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njoma omi
yale miller
yale miller
change
unchanging the collected verses of
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njoma omi
yale miller
change unchanging
the collected verses of yale miller
published 2009 by The Cultural Collective
All proceeds from the sale of this book go to the
YALE MILLER MEMORIAL FUND
Account #8103707397
Bank of America15010 Jefferson
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
Attn: Juanita Robbins
313.821.6804
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CHANGE UNCHANGING: THE COLLECTED VERSES OF YALE MILLER.
Copyright 2008 by Yale Miller/Sankofa Emporium. All rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used orreproduced in any manner whatsoever without expressed written permission
from the publisher. For information contact: The Cultural Collective,8900 E. Jefferson #607, Detroit, Michigan 48214. All proceeds from the sale ofthis book go to the YALE MILLER MEMORIAL FUND, Account #8103707397,Bank of America, 15010 Jefferson, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230,
Attn: Juanita Robbins, 313.821.6804.
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First printing
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faith
solar aura
steak dinner
before the book
watermelon
afrikan flag
find one
alabama red mud
camaraderie?
reconcile
fall
facet yourself
tehutistranded
beautiful
two poems
life
Important men
damn baby
alone
iron bitch
hate
in one
words
one is all
goddess reborn
khryst
yes us
kill my poisoner
change unchanging
khristian focus
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forward iv
contents
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ebony
ode to blackness
valerian white
amerikan breakfast
fuckthisshit
black M3
dollars
miracle
crow
khrist withinfeminism
infactuation
negro please
ahati
smoking goddess
new horizons
social workfor no apparent reason
inglish man
succubi
the wound
89 circa
flavor
power trip
face of heaven
freedom
black blastulae
twin
crash course
shoe
new afrikan horizons
dream
what happened
poem for ya'le by the late great Yakini Abubakhari
for njoma by Kefentse Bandele
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Special thanks to the mentors of Yale Miller
Chimba Omari and Yakini Abubakari
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
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forward
Yale Guy Miller was born on April 9, 1971 to
Edna and Elwood Drake Miller, and received his primary
and secondary education at the New Center Academy (in
the Waldorf tradition), Friends School, and graduated from
Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit, Michigan. Shortly
thereafter he attended Wayne State University, and was
also on scholarship attending Kemetic Studiessponsored by Ipet Isut at the Akwaaba Center.
At eighteen (18) years of age he received his
HIV/AIDS counseling certification and became the
youngest HIV/AIDS counselor in the State of Michigan,
which led to a ten year plus stint at the Detroit Health
Department. After that he enjoyed a teaching position atTimbuktu Academy in Detroit, MI, and was employed at
Catholic Social Services as a prevention specialist serving
various at-risk communities, and mentoring countless
youth on and off the job.
Yale was very active in bringing about social change
which included a Study In at Wayne State University in1989 where the outcome produced an African Studies
program that is still in effect today. Dedicated to the
liberation of African people, at home and abroad, he was a
Pan-Afrikanist who focused on cultural redemption and
the collective restoration of the African mind, heart, body,
and soul which culminated in a physical pilgrimage to
Mother Africa (Kenya) in the early 1990s where he was
initiated into the Gikuyu high culture, becoming very
fluent in the Swahili language.
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As a poet he was published in the anthology Pitch
Black Poetrypublished by Broadside Press, and was aboard member of Kabaz Black Jewels as well as a member
of the Plebispsyche study group. It should also be
mentioned that he was highly successful as a youth activist
and was very involved in every facet of his children's lives
not to mention the youth that he served over the years. As
a contributing member of the Babas Club, which came
out the efforts of fathers whose children attended Nsoroma
Institute in Oak Park, Michigan, he was instrumental in
addressing societal ills and formulating strategies that
could be used to help Black men recapture their
god-selves.
On Saturday, February 24, 2007 around 5:15 p.m.
shortly after departing the residence of a long time friend,
a barrage of fatal gunshots were fired at Yales 1993 jeep
by those whose hearts were overran with violence and
souls devoid of the light of THE CREATOR, claiming his
life at the young age of thirty five (35).
Yale leaves behind his four beloved children,
Fahd (Bahati) Hassan Abubakhari (ten), Edna Leona(Leah) Muthoni (seven), Maya Jan Deborah Selassie
(five), and Ellyne Irene Wrarimu (two) as well as his
loving wife Joya Porties-Miller. He is also survived by his
mother Edna Lewis White (CuCu), father Elwood Drake
Miller (Babu), mentor Bennie White-Ethiopia, brother
Elliot David Miller and wife Amy, special brotherDavid Houghton and his wife Kristie, aunt Deloris Lewis
(Shangazi), uncle Arthur L. and aunt Trinita Lewis, their
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children Justin and Allison, father-in-love Vincent Robert
Porties (Babu), mother-in-love Debra Joyce Porties(Yeiyu), sisters-in-love Cicely, Nadalyn (David Isaiah), his
Kenyan family: CuCu Grace, Gicheru, Sammie, Maggie,
Sarah and Ann, and a village of other special family
members and brothers and sisters in the
Pan-Afrikan and Afrikan liberation movements.
A man of positive actions and righteous convictions,
Yale lived to serve others, but his first dedication was to
amelioration of self, family, people, community, and
culture. While it cannot be denied that his actions and
deeds greatly impacted many people, particularly the
watoto (children), whom held a special place in his heart,
his spirit lives on in the fecundity that sustains
all existence.
May these collected verses afford you an opportunity
to share in Yales convictions, hopes, dreams, sorrows,
frustrations, joys, pains, and ultimately his vision.
The pen continues to be mightier than the sword.
Detroit, Michigan, 2008
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IMANI
TO BELIEVE IN YOU AND YOUR SOUL.
TO TRAVEL IN YOU WITH YOUR MIND.
TO BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE.
TO FIND YOUR AFRICAN POWER IN YOU.
TO COME TO MAAT AND GIVE PEACE.
TO HAVE FAITH IN OTHER PEOPLES SOULS.
TO GO BACK TO YOUR HOMELAND AFRICA.
by Fahd (Bahati) Hassan Abubakhari
10 (ten) years old2009
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Dedicated to the wife, children, and family
of njoma omi Yale Guy Miller
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if seeing is believing
not looking is knowing
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faith is to knowledge
as hope is to belief
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April 9, 1971 February 24, 2007
omi njoma
Yale Guy Miller
PROPHET OF TRUTH
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faith
the faculty sensing absolute truth
processing perceptions refining character
ultimate knowledge certainly
factual beyond flesh
breathe of life ending death
cosmonolougous rhetorician
having harmony within
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solar aura
aakhu jua sol sun
brilliance brings deliverance
thy kingdom come
thy will be done
hellions suffer heavens severance
castrated men oppressed made dumb
find light wielders in the wings
swing low sweet chariot i sing
ra scolds apep the snake
preserving real destroying fake
still the cause good things growonce was blind, now I know
the chlorophyll/melanin need
soul khemystry carbons heed
black seeds of totality
liberate from partiality
as we photosynthesize
the calling to realize
heliolotrous concentricity
return humane civility
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steak dinner
eating products of a wound
will it heal mine as i consume
or exasperate my problems
licking cows seething pain
like a little evil goblin
cattle see me coming
and know it's time to sweat
though i do not hate you
ive reveled in your death
you tasted your family's gore
as you breathed your last breathnow your blood drips from my jaws
gnashing and rending without pause
like a rebel without a cause
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before the book
i am a man of JAH not a man of the book
you worshipers of the book shall perish for your idolatry
no book can tell me of RA resonating in my soul
faith is the faculty tediously unlearned
through worldly parenting
and books books books
the books you deify know nothing
JAH speaks to essential man,
bumbling scribes misinterpret
holy symbols are misused by lack of insight into
bahavad-gita, al-quran, and other biblesanxious for the freedom carried in subtle breezes
missed in the fervor of flipping through impotent pages
making gods of whimsical definitions
appraising sizes shapes and cover designs
finding beauty in particles shitting on others
exclaiming I have the truth
denying that she has you
frantically producing swords guns and books
to defend your prophecies of peace
killing the peaceful by natures grace
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before the book/continued/
imaginative youth find refuge in dreams
and ethereal idols of unbounded words
the lord is my shepherd I shall not want
to worship your graven crosses dollars and books
but o the green pastures
my alter is there
where mumbi met gikuyu
where eshu bridges planes
where khunum spins his wheel
calling all to paradise
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watermelon
undressed
succulent sweet delicate flesh
cut for comfort in eager palms
sucked and poked til seeds emerge
catching every sumptuous fluid drop
upon lips tongue and skin
engulfing epicurean ecstasy
til an exhausted sticky end
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afrikan flag
Red as the vitality of diverse warriors forever eminent
Black as the infinite depths of holes in outer space
Green as the perfect tempo of corn strides in breezy fields
I am the foundation for the opener of ways
like the swallow, none can hinder me
I am the one reckoned
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find one
answers within condone no sin
nature is balance each soul kin
hold to truth peace harmony rhythm
opposites attract? Obey this system
yin + yang + dark + light+
moon + sun + woman + man
= 1
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alabama red mud
finally
alabama red mud
dirt my color
earth hued afrikans
come in all shades
mine is alabama red mud
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camaraderie?
neglect and disregard oppose intimacy
while faith inspires unity, you are disappearing
will and intention are hardly mentioned
so where is camaraderie
fateful decisions are made silly
my heart is filled with sorrow and
i miss the glory of love
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reconcile
wayward pretensions precluded theft
of mind ether time and space
ulterior affections result in utter condemnation
the light of becoming defeats transgressions
brilliance reveals the venomous secrets
barriers against intimacy crumble
pleasure has no appeal as we work for peace
synthesizing principled convictions
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fall
bowlegged black baby runnin' down the hall
dont fall
already cursin his mama
black boy don't fall
bowlegged pseudo-man cursing us all
nigga
hurry up and fall
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facet yourself
there is one truth
with so many facets
you wont know them all
that is until The All calls
submitting your will completely
making you a deity
perfect angelic servant
facet yourself
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tehuti
husband of Truth
guide of ancient quills
now mine
perpetuate thine perfection
manifest real progress
pointing to conscience beyond scrolls
in words known to souls
the seat of which is black and rich
minds womb, holy tomb thank you whom
till there
perpetuate thine perfection
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stranded
stranded
awaitin salvation
divine redemption
burnt out transmission
tow trucks only come
if you call them
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beautiful
red dirt
green grass
white rocks
blown up mountain
roaring four lane highway
whatever happened to a small dirt road
one lane comin-
one lane goin
granddaddy said
beautiful used to bes
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two poems
two african scholars
admired by masses
with beautiful large asses
causing internal struggles
for my tongues titillation
of the labia universa
a symphony of pleasure
becomes a queen
sweating sweet affection
imagine my excitement
at the scent of her arousaland the rhythm of her stride
reverberating my soul
into her throws of passion
lost in wonderment transfixed
fervently plowing my field
butt around switch hitter hips
of another even more intrigued
by tasting my ablutions
tossing up forbidden delicacies
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two poems/continued/
may my senses remain consumed
by excellent ignorance
except for heaven on earth
for she is more than sensual treats
a volcano erupting fluid light
granting another black sand shore
as her magical powders settle
providing the vital ash
for ancient rituals of power
a phoenix race's resurrection
her orgasm rains divine protectiona paradigm of love
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life
creation of expectation
continuous
fermentation of senses
inflation of reality
terrible truth
experience
transition
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important men
important men
flip through papers
make love to beautiful women
and eat well
important men
ride in big cars
making phone calls
saying no
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damn baby
damn baby!
you so large
you keep growing
quite intimidating
with that large knife
set it down, its already bloody
as i wait, scared
foolishly willing
to die
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alone
since the murder
i have grown
alone
here in this
deep dark dank womb
warm nurturing healing
when you left
once again
the universe became
my woman
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iron bitch
the muse of a thousand poets
impenetrable by my words
ignoring my affections
what i thought was fertilizer
ain't shit to her
my heart begins to morn
for the stranger i adorned
impartially took my baubles
dropping carelessly at her feetdesperate seeds sprout in sand
still seeking the moisture of paradise
tromped under adamant paws
the iron bitch drags a sleigh
full of baggage across the desert
loathing the terms of her existence
shrugging of an oasis
as if only a mirage
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hate
thieves are not to blame
for the pain which wracks my brain
depressing my dimensions
into psychotic directionless delirium
compromising my inherent integrity
out of noble essence into the enemys trap
what karmic debt must i pay to be free
the giant mosquito mounting petrifies me
sucking sucking sucking
parents of the gods, help me smash her
before she leaves my body a huskand feeds me to eggs making more like her
i cannot go peacefully neither can i make war
therefore i hate myself
i hate hating myself
when i havent done what i aught to do
hate excuses my non-doing
becoming weak with discontentment
wallowing in desperate disease
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hate/continued/
loathing the futility my hate produces
the infertility the ignorant chaos
the masochism of torturous complacence
how long will i venture not to move
toward a humane destiny
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in one
becoming Khrist is a goal where evil is normal
where Khrist is normal perfection's home
life run, supercede time
accepting divine
fathers and sons
in one
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words
breaths formation contemplation
parted mouth's reverberations
resound throughout the universe
thus return blessing or curse
reliant upon intent force and rhythm
when true say them
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one is all
who has called the one and all
one creating all, yet distant
preyed too externally
i attest blaspheming west
did invest this pest o' tests
eastern eyes with sun rise
to see the skies within
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goddess reborn
consider your divine attributes
find the symbols each of them suits
don yourself in such finery
of daughters and sons of egypts ancestry
sparkling robes, the sheerest of gowns
kilts, vests, headdresses profound
accentuate body set aura aglow
prepare for a festive energy flow
the time is right, planets congruent
the goddess reborn offers unguent
bring her a smile a will to dancean inkling to love perchance?
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khryst
Original Source
Balanced Dialect
Clairaudient Voice
Upright Square
Passionate Prosperity
Perfect Paradigm
Sovereign Love
Astral Matrix
Pregnant Potency
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yes us
obeying cosmogenius law
rebellion self destructs by design
not to be born again
christians have you forgotten
the Khrist before Jesus
the question Y must replace the silent J
to finally betray the devil's lie
the truth is Yes-us
before any savior saint or other crucifixions
the kingdom of heaven is within
each and every vibrating molecule
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kill my poisoner
that shit you fed me
is fighting in my stomach like demons
what foolishness made me trust you
if only i could vomit
my brain might stop throbbing
distress disrupts my synapse
i snap leaping in spastic convulsions
to kill my poisoner
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change unchanging
becoming what is
ever changing into the unchanging
is
life beyond existence
acceptance tolerance adoration respect
redundant monotonous peace
comfort is not complacence
change!
into the constancy of change unchanging
divine paradox
the same yesterday as evermorejust honorable real
conscience awaits your dance
change into unchanging
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khristian focus
the Khristian focus is God in everyone
Yesyou represents the point of connection
His Imperial Majesty
The Prince of Mercy Justice and Peace
The Wholly Spirit is free
the sun of man is
manhood, management, manifestation
of The Sovereign God's kingdom, our nation
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ebony
if your timelessness was recognized
by my fragmented particles
i might accept your CPR
your gaze permeated me
before your hyacinth breath
only 18 years in flesh
upon this musical alter
your tongue breaks concrete
turning soil to plant a gardenfull of playscapes for ghetto babies
eating the intellect of monsters
regurgitating mercy
your husky voice summons naps
to the pillow on your lap
where I nap further dreaming
of milky pearls dribbling
from the mouth of a babe
imbibed and inundating
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ebony/continued/
your ancient maternal purity
original yet so very new
if only I could hear you
like my own conscience
among these foreign folkways
your wisdom might absorb me
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ode to blackness
what in reality isnt black, in darkness unseen unknown
what subject do you know all about
putting it completely in the light, none
do you fully comprehend ink on paper
the beauty of knowledge is discovery
the smart ones never stop learning
only fools have knowledge
the rest are had by her overwhelming blackness
an ever realizing relationship
thought un-betrayed until spoken and acted upon
how black is the you nobody has seenas Unseen controls the scene
is your spirit privately as it seems to us absorbing it
where is the home of the light you emanate
if not the carbon of your cells paneling your photosynthesis
in the twinkling song of spectrum even the light is black
as colors extend mix and change becoming indistinguishable
like blue and violet shimmering in onyx eyed reflections
what in reality isnt black in darkness unseen unknown
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ode to blackness/continued/
what subject do you know all about
putting it completely in the light, none
ink on bright white paper do you fully comprehend
the beauty of knowledge, discovery
never get enough un-quantifiable stuff
only fools have knowledge
the rest are had by an ever realizing relationship
the Un-definable begets the defined
as children are born of abyssal wombs
(Nun fathoms the miracle of birth)
coming out of blackness
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valerian wine
degrees of peace digest revelations
psychic channeling pores breathe
inspiring northern highlights
calming adversity in Sirius blue
intensifying lifes radiance
as sweet drops squeezed, from petals drifted
return to lotus core
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amerikan breakfast
black chinese like teas
mingle with diversity
homeboys span the globe
of richer color than coffee
drunk with milk and cream
sweetened by tan shafts-crushed
chemicalized into crystalline granules
even the wheat of my bread is bleached
the texture is gummy between my teeth
with grafted scraps of unfamiliar beasts
potential frappe is merely a condimentmy berries are minced my vine fruits pickled
only my leafy greens are crisp
this morning i am in amerika
the sun rises as any place
breaking violent constipation
burning through mucus and too much fat
diarrhea aerates lucky bowels
bodies become earth ethers become air
though no shamba may grace this scene
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amerikan breakfast/continued/
there is still cooperation
among men and land and tools
loving the unity of God
in this valley of death
reality dispels illusions
as bitter frigid space and time
melt on undeniable horizons
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fuckthisshit
venturing to move away from violent ingratitude
witch pays my bills keeping me hooked
unable to digest, nervous stomach trouble
her brand of love is domineering force
lying beneath a faade of professionalism
she professes to care
she professes to remember
she professes
she is only a professor not a parent or teacher
leading me to say fuckthisshit
i cannot afford to compute her false datai cry out
leave me be cuz you dont know me
my words are tired and out of breath
i count the drops of blood diluting creeping ichors
witch quantifies life and hates numerology
her prosthetic tentacle, i refuse decomposition
becoming bionic through psychophysical intelligence
redefining artificial
breaking away
transforming
into a new machine
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black M
fibrous fruits scrape rotten glued meat
thirty feet from intestinal walls
herbal tonics restored vitality
water flushes heavy toxins
physical healing becomes meditative spirit food
a stomach shrinks to moderate size
focal chakra increase potency
in men once dimmed by hateful vengeance
respect for retrospect returns
consoling psychic repercussions of satans greatest gaffle
cleansing static minds cling, millions of men convenethe nations resource on crackers front porch
a dynamic sovereign display
of neglected forbears civil ways
the whole village prays
Free The Land!
this federally reserved plantation
demands unemployed emancipation
with choices of freedom in quad formation
communing to stand on solid ground
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black M/continued/
where New Afrikans abound
atonement resounds, resolutions round
divine forgiveness rings profound
hounds fear Reciprocities' order
though black men did not draw this border
we now approach with confidence
to stand for justice and recompense
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dollars
notes of promise
from liars
IOU silver
gold and happiness
bitter scrounging
petty wars
lust blood and tears
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miracle
your miraculous appearance
out of the bowels of hell
like my own
impassioned polyrhythmic breaths
were you my husband and i your wife in a past life
known as one self
marriage of I and I
with this power we shall fly
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crow
the black caw circles
flashing glance recounts, ignorance
deathly quiet precedes, calamities
plucking corrupt eyes, spiraling dread
perches on heads of mentally dead
pure rogue saint bandito
horrible thief of carrion
gulping bloody senses
ground in freedoms gizzards
where blazing coals rage
fanned by deceitful bellowsa morbid gust goes, remaining unfathomed
circling beyond 360
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khrist within
love all, not to condone
lust nor greed which poisons home
to know a mans Khrist within
observe the rule which governs him
twisted words misrepresent
continued action proves intent
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feminism
dont be insane
a man aint yo bane
Aman made yo brain
dont be afraid
we're all man hand made
then birthed through
yo mamas womb
hence the intense experience
your first mans day
half yo existence is man
girl dont be afraid
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infactuation
beyond our platonic ties
im possessed by x-ray eyes
doomed to fantasize
the hollows of your comely thighs
weaning from a precious milk
an aura wrapping me, supple as silk
the babe of age denied the breast
as hawks bring solid food to nest
before the test of fledglings
to fly or die
give me reality let me chew
strengthening bone flesh and sinew
nudge me to leap and plunge so deep
until an upward coasting sweep
lifts me into the sky
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negro please
you still a broke ass nigga
gettin paid
gettin laid in the shade
tryin to hit a lick
with all that slick shit
beggin massa please
steady payin fees
how you gonna grow
down on yo knees
nigga grow niggagrow
nigga negro please
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ahati
at tension attention aten chan
Tamos shaolin returns
to orient our black dance
the science of holy defiance
from nile valley through song shan province
since he came from pallava to kan chi
indus kushite in china free
fanning the flames of unity
Bodhidarmas skills return
that babylon may swiftly burn
flickering red gold green blackfinally peeling the cap
off of cap it all ism
the true universalist mission
to manufacture anuka
as Buddhas blessed chuan fa
drives home resounding aha
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smoking goddess
a beautiful black goddess
smoking like a dragon
her wrath, stern harsh yet just
she knows the immortality of love
her faithful convictions
shall never falter
her world is cruel
and she communicates well
pacing her inevitably violent existence
by puffing clouds of death
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new horizons
so many suns linger on horizons
avoiding the apex of midday
smoldering chocking on uncertainty
fearing needed change
relearning lessons known all too well
anxiously forgetting the cycle
dwelling on pleasures of the night
but the day is so young
for high strung well hung afrikan bandits
destined to restore a life of ecstasy
arise o sun you are the godof crops of seas of men
rise in honor of your mother
who knows your silent names
rise in honor of your father
with timely seeds of freedom
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social work
a concentrated beam of force
enlightens the wisest course
peacefully pursuing peace
though demons on the land unleashed
wreak havoc on partial selves
the myth of western culture fails
only Shu blows Nubian sails
throwing overboard complacence
with arms of love and common sense
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for no apparent reason
for no apparent reason
i break out in tears
i call your name with fear
for no apparent reason
you walked out on me
i wonder where you cold be
for no apparent reason
i sing you this song
youve been gone too long
for no apparent reason
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inglish man
du a luk lak an inglish man
way yu worin bot haw mi yus der wurds den
de was only fa paten an sellin tings
befo we com tawkin bot Jah Rasta
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succubi
shes one a dem succubi
shell suck you dry
she hates the man you see
just drinks his precious energy
shell entice you with her frame
sweet voice or the sound of her name
disciplines her bane, she plays a deadly game
she wants the energy, released in a mans seed
shell suck you again and again
until your life is drained
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the wound
before painful memorys came
the startling visualization
crimson slices in flesh
spreading into beautiful sheets and streams
remarkable yet pleasantly temporary
now a crusty puss filled character
is often teased and scraped
from nostalgia
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89 circa
im my own god im not a faade
im your brother not your sire
so stay off my sac
ill set your pyre on fire
if you don't step back
i hold a few titles
i don't worship idols
these recitals is vital to our survival
apep's my rival
temper my swordwith the heat of my bible
to compromise is not viable
the means to freedom is tribal
unity is divinity
you front on me im not liable
for what happens to you
through me and my crew
you bound to catch you an eyeful
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flavor
flavor most
thick flavor
thick!
sweet tart
grapefruit cocktail juicy
flavor
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power trip
get that cracker off yo wall!
im talkin bout jesus yall
from stain glass raping yo ass
Cross Pimps collect cash
congregangsters talkin shit
catchin spirits throwin fits
holy? I doubt it
where's the men?
harmonious culture,semblance of kin
and land control relationships
since youre on a power trip
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face of heaven/In memory of Grandmother Irene Gildresleeve Lewis/
freedom is immanent
great artificer in crisp smelling linen
the dance of your soul is beyond
earths atmosphere is your blue gown
now the wind tells us to just keep goingyour playful theatrics are the song of birds
crying and praying for your wisdom
with grace we remember your light
the way you lived in Khrist
we honor the holy spirit
of a woman who often smiled
into the face of heaven
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freedom
Freedom thumps in your heartbeat
Slavery wont let you see
Distorted reality don't want me to be
Programmed through my TV
Theyre taxing my water and electricity
Taxing my property but don't take care of me
Is theyre will and intent government
I thought that's what welfare meant
Fat pigs say the moneys spent
Switching patterns of a maze
To keep some in a lab rat race
But the rhythm moving through your soul
And every virtue you extol
Purifies the temple
Physical spiritual mental
How can we reach the pentacles
If we always eat their chemicals
So full of disease we burn or freeze
For some more polluted cheese
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freedom/continued/
But them rebels have got a plot
To blast lab walls till they drop
Swinging swords of third ventricles
Slashing the krakens tentacles
Saving the world
Let words of truth unfurl
Now is the time
To recompense the crime
Time for nation time for race
Time for time, time for space
Our own kindFree the land for peace of mind
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black blastulae
the penis enters the vagina like ooosh
stretch push grind bend
precious fluids blend
strokin strokin stroking
til we exite the penile glands
then ejaculation
sploosh out comes jism
yes and sperm begin to swim
with sole purpose finding the ovum
to fertilize up in a fallopian
thus we have conceptionthe cell splits, they split again
after two more times we have
blastulation
Black Blastulation
foundation of the nation
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twin
We met through pre-destiny
Planetary commonality uncanny
Separate parents yet progeny
twin called the case
Our purpose to unite our race
Vivid visionary style
Utopian gods profiles beguile
Away I miss familiar vibe
Summoned inside black ocean tribe
Hard to describe, certainly kindred
Through fire earth and color redWhat shall this friendship beget
At least something I won't forget
Sista love sent from above
Felling sad and displaced
So beautiful with solemn grace
Unbecoming this frown
Let beams set off your crown
Enlightening inner vision
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twin/continued/
Seeing right decision
Let nicety of Jahs embrace
Summon pearls to your face
With your cheeks upward crease
With your breath pleasant speech
Though in the belly of the beast
Your innocence his poisoned feast
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crash course
Looking inward
I see
She is outer vision
On a crash course collision
With herself
With skeptical heart and head
Her logic leaves her black-dead
Like brain dead but only
To what she cant see
All are blind to blackness
Still fear not to enterOur living fuel lies deep
Vibrant Within our center
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shoe
impressions complement feats past
in skins, with sole
the base of history
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new afrikan horizons
so many suns linger on horizons
avoiding the apex of midday
smoldering chocking on uncertainty
fearing needed change
relearning lessons known all too well
anxiously forgetting the cycle
dwelling on pleasures of the night
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dream
dream of unity and work
see the vision of divine reality
resolve to establish our kingdom on earth
dream the dream of heaven in daily service
manifest the miracles mortals say are impossible
ride the waves of dream into a better world
dream of Afrikan sovereignty and establish it
in your inner space
carry it to the farmers, clothiers, and architectsof your village
dream of the ancient Afrikan panacea restored
give the dream breath, hands, feet, and future
to sing, dance, clap and crumble the walls of hate
dream of superior technology long forgotten
solar powered hovercraft and crystalline domes
clean air and water, peaceful homes and gardens
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dream/continued/
dream of the Afrikan diet and eat your dream.
dream of eggplant, yams, cassava and melons
purple, orange, white, and green,
dream the dream of survival.
dream, wake up, see, be and do. dream of study,
and prayer
envisage the light of your aura radiating throughout
the world.shoot like a star into perspective on planets, galaxies,
and universe.
walk fully grounded sharing the dream of saints, saviors
and redeemers.
dream like Marcus, Ida B., Malcolm, Sojourner, Martin,
and Fannie Lou.
dream awake and do.
dream aloud and say, give voice to the mind of freedom
dream
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what happened
whatever happened to
no matter what
ill always be here
ill never leave you
you know Ill love you
no matter what
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poem for yale
by the late great Yakini Abubakhari
Born of The energy of NEBULAE,
destined for the replication of
time and space and thought
The bearer of truth by thy own presence
a hope for all our tomorrows
The seed of our universe
See the path created only for THEE
and be about your ancestral job
your mind, thoughts, eyes, touch, tasteare your bestowed weapons
choose them well,
for each is blessed
with our collective energies.
One Love
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for njoma
by Kefentse Bandele
His soul ambition was for us to be free,
and now theres a hole in our African community.
I'm outraged, because all the brotha did
is what real brothas do,
attain information and knowledge and
pass it to the youth.
BlackStar bookstore is once again in my poem,
That's the genesis of our relationship,
or where I got to knowem.Comin in, tall and bronzed skin, always
with a smile,
he was usually seen with either or both
woman and child.
I have guilt in my heart, took it for granted
that Id always seeem again,
either at BlackStars anniversary or at
the African World fest at summers send.
But wheres the consistency in my last line?
If I called him my brother we should havebroke bread all the time.
But never-the-less, you will not die in vain.
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for njoma/continued/
Those lost African souls who assassinated you
will thoroughly know your name.
Even if it comes to inflictin pain!
Njoma, me and the community gon look after
yo seeds,
and to the greatest of our ability provide
yo queen with what she needs.
So until we meet again look around that place,
all those we talked about and learned from,
you can clearly see their faces.Malcolm X, Dr. Clarke, Kwame Ture, and so on.
Now your eldest child must step up with a legacy
to build on.
And you yourself have taken on a spiritual mission,
and Im lightin a white candle to smooth out
your transition.
Youve rejuvenated us all, and now I gotta another
story to tell.
From the entire African community my brother,
we bid you farewell.
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All proceeds from the sale of this book go to:
YALE MILLER MEMORIAL FUND
Account #8103707397
Bank of America
15010 Jefferson
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
Attn: Juanita Robbins
313.821.6804
Contributions and donations are also welcome.
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On Saturday, February 24, 2007 at5:15 p.m., shortly after leaving theresidence of a long time friend,Yale Miller, affectionately known tofamily and friends as Njoma, wasviciously murdered by fatal shots
fired at his jeep, claiming his life atthe young age of 35.
Husband, father, teacher, counselor,activist, and poet, to say thatNjoma will be missed is indeed agross understatement. However, wemust rejoice in the realization thatthe works of his spirit live on in thefecundity that sustains all existence.
This opus of his collected versesstand as a living testament to themajesty of his quintessence.
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