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    Urban Musings
    Urban Musings
    Urban Musings
    Ebook137 pages48 minutes

    Urban Musings

    By Anthony Arnold

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    In URBAN MUSINGS, Anthony Arnold, author of “My People, Our Trials and Tribulations” returns with a powerful, historical and influential compilation of poetry packed with expressions of hope.

    Arnold's magnificent words resonates a brighter day through remembrance and provoking change.

    “Urban Muse”

    Homeless trying to survive
    Nowhere to go
    Children trying to live
    Streetwalkers and pimps on their corner

    Living in the hood
    An adventure for all
    To live or die
    Another day in the jungle

    This is Urban Musings!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnthony Arnold
    Release dateApr 17, 2014
    ISBN9780985118570
    Urban Musings
    Author

    Anthony Arnold

    Anthony Arnold, raised by his grandmother in a little town called Quincy in Florida, wrote his first piece in the third grade and fell in love with writing ever since that moment; writing has become a comfort and a mainstay to keep him focused.Writing gives Anthony the ability to educate those that have no clue about the things that African Americans have faced and writes of things that will never be taught in schools.He has a desire to show the younger generation that we are much more than what society has labeled us! And to let them know they have come from.A humble man that uses poetry to express what he hears, thinks and passionately feels, Anthony invites you to join him on his poetic journey.

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      Urban Musings - Anthony Arnold

      Another Day in the Life

      Pusher Man

      Junkie

      The Family

      Street Life

      Temptation vs. Survival

      Ghetto Life

      The Mind of a Criminal

      Shots

      Violence

      The Gun

      On the Chain Gang

      The Law

      On the DL

      On the DL Pt. II

      Apologies to Mother

      Genocide

      Homeless

      Homeless Pt. II

      Homeless Pt. III

      My Friends

      Trash Can

      Reality

      Reality Pt. II

      In Tha Projects

      Social Confusion

      Endangered

      Amerikkka

      Winds of Change

      You Don't Know Me

      Lyrical Protest

      The Inner City Blues

      Our Children

      A Life Gone

      No Child Left Behind

      Where Were You?

      Welfare

      A Village

      My Brother

      My Sister

      Smooth Sunday

      The O.G.

      The Elder

      Everyone Knows Everyone in the Hood

      Betrayed

      Betrayed Pt. II

      Betrayed Pt. III

      The Stoop Pt. II

      Urban Muse

      Accolades

      About the Author

      THE STOOP

      Anthony

      I sit here on this stoop watching life pass me by

      Every day I sit here wondering what could have been

      Every day I say I’m gonna do it, gonna get my mojo back

      But everyday I’m right back here again

      My life wasn’t always this way, I wasn’t always a junkie

      I had the love of a good woman, I had friends

      But I ran them all away for a fix, to get high

      I wonder if she knows that I still love her, but she don’t want me

      Melissa

      I sit here thinking to myself

      what would my life be like

      if I would've stayed

      I sit here constantly thinking could I be happy

      if only for just one day

      His love is what I think of as

      I put this blunt to my lips

      this puff in my system is my one fix

      The stress of loving him constantly

      trying to please him

      just tha' thought of wondering

      if I ever made him happy had me running

      Now I'm sitting on my stoop feeling like a dummy

      All I need now

      his is good loving

      Anthony

      I try so hard but my will is weak, this stoop is home

      She lives just 2 blocks away, but its 2 blocks to far

      This is where I get my fix, get my groove on

      Yeah here I am a king, this is my throne

      But yet I crave her love more than any drug

      She was all I ever wanted, all I ever needed

      Now all I want is another fix

      To sit here on this stoop, and wonder

      Melissa

      Making love to his memory

      feels like lightning striking me down

      A queen with no king

      I feeling the loneliness now

      All I need is to get up off this stoop

      two blocks down is where my king hides now

      I could go get him

      but that's a hop and a skip away

      Only if he could just

      meet me half way

      A real love reunited

      means more than

      putting my lips to this blunt

      Tha' stress of no longer having his love

      it means more to me than anything

      That's it

      I'm up

      It's time to go and get my King

      These drugs don't mean a damn thing

      my man is all I need

      Anthony

      Another day here on this stoop, I vow it to be my last

      Yeah I’ve said it before but this time I mean it

      I have the means to end it. I’ve lost everything I’ve ever wanted

      Today this comes to an end. No more

      As I put this poison in my body for the last time

      I hear her voice calling me. Anthony, Anthony. Noooo baby No!

      I’m sorry boo, I didn’t think that you cared, didn’t think that you loved me

      I was wrong, I’m sorry. I loved you more than anything in my sordid life

      Please forgive me

      Melissa

      Our love is stronger than any drug

      I'm here and I vow to you

      I will never leave

      These drugs had are minds doing flips

      playing tricks

      You need them drugs no more

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