Get Your Premium Membership

Biko Poems - Poems about Biko

Biko Poems - Examples of all types of poems about biko to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for biko.
Premium Member Commemoration of the Death of Our Loved Ones
...We commemorate the death of our love ones We don't celebrate the death of our love ones Today is not a great day Today is a very sad day We don't care about wealth, avarice, money and cupidity W......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, courage, cry, eulogy, farewell,
Form: Rhyme



Figures
...One plus one equals two Let's dance to the tune of figures Boy! Plus - a game of the Littles Shall we strike the ball of tímes then? Times! An event that adds up, you'll say. Nay - times ......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, abuse, bereavement, corruption, death,
Form: Burlesque
Lincoln, Apartheid, the West
...Minority rule Apartheid We, majority, asked: How? blaming the victims of hate! I heard Gandhi, Dr. King, Biko II Now we who have media, wealth, vote ... Ask Lincoln to police Minneapolice (M......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, africa, america, angst, international,
Form: Quatrain
Athol Fugard, Alan Paton, John Kani, Kessie Govender, Dennis Brutus
...Athol Fugard is a leading voice in theater of Africa will he condone silence about the street execution f George Floyd? Dennis Brutus was being deported from USA in 1980s, from U. Penn (I helpe......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, america, hate, political, prayer,
Form: I do not know?
I Cant Breathe Slam
...I can'T breathe John Vorster Square Steve "Bantu" Biko Many a freedom fighter Paid the ultimate price and died in police custody But all poor George Floyd Seemed to be fighting f......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, slam,
Form: Free verse



Charis
...Charis, a brightly coloured tomato,Out under the sun, playing hide and Seek. With no care in the world.Responsible! I don't want it mom,Or so she thought. Charis, a hardworking student,With a zeal t......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, celebration, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
Mother Says
...**************...........************** Mother Says Mother says biko hapumaka Je suis fatigué These things keep revolving Maybe not like a revolver If i could only take a sling shot Hit t......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, child, friend, future, mom,
Form: Didactic
Biko the Woodsy Owl
...Biko came down from heaven brought a message from Jesus to impart the sun comes up every morning in full view of the day one must be humble enough to bow the knee to pray I'm a messenger ......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, anger, anxiety, arabic, art,
Form: Free verse
Biko Chere Chukwu Please Wait On God
...I can see. Flood of tears streaming down your delicate face. Your rosy life replaced by a topsy turvy one faught with failure. Filled with disappointments that have deprived you of precious sleep.......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, absence, bible, christian, motivation,
Form: Free verse
I Am Just a Poet
...Stand not there at my door and weep I have nothing to offer you but words I am just an ordinary poet in my world I am not a politician who kill and lie. Go to Aso Rock and meet them in column......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, africa, art,
Form: Blank verse
Confidential Bars
...He said..... I am Steve Biko..... With a fist; not pointed to the sky but rather aimed at your faced, you see it in the air, the power of a knockout artist... the revolution will not be televised b......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, addiction, analogy, anger, cry,
Form: Ballad
Confidential Bars
...He said..... I am Steve Biko..... With a fist; not pointed to the sky but rather aimed at your faced, you see it in the air, the power of a knockout artist... the revolution will not be televised b......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, addiction, analogy, anger, cry,
Form: Ballad
Paint Me White and I Will Still Be Black
...You can paint me white and I will still be black Turn my ebony black hair, make sure the chemicals Touch every strand of my hair, erasing all trace of My pitch black kaffir but I will still be ......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, anti bullying, deep, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Bring Back Our Girls
...they are innocent and gentle going about their normal life in their school kidnapped and deprived of their fundamental human rights so inhuman and barbaric still causing panic over 200 of t......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, freedom,
Form: ABC
For
...Nigga my fade be the meanest this nigga been hot since a foetus I’m leaving a distance between us, free us from hash tags and demons ......Read the rest...
Categories: biko, abuse, anger, christian, discrimination,
Form: Blank verse

Related Poems


Book: Reflection on the Important Things