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Wheatley Poems - Poems about Wheatley

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Premium Member Upon My Head
..."So, he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on h......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, in memoriam, poetess, spoken
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member 1st African-American Female Published Poet- Phillis Wheatley-
...Phillis A slave bought by rich man named John Wheatley lived with his family She had 3 children Married a man who treated her badly Lover of books and words was taught how to read and wri......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, analogy, appreciation, books, identity,
Form: Bio



Premium Member She Came Over On a Slave Ship
...her name is Phyllis now she was captured as a child rounded up like cattle arrived on a slave ship was sold to a rich family they taught her to read and to write she took their religion a......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse


Lost Love
...Another good friend I lost today Kathy Wheatley Bowen I will see you again I treasure the times we had together Those memories I will always remember So many loved you and many tears will be sh......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Poet Has Imagined
...P-oet H-as I-magined L-ovely L-ines I-n S-ublime W-ords H-aving E-xpressed A-mazing T-houghts L-ike E-xcellent Y-ou Topic: Poet (Phillis Wheatley) Form: Vertical Monocrostic......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, poets,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Her Sweet 42 Year-Old-Boy
...She loved her forty-two year old boy, so completely, He was her obedient little guy, His actions never made her sigh or cry. She was glad to fold his laundry ever so neatly. The arrangement wa......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, fun, funny,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
A Prayer For Abused Children
...I pray for the little ones who suffer and cry In the hands of demons here on earth. Parents who do not care if they live or die Who never gave love, they just gave birth. My heart bleeds with p......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, child abuse, children, death,
Form: Quatrain
For Alexa Wheatley
...Your innocent eyes have seen Evil, From someone who should have loved you. But he just beat your poor body at will, So much pain you must have gone through! Nobody heard your hidden cries, Nob......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, abuse, child, death,
Form: Quatrain
Remember Wheatley
...REMEMBER WHEATLEY You called me dear a pagan land When all my big sons in hand In prayers fully drowned Allah they Often quoted in their fated disarray To the New World. Their masters In true......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, black african american, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Keith Edward Baucum
...Hello my name is Keith Edward Baucum. I am a black male who was born on the day of July 10, 1982. I'm the youngest out of my mother's seven children. I am from Laurinburg North Carolina. I ......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, black african american, ,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Let's Lead the Way
...Over 200 years of oppression Now days are we paying for our transgressions Doing slavery we used our bravery Breaking the chains doing the inhumane suffering and pain While being disrespected by ......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, black african american, history,
Form: Rhyme
Tomorrow
...If at one point that i could blink, And in that blink i could be away, Away anywheres else, Where would i pick, I would pick tomorrow, I would want to go into a new place, A new day, A new adv......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, travel,
Form: I do not know?
Home of the Slaves
...Land of the free Home of the slaves The blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors resonate Amongst the soil where they were slain I’m hearing their struggle I’m feeling their pain I can’t imagine being ......Read the rest...
Categories: wheatley, allegory, black african american,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs