Simply Runas

By Runas C. Iii Powers

Simply Runas is not just an average book of poetry. Simply Runas is a collection of poems on various themes that ranges from topics of politics, love, and inspiration. Simply Runas also shares deep perspectives on issues personal as well as common dealing with everyday life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 18, 2010
• ISBN: 9781453581247

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Copyright © 2010 by Runas C. Powers, III.

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Contents

Dedication

Introduction

Acknowledgments

INSPIRATIONAL

Katrina

The Walk

One World

Life

Hip Hop Blues

Depression Pickup

Wake Up and Live

Plenty Penny Thoughts

Don’t Sweat the Critique

Inspirational Thoughts

Your Dreams

RECOVERY

Junkie Bird

Addiction Tribulation

Recovery Song

How I Maintain

I Escaped the Trap

Vision From the Past

I

Re Up or Sober Up

They Don’t Understand

I Cannot Explain

Troubled Teen

LOVE

I’m Starved for Your Love

The Woman I Most Adore

Super Bad

Hip Hop, I Love You

Care for You

Unseen Queen

A Scent of a Rose

Let’s Do This

Good Love

A Wife

Sistas

Love

A Woman of Charm

DEDICATION

She’s A Mother

In Dedication To Virginia Tech

An Ode To William Tyndale

Contributions

A Teacher

RELATIONSHIPS

Nothing About Love

Why Must We Play The Game

Love is Complicated

Together We Cry

Oh How We Go On

Friends

Abuse

This Queen

Watch Out

Fantasy of Her

A Story About

A Southern Belle

A Miss

Miss Sade

I Want To Get To Know You

The Man Who Paved The Way

SPIRITUAL

The Crown

The King of Sorrow

Many Struggles

This World

Lift Up and Praise

Deep Within

Images of Life

Roller Coaster

To Know

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

Mrs. Rosa the Soulja

The Situation

The Fight

The Blues of a Negro

Color Culture

Deadly Rhymes

PERSONAL

Soul

The Drum

Device

The Time is Now

When I Rhyme

Poetic Pimping

Poetry by the Pound

How I Cope

All of the Above

Simply Runas

Deep Black Abyss

Lessons from those BS’n

How I Came

Life Is Hard at Twelve

It Is What It Is

Reptile Resemblance

Tormenting My Soul

Self Experience

PHILOSOPHY

My Song

War

When Dreams Die

A Poet Dying Young

A Soliloquy of Tears

A Life

Philosophy

The Path We Take

Dedication

Simply Runas is dedicated in memory of the life

of my uncle, friend, and mentor,

Mr. Tommie Powers.

If you want to see truth, there is art.

If you want to see beauty, there is life.

Introduction

Poetry is my way of life. It has been a great blessing to me and I thrive off the positive energy I receive from poetry. I use it as a way to communicate with others. Being a poet is an outlet for self expression. Also, being a poet is more than rhyming words and using words effectively to get a point across. I see poetry as a way to live my work, as well as, being a spokesman or representative of my culture.

With this art form I use poetry as a way to explain, inform, and entertain.