Poetry Archives - The Burning Spear

Solyana Bekele, Managing Editor - October 11, 2026

Black woman,you were never born merely to follow.You came from the kind of bloodthat remembers how to command a roombefore a word is spoken-how...

A Taste Of Freedom

Makeda Baraka - September 13, 2026

From gardens rooted deep in the neighborhood ground,To ovens where liberation is lovingly browned,Uhuru Bakery & Café ain’t just serving slices sweet-It’s a movement...

IT WILL COME

Makeda Baraka - August 11, 2026

You can't hide in your jobor hide in your churchor hide in your practice of being pleasantor even hide in your own optimismbecause you...

Our Own Liberators

Makeda Baraka - July 11, 2026

We are our own liberators.Surely no one thought we'd sit forever waiting for those who placed us in bondage to free us from it.Surely...

“WE ARE NOT ASKING”

Makeda Baraka - June 7, 2026

We are not asking. Let that settle first.We are not asking for dignity from a system that survives by denying it.We are not asking...

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