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A Verse for TodayYour TurnEach time I open a poetry book, I am inspired to write. I sometimes find scrap paper laying around and begin scribing. On other occasions, I simply write alongside the poems or on the back and front covers...
“Read, read, read, never stop reading. And when you can’t read anymore…write.” – James Baldwin
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-04-1304 minA Verse for TodayOnce Upon a TimeONCE UPON A TIME | I AM A POET
Her eyes had depth
Her smile was bright
Her laugh, it came from a good place
Her hands were sometimes
dry and ashy enough to start a fire
Her head was big
Her nose was of her mama and papa
Her legs, like chicken legs
Her curls were just like mine
Her heartbeat was as smooth as
Her voice when she sang in private
...2022-04-0601 minA Verse for TodayRead This Aloud For MeREAD THIS ALOUD FOR ME | I AM A POET
Death,
I have called for you,
As you call for my brothers –
I await your arrival like a
Battered wife awaits a gentle hand.
Like a song of the night
My heart yearns to be silenced –
By the dawning of you, I awaken.
Greeted by your love for my kin
I beg forgiveness.
You bestow upon me none, for my
demise would be no f...2022-03-3001 minA Verse for TodayThe AlphabetTHE ALPHABET | I AM A POET
Adam told me that
Beth was a
Christian who believed that the
Devil was not such an
Evil man
For
God
Himself
Insisted that
Jesus would
Kill the
Lamb
Mary
Noticed
Overly
Pouncing on
Quail and
Rabbits
Surroundings
Tombs
Under the
Vicious
Watch of2022-03-2300 minA Verse for TodayI WriteI Write | I AM A POET
I write
To feel, something or nothing at all.
To see what my tongue fears,
To taste what my heart desires,
To smell the confusion resting in my mind.
To hear every nerve in my body
race to my fingertips
eager to tell a story.
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a...2022-03-1600 minA Verse for TodayA Silent "OG"A SILENT “OG”| I AM A POET
She looked at me as I
mumbled with
frustration because the bus was late.
She held herself
tightly because the bus was late
and she was cold.
She-
her gaze followed my every move
as I walked back and forth
irritated because the bus was late.
My chest was stiff and my face,
though restless was resting.
a tightened jaw, a shaky bad eye...2022-03-0901 minA Verse for TodayClosed MouthCLOSED MOUTH | I AM A POET
There’s a dead butterfly in my throat.
Its corpse, mummified with the words
I never speak.
Akin to unnerving screams
They all try to escape the pit of my stomach
But I swallow them back
Down with pride.
Each evolving to
Claw their way out of this cage.
I bleed crude lies. Always sour and viscous.
Like -
I forgive myself.
I promise to...2022-03-0202 minA Verse for TodayEthno-PoemETHNO-POEM | I AM A POET
A dying fire
Grown from bare feet and
bamboo canoes
A product of the love
my mommy didn’t give herself
Home is green
very green with calm waves and
plum rose running after mangoes
I see images of men painting
murals and drinking Guinness under a full moon
The noise of Garifuna trying to
rid me of this English tongue,
loud but not broken
...2022-02-2301 minA Verse for Today#16#16 | I AM A POET
...there is no turning back, the war has begun
never-ending until
I can see the bitterness of my lies
and the smell of nothingness
rotting at the root
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-1600 minA Verse for TodayBRBBRB | I AM A POET
It is not with glee
I seek to flee
But I must fly free
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-1500 minA Verse for TodayYes, I RunYes, I Run | I AM A POET
I run into the arms of
dismissive men and broken women.
I run until my chest burns,
I run and don’t win races.
I run to my death but life
steady changing my path.
I run away,
away from love
away from myself
I run because I must
I think-
I just keep running.
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
...2022-02-1501 minA Verse for TodayWar ChantExcerpt from WAR CHANT | I AM A POET
...We chant
“Fight like a tiger”
Now and in the whirlwind
Our deaths shall not be in vain
For the triumph of the nation
Has already been ordained...
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-1500 minA Verse for TodayNE-GG-USNE-GG-US | I AM A POET
As God is,
true and present
Negus, I crowned you.
As Men are,
full of wrath and power
Nigga, you defiled my throne.
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-1500 minA Verse for TodayYou're DopeExcerpt from YOU'RE DOPE | I AM A POET
...My eyes were soft then and
I saw a future with you.
To me, you were radical...
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-1500 minA Verse for TodayHopscotchExcerpt from HOPSCOTCH | I AM A POET
...Let’s fly with the birds into the night
where we will rest among supa stars
under the cool of the moonlight...
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-1500 minA Verse for TodayThe WaterTHE WATER | I AM A POET
Moved by the wind
as are the trees
and the birds
Vibrating,
creating
ripples-
dancing
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-1500 minA Verse for TodayBe Like the Sun's FlowerBE LIKE THE SUN’S FLOWER | I AM A POET
The Rain is pleasant so
Drink lots of water
Always-
In the Sun
Bathe, bask and breathe.
Feel every movement
Every moment-
Inhale,
Deep and strong
Exhale,
Long and steady.
When the moon appears
Bow and give
Her your crown.
Fret none
For even you are safe
In her bosom
An...2022-02-0901 minA Verse for TodayPoetry is NOT dead!This is simply a reminder that Poetry is present! Waiting for us to step out into the sun so that light can shine on these crumpled pieces of paper. Poetry is alive and in you.
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
I AM A POET out now! Get your copy at www.CheyanneAlisha.com
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-0201 min
A Verse for TodayThe Voices AgreeSometimes you have to remind yourself of the truth. Even if it means allowing the voices/accents in your head to take center stage.
Voice of Cheyanne Alisha Smith
I AM A POET out now! Get your copy at www.CheyanneAlisha.com
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aversefortoday/message2022-02-0101 min