Poems from jacksonpoetry5
By: Tyree Jackson
Violent ripples disrupt
the river’s placid flow.
Her body— seeping into
the pores of a
young black...
By: Tyree Jackson
"Hold fast to dreams,
for if dreams die,
life is a broken winged bird
that cannot fly." -Langston Hughes
We’ve dreamed so...
By: Tyree Jackson
I am talking about unemployment and
high school dropout rates,
graffiti on housing walls, urine filled halls,
and the...
By: Tyree Jackson
“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
I.
Get rid of that...
By: Tyree Jackson
My heart is cracked in two because of you.
You stepped on it countless times with
your timberland boots, imprinting your...