Jay Délise | This Poem Is For The Black Girls | Poets Resist

Born and raised in Monmouth County New Jersey, Jay Délise is a published poet who has received national recognition for her writing. As a Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Gold Key recipient, Jay has performed at locations such as Pratt University, The United Nations, The Pulitzer Center, and Carnegie Hall. Her work has been highlighted in publications including AFROPUNK, Broadway World, and Huffington Post. She is a poet and a performer, but more importantly she is black and magic.

Jay Délise's Website

Jay Délise on Twitter

Poets Resist
Edited by Sage
February 26, 2019

Jay Délise

This Poem Is For The Black Girls

The Hollaback Girls The two toned blue black fat girls For the "you got the wrong" girls The ones who fight Girls that know how to be straight shooters Raise your heads I take a few steps to the yellow line Two girls As loud as they are black Banji queens Edges laid And inches down their backs I want them to know That they are fine as wine That in that moment I am listening to they way they cackle How it bursts right out of them Loud and unwavering Like it had somewhere to be Somewhere to shine Raise your heads This Poem Is For The Black Girls Sitting in class Whose answers are right But not white enough to be praised out loud in a room This poem is for the black girls who "Did That" Who wave their flag 'Cuz their all copying it anyway And one time for the black girls Authentic Nubian Queens Curve after curveball Of chocolate heaven Un-fuck-wit-a-ble Untouchable Undiluted Black Girl Magic Raise Your Heads Step into it Bathe in the glory that is your chocolate And let the magic soak into your skin Like liquid gold A reminder: To witness even the essence of you is a gift Step into it And for anyone who has ever Made you so afraid of your black You refuse to become it Remember this: Every curl Every curve Every bump Every lump Everything out of place Everything part of you Is worthy to be praised And Black Girl, gon' head!