Runako Jahi
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Black Folk Poems
Once Upon A Time, We Were
By Runako Jahi
8 November 2002
Once upon a time, when we were little brown-skinned boys and girls,
A time of home-made biscuits and Alaga syrup,
A time when we got excited over “Easter clothes”
And going to the movies was something really special.
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The Love Poems
Music
By Runako Jahi
14 May 2002
You are harmony and solitude;
Warmth and smiles.
Your voice is like a caress to me.
Soothing, comforting, easy.
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Social Consciousness Poems
Free Like Willie
By Runako Jahi
One hot summer day in a small Georgia town
me and my brother,Willie, were walking down a road, whistling.
It was a quiet, golden Sunday, where the wind blowed softly,
and you could hear the sound of the swaying leaves
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