Best Cotton Picker Poems
A Black Woman's AmbitionA black stone with diamonds inside
She shines but you would never know
They hit her but she never falls
They whip her but she never breaks
Speed in her step even though they try to slow her down
Make her fail, just so that they can beat...
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Categories:
cotton picker, color, discrimination, slavery,
Form:
Narrative
Bread Basket of the Worldthe quiet of the spring day was broken
by the noise and shouts in the fields
belching smoke the great iron beast
dropping its sharp blades into the soil
took large bites into the soft belly of the earth
warm and moist the soil yielded to the blades
as the...
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Categories:
cotton picker, food, on work and
Form:
Narrative
Slavery Or ExploitationThis poem is not meant to be a speech nor is it written to offend or give anyone blame.
It just a mere observation of how today leaders choose to bring civilasation back into the slave trade.
What a confusion of misconception when one term is mistaken...
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Categories:
cotton picker, abuse, africa, betrayal, black
Form:
Free verse