostalgia

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89 circa

im my own god im not a faade

im your brother not your sire

so stay off my sac

ill set your pyre on fire

if you don't step back

i hold a few titles

i don't worship idols

these recitals is vital to our survival

apep's my rival

temper my swordwith the heat of my bible

to compromise is not viable

the means to freedom is tribal

unity is divinity

you front on me im not liable

for what happens to you

through me and my crew

you bound to catch you an eyeful

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flavor

flavor most

thick flavor

thick!

sweet tart

grapefruit cocktail juicy

flavor

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power trip

get that cracker off yo wall!

im talkin bout jesus yall

from stain glass raping yo ass

Cross Pimps collect cash

congregangsters talkin shit

catchin spirits throwin fits

holy? I doubt it

where's the men?

harmonious culture,semblance of kin

and land control relationships

since youre on a power trip

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face of heaven/In memory of Grandmother Irene Gildresleeve Lewis/

freedom is immanent

great artificer in crisp smelling linen

the dance of your soul is beyond

earths atmosphere is your blue gown

now the wind tells us to just keep goingyour playful theatrics are the song of birds

crying and praying for your wisdom

with grace we remember your light

the way you lived in Khrist

we honor the holy spirit

of a woman who often smiled

into the face of heaven

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freedom

Freedom thumps in your heartbeat

Slavery wont let you see

Distorted reality don't want me to be

Programmed through my TV

Theyre taxing my water and electricity

Taxing my property but don't take care of me

Is theyre will and intent government

I thought that's what welfare meant

Fat pigs say the moneys spent

Switching patterns of a maze

To keep some in a lab rat race

But the rhythm moving through your soul

And every virtue you extol

Purifies the temple

Physical spiritual mental

How can we reach the pentacles

If we always eat their chemicals

So full of disease we burn or freeze

For some more polluted cheese

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freedom/continued/

But them rebels have got a plot

To blast lab walls till they drop

Swinging swords of third ventricles

Slashing the krakens tentacles

Saving the world

Let words of truth unfurl

Now is the time

To recompense the crime

Time for nation time for race

Time for time, time for space

Our own kindFree the land for peace of mind

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black blastulae

the penis enters the vagina like ooosh

stretch push grind bend

precious fluids blend

strokin strokin stroking

til we exite the penile glands

then ejaculation

sploosh out comes jism

yes and sperm begin to swim

with sole purpose finding the ovum

to fertilize up in a fallopian

thus we have conceptionthe cell splits, they split again

after two more times we have

blastulation

Black Blastulation

foundation of the nation

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twin

We met through pre-destiny

Planetary commonality uncanny

Separate parents yet progeny

twin called the case

Our purpose to unite our race

Vivid visionary style

Utopian gods profiles beguile

Away I miss familiar vibe

Summoned inside black ocean tribe

Hard to describe, certainly kindred

Through fire earth and color redWhat shall this friendship beget

At least something I won't forget

Sista love sent from above

Felling sad and displaced

So beautiful with solemn grace

Unbecoming this frown

Let beams set off your crown

Enlightening inner vision

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twin/continued/

Seeing right decision

Let nicety of Jahs embrace

Summon pearls to your face

With your cheeks upward crease

With your breath pleasant speech

Though in the belly of the beast

Your innocence his poisoned feast

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crash course

Looking inward

I see

She is outer vision

On a crash course collision

With herself

With skeptical heart and head

Her logic leaves her black-dead

Like brain dead but only

To what she cant see

All are blind to blackness

Still fear not to enterOur living fuel lies deep

Vibrant Within our center

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shoe

impressions complement feats past

in skins, with sole

the base of history

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new afrikan horizons

so many suns linger on horizons

avoiding the apex of midday

smoldering chocking on uncertainty

fearing needed change

relearning lessons known all too well

anxiously forgetting the cycle

dwelling on pleasures of the night

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dream

dream of unity and work

see the vision of divine reality

resolve to establish our kingdom on earth

dream the dream of heaven in daily service

manifest the miracles mortals say are impossible

ride the waves of dream into a better world

dream of Afrikan sovereignty and establish it

in your inner space

carry it to the farmers, clothiers, and architectsof your village

dream of the ancient Afrikan panacea restored

give the dream breath, hands, feet, and future

to sing, dance, clap and crumble the walls of hate

dream of superior technology long forgotten

solar powered hovercraft and crystalline domes

clean air and water, peaceful homes and gardens

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dream/continued/

dream of the Afrikan diet and eat your dream.

dream of eggplant, yams, cassava and melons

purple, orange, white, and green,

dream the dream of survival.

dream, wake up, see, be and do. dream of study,

and prayer

envisage the light of your aura radiating throughout

the world.shoot like a star into perspective on planets, galaxies,

and universe.

walk fully grounded sharing the dream of saints, saviors

and redeemers.

dream like Marcus, Ida B., Malcolm, Sojourner, Martin,

and Fannie Lou.

dream awake and do.

dream aloud and say, give voice to the mind of freedom

dream

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what happened

whatever happened to

no matter what

ill always be here

ill never leave you

you know Ill love you

no matter what

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poem for yale

by the late great Yakini Abubakhari

Born of The energy of NEBULAE,

destined for the replication of

time and space and thought

The bearer of truth by thy own presence

a hope for all our tomorrows

The seed of our universe

See the path created only for THEE

and be about your ancestral job

your mind, thoughts, eyes, touch, tasteare your bestowed weapons

choose them well,

for each is blessed

with our collective energies.

One Love

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for njoma

by Kefentse Bandele

His soul ambition was for us to be free,

and now theres a hole in our African community.

I'm outraged, because all the brotha did

is what real brothas do,

attain information and knowledge and

pass it to the youth.

BlackStar bookstore is once again in my poem,

That's the genesis of our relationship,

or where I got to knowem.Comin in, tall and bronzed skin, always

with a smile,

he was usually seen with either or both

woman and child.

I have guilt in my heart, took it for granted

that Id always seeem again,

either at BlackStars anniversary or at

the African World fest at summers send.

But wheres the consistency in my last line?

If I called him my brother we should havebroke bread all the time.

But never-the-less, you will not die in vain.

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for njoma/continued/

Those lost African souls who assassinated you

will thoroughly know your name.

Even if it comes to inflictin pain!

Njoma, me and the community gon look after

yo seeds,

and to the greatest of our ability provide

yo queen with what she needs.

So until we meet again look around that place,

all those we talked about and learned from,

you can clearly see their faces.Malcolm X, Dr. Clarke, Kwame Ture, and so on.

Now your eldest child must step up with a legacy

to build on.

And you yourself have taken on a spiritual mission,

and Im lightin a white candle to smooth out

your transition.

Youve rejuvenated us all, and now I gotta another

story to tell.

From the entire African community my brother,

we bid you farewell.

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On Saturday, February 24, 2007 at5:15 p.m., shortly after leaving theresidence of a long time friend,Yale Miller, affectionately known tofamily and friends as Njoma, wasviciously murdered by fatal shots

fired at his jeep, claiming his life atthe young age of 35.

Husband, father, teacher, counselor,activist, and poet, to say thatNjoma will be missed is indeed agross understatement. However, wemust rejoice in the realization thatthe works of his spirit live on in thefecundity that sustains all existence.

This opus of his collected versesstand as a living testament to themajesty of his quintessence.

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