Prejudice Poems - Examples of all types of prejudice poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Behind the wallThe coffee shops stand by the canal
Beautiful scenery and in flannels
All spruced up to put on the show
How wealthy they are we don't need to know
Behind the wall is a back street ginnel
With bins and...
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Categories:
prejudice, analogy, discrimination, drink, environment,
Form: Free verse
Soul Tie GoodbyeWant’s sparks will die
Yearning faintly unbinding the tie
Souls united goodbye...
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Categories:
prejudice, heartbreak, irony, poems, poetry,
Form: Senryu
Paradoxical ParadiseSolve the impossible
Love chaos, peace lives
Unchain through restraint...
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Categories:
prejudice, conflict, humanity, love, peace,
Form: Senryu
Unfounded Hatred Toward a Young StrangerThe subway station heaves with muffled noise,
The shuffle of countless feet against the grime,
I am aware of unfounded disdain,
Coursing between strangers in the city's bowels.
The ancient fluorescents blink in yellow strobe,
Casting faint light on self-assuring...
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Categories:
discrimination, hate, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse
Emergency LandingHard to park a plane
Emergency at the beach
To an unreal lane....
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Categories:
beach, crazy, flying, prejudice,
Form: Haiku
The Great American Make-BelieveSuburban resident pretense, a bleak uniformity.
I grew up among the repetitious homes,
isolated alienated, I wandered the conformity,
the endless square yards, the dull feckless syndrome.
Repugnant yet intriguing, a redundant singularity,
fabrications of fortified, fraudulent self-deception,
blocks...
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Categories:
prejudice, america, anxiety, community, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
engagement, judgement, perspective, prejudice,
Form: Haiku
LetterLetters are long gone
For the world of millennials
Chat box trend for fun....
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Categories:
culture, fun, prejudice, technology,
Form: Haiku
Her Fair-Skinned Form Is More Than I DeserveHer fair-skinned form is more than I deserve;
because her skin is light, and mine is dark,
like Tristan and Yseult's love which King Mark
forbade, we're banned...
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Categories:
color, discrimination, love, prejudice,
Form: Italian Sonnet
The Insignificance of Skin ColorThe color of love will prevail: we, white,
black, yellow, red, shall pacify the clash
between good folks and ignorant, white trash,
haters who oppress others without right!
In...
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Categories:
america, color, hate, prejudice,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Exodus of the chirping birds
The wise, in silence, they spend their days,
Until mistaken, and so they change their ways.
So chirp you, little birds, let the trees be shaken,
For every silent cry has always been forsaken.
The brave, in the dark...
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Categories:
courage, encouraging, freedom, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
Sedoka of the Albigensian SongWill of Tudela
Whose zeal burned for the white wolves
Against Languedoc's black lambs
Nameless soul of gold
Guided by heaven's muses
Pitied the southern pastures
Poem inspired by The Song of the Albigensian Crusade, a medieval epic...
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Categories:
prejudice, animal, color, conflict, history,
Form: Sedoka
Warnings from the AbyssDwell in the river and the monster will eat you
While the flakes of snow float over,
Forsake the pleasure and erase the relic
As your internal mayhem will soon break
If you oppose my revelations.
I exist so...
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Categories:
prejudice, 10th grade, bible, death,
Form: Free verse
Black Is Not Wack
In a world where the color black is often misunderstood,
Let's shed some light on what's truly good.
Black Friday sales, a shopper's delight,
Financial success on the bottom line, shines bright.
Luxury cars and sleek limousines, easily attract,...
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Categories:
prejudice, black african american, care,
Form: Rhyme
Mental Thing
Can I be exonerated
For the crimes I never commited?
There’s no one to ask, I’m afraid
Which doesn’t make me uplifted
And its nowhere to go, I’m unseen
Cause my passport is shining too bright
Unwelcomed, I see the screen
But...
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Categories:
prejudice, analogy, emotions, england, political,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Prejudice Poems
Definition | What is Prejudice in Poetry?