Poems from poeticblacksalute
Amen to Love
“A toast to the good times and the ugly times too because they make me”—Zora Howard
This is for the girls who cornered me...
Dear future lover,
when we first meet,
in spite of how charming you’ll be
I will immediately friend-zone you.
But please don’t give up...
At the age of 18, most kids got their first tattoo.
I went to my first open mic.
And I was so scared to push my tongue and go,
I didn't...
The first time he tried to teach me to drive stick
I crumbled over the steering wheel
chest heaving as though an earthquake
had pried open...
for anyone who has ever said
people are poor because they’re lazy
On any given day in Southern California,
coming off any freeway,
you’ll...