"BlackBerry Sweet"



Black girl  black girl
Lips as curved as cherries
Full as grape bunches
Sweet as blackberries

Black girl black girl
When you walk you are
Magic as a rising bird
Or a falling star

Black girl black girl
What's your spell to make
The heart in my breast
Jump stop shake

About this poem

Address the issue of blackness and identity �

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Written on October 13, 2023

Submitted by hlatshwakozakhe4 on October 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abxb Acxc Adxd
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 276
Words 62
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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2 Comments
  • Pelton
    Hi, Zwakele ! Do you happen to know about short poems "Mamba" - 3 lines? Just leant about recently but can not find any example so far.
    LikeReply2 months ago
  • Pelton
    Nice and cheering !
    LikeReply2 months ago

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