Who Are Your Favourite Poets!

Blakk 1 · (#1 (**permalink**))

Peace!

Thought this would beinteresting-

mine- Last Poets without a doubt!

Whats Y'alls?

1!

Shariff · (#2 (**permalink**))

Last Poets, I'm with u on that. Also,

Leopold Senghor

Paul Lawrence Dunbar

Gil Scott Heron

Mutabaruka

Rakim

and Nas

Mr$ M!llZ · (#3 (**permalink**))

benjamin zephaniah.

there's another really greatone aswell but i really cant remember the name. they wrote a poem called "november".

it's about an old grandmother in the last days of her life.

really touched me deep as my nan died late last year. had a very emotional effect on me

bluehoney · (#4 (**permalink**))

Langston Hughes is one of mine...

also

Nikki Giovanni

CHOICES

if i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do
it's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do
if i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want
since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral
when i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal
i know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry

jazztalking · (#5 (**permalink**))

Chris Okigbo

Grace Nichols

ChubbiChix · (#6 (**permalink**))

I'm not into poetry that muchbut I always loved a poem called "Ego trippin" by nikki giovonni. Every since I heard that poem, i try to live by it.

Sweettea · (#7 (**permalink**))

My all time favorite poem!! clp)I can't get enough of it!

Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.

I say, It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.

I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.

I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.

I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Blakk 1 · (#8 (**permalink**))

Peace!

its hard for me to pick a favourite poem- but if i had to pick 1 that was a big influence in my life- it would have to be Last Poets

[align=center]NIGAAZ R SCARED OF REVOLUTION!!![/align]
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[align=left]Poem is to much definately one of the greatest of all time[/align]
[align=left]i'ma get da lyrics an post dem![/align]
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Gallant · (#9 (**permalink**))

shortMAN is one of my favorites, 'A Man who draws sound' is dope and his whole album 'One Of Many' is good.

I like the Best Kept Secret, Lewis Parker (even though he is hip-hop, he's a poet to me), Dilated Peoples (Particularly Rakaa Iriscience), Floetic Lara is full of energy, and David J is amazing.

So many great artists, but this is who is in my head at the moment.

HOTEP!!!

eye of horus · (#10 (**permalink**))

eye of horus · (#11 (**permalink**))

hi! im a new member...im feeling apoet right now mustafa abdul aleem he's an educator and drummer also.....heresa poemi wrote a few weeks ago..comments welcome..
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[align=center]His eyes wish me 2 another place..a space in time. circumventing disks deep chocolate..He melts me into a flowing energy that knows no bounds-no limits.[/align]
[align=center]i reach the sky -[/align]
[align=center]flying....I bathe in the warmth of the sun.[/align]
[align=center]His deep whispers gently blow me further in2 his world.Im comforted in the clouds that surround me and guided by the stars,[/align]
[align=center]Im one with the planet , the earth, the universe[/align]
[align=center]no fear in my heart.[/align]
[align=center]His tears hydrate me..drip drops of fragmented light beam across my bare flesh.Undulating hues of rainbow colour wake my soul,[/align]
[align=center]Im consumed by the curio of love...[/align]
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