P.O.E.: Poems of Emotion

By James Watson

This book was titled P.O.E.: Poems of Emotion after one of my favorite authors and poet, Edger Allen Poe, a Baltimore native like myself. There’s a lot of different emotions in this book, some good and some bad. This book is based on real-life events and can really touch home. I’ve been writing for twenty-two years now, and I enjoy every bit of it. I thank God for this gift. And hopefully, I can inspire others to do the same.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796018424

James Watson

Over the past 25 years, James has undertaken in-depth doctoral and post-doctoral study of trans women and their clients. He has worked with various gender organisations in the United States and Australia, and has immersed himself in the lives of the people who appear in this book. He has interviewed gender luminaries such as Carmen Rupe and Georgina Beyer and, equally, has interviewed many people who remain unknown. James has a deep interest in wanting a better world and this passion is expressed in different ways. After helping establish the 'Deep and Meaningful Conversation Meetup Group' in the United States to stimulate engagement on issues of social significance, he founded similar groups in Australia and New Zealand. James lives with his wife in New Zealand and the United States.

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Copyright © 2019 by James Watson.

ISBN:                  Softcover                       978-1-7960-1843-1

                            eBook                            978-1-7960-1842-4

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Rev. date: 02/27/2019

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Contents

Dedications

Acknowledgement

1971-1996 birth and death of a legend

9 to 5

A man with a plan

A Woman’s Understanding

Afeni Shakur

America the hate

Arguments

Attention

Autism

B.A.B.Y-Being.A.Black.Youngster

Background noise

Barbie Doll

Be still

Beat it up

Bi curious

Bipolar

Black Panthers

Boyz 2 Men

Breakfast in bed

Breathe

Bringing me down

Bullying

Butt injection

By the ocean

C.o.m.e-certain.one’s.may.enter

Campaign

Cereal

Chris Brown

Cigarette

Clearing my mind

Confused Used and Abused

Daddy’s little girl

Dancing on the Moon

Deathbed

Degraded

Desperate

Dirty Skin

Distance

Don’t deserve

Driven

Drunk

False information

Father I’ve failed you

Fight

Forever hold your peace

Freedumb

Friend zone

Gang related

Gangsta Paradise

Girl in the magazine

Go DJ

Gold teeth

Gonorrhea

H.o.t T.e.a=Having.One.Thought. Torn.Emotionally.Apart

Heathen

Hell in the cell

Hey black man

Holiday card

Hypocrite

I’m still in love with you

I-ran

In your arms

Jazmine Sullivan

Jimi Hendrix

Last time

Lean

Lesbian

Lies

Life without you

Like a kite

Lipstick

Listen to my heart

Living God

Love at first sight

Love yourself

Lover’s land

Mac and cheese

Making sweet love

Martin Pain

Medicine

Mental illness

Mickey D’s

Molested

Morning sex

My biggest mistake ever

My heart v.s My mind

My prerogative

New Year’s Eve

O.G=Only.God

Together as One

P.A.I.N-Pressure and.Aches.Inside my.Nerves

Paralyzed

Poison

Playing hard

Poetry

Pouring out a little liquor

Prince charming

Restaurant Love

Ride or die chick

Rodeo

Roller Coaster

Romeo and Juliet

Run

Scars

Settling down

Sex at a drive-in movie

Shake Rattle and Roll

Side by side

Side Chick

Slut

So poor

Squeegee kids

Stinky breath

Stop the violence

Stranded

Strawberries And Whipped Cream

Stress free

Sugar Hill

Sweets

Tennessee Whiskey

The Black People Stigma

The boogie man

The high rise

The N word

The rain

The Resurrection

The walking dead

The Wall

The world will see

They will listen

Three’s company

Tupac Shakur

Unborn Child

Under the apple tree

Until we meet again

Walk in my shoes

Warrior

What a man like me needs

Who’s God

Will Smith

Worse news ever

You’re human

You’re still a rose dedicated to Aretha Franklin

Young and Immature

Dedications

I would like to thank My Sodexo crew and staff at 6600 Ridge rd HCR Manor Care for always making me feel at home. I would like to thank all the residents as well you know who you are. I wanted to name all of you but there’s so many to thank for my accomplishment. I would also like to thank everyone at MPRC. Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for always believing in me.

Acknowledgement

Foremost let me thank God and my savior Jesus Christ for allowing me to write another book. If it wasn’t for your wisdom and knowledge I don’t think I would have made it this far. Thank you for your guidance. I’m forever grateful.

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1971-1996 birth and death of a legend

On the 16th day of June

The world was in tune

To a great young man

Who plan

Was to take over the world

His music influence every boy and girl

He was lengendary

And a revolutionary

Like his dad and mom

He hated those Uncle Tom

He never gave props

To crooked cops

He spoke for what he believed in

He spoke from within

He never back down from a fight

He fought for civil rights

They say what happens in Vegas

Stays in Vegas

So what happen that day in Vegas

Why was he killed

Who wanted his blood spilled

Was it a setup

Why he got wet up

Who else was involved

Will this murder ever be solved

We’ve loss more then a legend

We’ve loss a friend

By:James Watson

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9 to 5

I must work a 9 to 5

Just to survive

So if you’re hiring

I’m the man for the job

I’m not lazy

Nor am I a slob

If you’re going to do the job

You have to do it right

I’m willing to work days and night

I can do any position

My vision

Is to do the best that I can

So if you got benefits

And a 401k plan

I’m your man

I’ll work holidays and weekends

As well

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