Oil & Water: A collection of raw and unfiltered urban poetry

By Montia Morgan

From the impressionable age of 8 yrs old, Montia Morgan used poetry as a form of expression.

This book is a collection of poems written by the author, from her early teenage years through young adulthood. This is book is a unconventional mix, and what is to be expected is the unexpected.

She writes because of her personal experiences

• Language: English
• Publisher: Montia Morgan
• Release date: Jul 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781087892832

Montia Morgan

This book is my first Self-published book of many more to come. Thank you so much for your contribution. xxx-Tia.

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Inception

Steady Motion

Tongue Twisted

Feelings

Hard To Say

Venus

I Amor I Amor

Cut The Cord

Pesi-Optimistic

Like A Phoenix

Chapter 2: Prospective

Existential Crisis

O2

I Said, What I Said

Empty| Tamed| Ugly

Eve Gene

Unpredictable

Black Imitation

If God Was A Woman

My Beauty Is/Not

Investment

White Privilege

Chapter 3: Woke

Auntie Tomasina

Uncle Tom

My People

Unshackled

Smut

Neighborhoods

Melanated Tears

Let’s Get Into It

Void

Bent Never Broken

Ahmaud Aubrey

Invitation Revoked

White O’clock

Chapter 4: Urban

Copycat

Regret

Ebony

Dear Little Black Girl

Skin

Black Is/Not

Unblacken

Archaeology

Rebel /Re’bel/

I Wish Upon A Block

Sunflower

Offends You

Closed Mouth

King

Queen

Chapter 5: The L’s We Take

Fire & Desire

Despair

Mysterious

Missed Opportunities

Struggle Love

Smell The Roses

Young Lust

Imma Head Out

Chapter 6: Oceanic Thinking

Societal Demands

Skin Folks Ain’t Kin Folks

Niggas

Takers

Givers

I Don’t See Color

Wonderer

King X Parks

We See You

400 Plus Years

Chapter 7: Growing Pains

Solace

Null

Glowth

You

Temple

Growing Pains

Chapter 8: Dark Non-Humor

Love Thyself

Moral Of The Story

Exposed

Curious

You Do Belong

Self Doubt

Numb

Toxic

Blink Of An Eye

Brothas

Materialistic

Chapter 9: Island Gyal

Afro-Caribbean

Breeze

Veranda

Jackfruit

Caribbean Parents

Apology

The "Family