Poetry (Jamaal Bonnette)

Sep 20, 2019

Black History Love (snippet)

I ask myself multiple times if I should let you back into this home. My couch isn’t ready for your weight, and I’m not talking about in...

Barry

Mar 12, 2019

Left Unsaid

Stable Firm I was in need of some change and I saw that you were the brightest diamond around.. She laid on my chest not aware of how...

Barry

Mar 12, 2019

SHE

She manages to ignite charcoal like entities of supernatural, bringing the darkness to light She separates clouds as her smile...

Barry

Mar 12, 2019

Open

The boy who cried wolf with a herd of sheep. Or the boy who cried shark at the beach just to have the sodium chloride like waters to...

Barry

Mar 12, 2019

Delivery Room

I see you. Angles dancing in your corneas as your first breath is of second hand smoke infecting your lungs with the whisper of the devil...

Barry

Mar 12, 2019

Revisit

I ask myself multiple times if I should let you back into this home. My couch isn’t ready for your weight, and I’m not talking about in...

Barry

Aug 22, 2018

Behind Eyelids

Still shining; underneath the black cloth that has engulfed us in a room 100 degrees below light, and your chakras are the only thing...

Barry

Aug 22, 2018

The Lifeguards Seat

The sea breeze rushing through the pores of my skin. Goosebumps rise from my flesh getting their first look at the universe. The smell of...

Barry

Jun 26, 2018

Flashback

I came up on her unexpectedly Her senses felt me before her mind caught up with reality. My hands, like vise grips on her waist making...

Barry

Jun 26, 2018

Don't Remember Me

Leave me in all the places you left me and forget me. Don't remember me. Don't think of any place we could be. Or that restaurant where...

Barry

Jun 25, 2018

Untitled

Time Existing in places you would never think. Spaces. Traces. Of everything left behind in our tumble. Summersaults Cartwheels Ferris...

Barry

Jun 25, 2018

Segment

Let me caress your hot spots and heat up the furnace. Make old memories new with thoughts refurbished. No more skeletons in our closet...

Barry

Jun 25, 2018

Godiva Prayers

Sweet tooth craving every inch of you. Chocolate kisses left on caramel skin making this the sweetest Snickers I've ever seen. This must...

Barry

Jun 25, 2018

Chinese Handcuff

My fingers glued to my phone so I've been typing in my notes. About broken hearts of broken girls I tried to piece together but ended up...

Barry

Jun 24, 2018

Mary

Rain pouring Mind racing Need sedating with this reefer that im dating, and we're never debating so the love is sacred. Never seen a...

Barry

Jun 24, 2018

Meditation and alignment has been my confinement. Creating a space in which I can reflect with no mirror or river. Conversations with my...

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Jun 24, 2018

Cabinet

Is this really the moment? You know I hate rollercoasters, but I love adrenaline. I'm confused about the deception, so what type of...

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Apr 16, 2018

Half

Time standing still in places I want it to move. Forceful attempts to fit in like a screw stuck on a groove. Power tools can’t tighten...

Barry

Apr 16, 2018

Flight to Houston

This layover has my whole mind ready to lay over.. Stagnant in this river of your emotions.. and my emotions. Gate 4 Group 4 Window seat...

Barry

Apr 10, 2018

Worm Moon

She had a purple mind. Blue heart. Green stomach, and red bottoms… I wondered where she could’ve been, or where she was coming from. Or...

Barry

Feb 23, 2018

2.21.18

You had my mind all made up before a decision was even on the table. You had my vote before election Can you tell me what's next?...

Barry

Feb 1, 2018

The Sky's Hour Glass

I just wanna stay warm and look at the stars. And trace out the constellations. There goes Orin's belt. The Big Dipper. There goes You...

Barry

Jan 1, 2018

Talking to Lavenders

Temperate thoughts lost in the crevices imbedded in your cheekbones. Hazelnut diamonds entice unimaginable truths to surface to reality....

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Dec 24, 2017

Laying in carnations frolicking in the knee high grass. Sliding swiftly through the waist high tundra. Staying afloat in the chin high...

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Jul 26, 2017

"Indigo White Water"

Falling deep Indigo white water It's a tug... Snatched Whirlpool Counterclockwise Pull tug It's a tug... Not falling, But like being...

Barry

May 27, 2017

5/27/2017 17:28

Been saving my graces for a blessing like you. Been saving all my first impressions to impersonate and embody everything your heart...

Barry

Oct 26, 2016

Chapter 4

“Got me going crazy thinking bout you. Lost inside a world that’s so unfamiliar. Shatters pictures. And suddenly it hits me, this cruel...

Barry

Oct 25, 2016

Moonless Sky

You move just like the ocean. Creating ripples in my mind that extend throughout my soul. You look just like sun. Shining, blinding to...

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Oct 25, 2016

Open Letter

I keep writing poems for women who deserve better so here is my open letter. Sincerely, Everything you used to be. Or want to be...

Barry

Oct 25, 2016

Imagine life in all its happiness. Smiles and laughter like unspoken blemishes on the face of bliss. Creation. Emancipation. Of...

Barry

Oct 25, 2016

Colors

Purple falls right into place with the space embedded in your face. Amethyst, how have you been? Your indigo is individual, wondering...