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Best Dark Skinned Poems


Dark Skinned Vs Light Skinned
In our Asian-cum-Eastern land
No one prefers or admires
the dark-skinned or tanned

Gosh, as if the fair-skinned alone
belonged to the so-called fairer sex
And here, 'black is beauty' a phrase unheard
All falling for the light skinned almost in reflex! 

Bachelors on the hunt for a non-fictional Asian 'Snow-white'
Even...

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Categories: dark skinned, color, prejudice, race, ,
Form: Rhyme
Dark Skinned Lady
Dark Skinned Lady. the ever poised legendary beauty, granary of compassion & culture whose stunning reign sparkles the night.

Dark Skinned Lady. comandress of matriotic forces, the earthquake that shakes the pillars of racism & sexism the stream that feeds liberating consciousness

Dark skinned lady. epicenter of...

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Categories: dark skinned, love,
Form: Haiku
The Beauty of a Dark Skinned Girl
Not everyone see it
Not everyone wants it

Dark skinned
Born with it
Bleach it

Looking in the mirror and sees no beauty
Look at her friend
And see her end

Won't be seen as pretty
What a pity
She cries cause she's dark
Her skin so african
So brown
So fair

She is a dark skinned girl
Her beauty...

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Categories: dark skinned, africa, beautiful, black african
Form: ABC

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Dark Skinned Girls
I'm black but I could never be a dark skinned girl
My skin is light
This they associate with different stereotypes
I've never been dark
So I don't know how their perceived
But what I see is that they are latching on
to our sexy men and taking them 
This isn't...

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Categories: dark skinned, life, dark, dark, girl,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry