African in America
The African in America
I live in the middle of the Atlantic
Dying to reach the Pacific
Standing in the middle of sacred waters
Eyes on America
Hands lifting Africa high and mighty
I'm the face of 2 worlds
2 roads to a single manifestation
Somewhere between rockets to the moon
Camels across deserts
Where extreme poverty meets excessive indulgence
Humility, the flip side of flamboyance
I live between ignorance and prejudice
One foot in the past
The other in the future
I am
The present that will forever remain an enigma comprehensible to few.
17 comments:
i think this poem is good and that is a great poem.
good poem (ck2)
i like the way he write and read and talk.
i think poetry make other people feel good when they read it because it about what you know and what you want to tell people about what you know and what you want to know
what a great poem i like the title, African in America
i like the poem because i can understand it and i can picture it in my head
i like the poem because i can understand it and i can picture it in my head (ck2)
Great poem!
creativity
and
meaningful
all of the poem i read are very good...........
i never read his poem before,but when i read it i think that poem are good. i read the poem that the mother die at my classroom and i think that poem is very good and i like that too........ *:)*
I think poem is the easiest way you use to express your feeling weather it is happiness or sadness so that is what Ebe is doing when he read his poem he is telling people what happened to him
he is not telling only about him ,he is talking about others feeling about themselves.
tay said yes i do like poem so i can tell about how i fell
a that day and it make me happy so i can tell people
how i fell
this is another one of my favorite poems
i didn't really like poetry until i heard his spoken word poetry!!!
iTHiNK THA POEM WAS qREAT iliKEd' iT!'
BECAUSE iT WAS THOUGHT OF NOT NOOTHiNG HE JUS PUT TOGATHER REAl QWiCK!HE iS REAllY GOOd POET
ANd iS GOiNG TOO MAKE MANY PEOPlE HAPPY!
iT WAS EASY TOO UNdERSTANd!'ANd iKNO WERE HE iS COMEiNG FROM WiTH iT!'iF YOU ASK ME HE iS GOiNG TOO BE A VERY GOOd POET ONE dAY!BETTER THEN HE iS NOW!=]
I like the poem and it remain me how it was back in African.
i think being with IBe was fun and it thought me a lot about poetry like how it does not only have to rhyme and it should be about how you feel deep down inside and how everything makes you feel at the moment.
i never would have thought that i would like cutting out tape and making words but it was really fun and clam and i am really happy that i got the chance to do the tape art
twaquela miller 3rd hour
my name is jc I like to play football and the book i like is I spy i think the poem is good
I like this poem very much, it reflects on the struggles everyone goes through and how it effects those around them
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