1 Black woman   it was my wish that brought you here 2 Black woman it was my ribs that formed you 3 Black woman it was my lust that makes you burn 4 Black woman it was 'all me' that made you mine 5 Black woman it was my call that echoed your name 6 black woman it was my deed that fanned the flame 7 Black woman it was my tongue that sucked your lips 8 Black woman it was my eye that summoned you 9 Black woman it was my lips that tasted you 10 Black woman it was my arms that entangles you 11 Black woman it was my mouth that screamed your name 12 Black woman it was me that opened you up 13 Black woman it was my poetry that attracted you 14 Black woman it was my silence that made you cry 15 Black woman it was my strength that supported you 16 Black woman it was my heat that warmed you 17 Black woman it was my toil the gave you a roof 18 Black woman it was my my life that made you live 19 Black woman it was my rib that formed you 20 Black woman it was my shame that gave you pride 21 Black woman it was my illness that taught you patience 22 Black woman it was my stench that made the manic real 23 Black woman it was my seeds that gave you fruits

1 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Hands and legs enfolding me Like a mould of clay 2 I like the 'BLACK' woman's creative hand moving across my flesh 3 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Fingering me like a sensitive hand on a keyboard 4 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Touching me the way, the number of times 5 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Writing letters on me, tracing them into my thinking 6 I like the 'BLACK' woman's with lip as red as wine Sculpting words 7 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Whose chatter move in melodious time 8 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Whose speech advertise her root 9 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Whose talk emphasis her difference 10 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Whose language shows the reason for my existence 11 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Whose eyes creates that which I contemplates 12 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Whose eye held the promise of a RACIAL dream 13 I like the 'BLACK' woman's Whose red gauge fans the flame 14 I like the 'BLACK' woman's trying to make my juju rhyme

1 Jump, jump jumping the little goat leaps Paddling away… 2 An ewe Stops a second Crops some grass And paddle away. 3 Under the mango tree round and round the children turn up and down the branch they swing 4 A tree ancient as the tribe under it shade papa sat such scenes as old as time 5 The herds paddling round and round wind paddling through the trees Grandpa comes cracking twigs… 6 Granddaughter paddling off in a swirl Onto grandpa lap, flash she goes Again and always it is the way they meet

POEMS BY Urdeen OMOSUN all rights reserved 2003