Hate Black African American Poems

By Cherbo Geeplay 

“Don’t die,” his mother cried
by his hospital bed, weeping.
“I will be fine,” he managed 
      to mutter...

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As I stand in the shower washing my coily hair, seeing my brown skin, I think of how unheard of this simple task must have...

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Slavery is not the end of atrocities 
Suffered by minority communities
The every day systematic sway
Of bricks piled against you like
A wall of pain
So many bricks
The...

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You never ask my race my face
Tells a solid story or two
Of a possible relationship to ancestors 
An old African truth

You mistake my hair for...

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Deep South
Word of mouth
The town had so much hate
Today’s world can relate
Separation
Black Man’s nightmare
All about fear
Tormented
Name calling
Woes
Blood that flows
The idea of being a minority
True reality
Just...

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the strength of Black folks can be encapsulated
by the power in the message we convey
for we are purposeful bold Black kings & queens
forging our own...

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"Are you afraid of them?", the reporter asked
It was a blatant question, a bit too crass
One on the bleeding edge of ruthless
Even if it came...

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Call me the Duke of Silence,
I resonate with the six elders at the Gala.
I would rather commend a madman for saving a cat,
Than applaud politicians...

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Old soldiers never die
Old soldiers never cry
Old soldiers live in our heart
In our guts
Forever
Old soldiers live in our pride
In our huts
Forever
Old soldiers live on
Old soldiers...

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The Earth
will never
be
One
Color
or
One
Race...

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I am the black sheep, the odd one out,
With faults and flaws that leave no doubt,
I'm different from the rest, that much is true,
And often,...

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(Note: This poem was written shortly after the 2022 Olympics and after Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos rode their rockets in a new space race...

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Oh! Black Americans,  
Africa is your motherland 
And most Africans love you 
Not because you are called African Americans 
And lost your African mother tongues
And...

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What happened yesterday 
Can change  today. 
When a person understands
His" her" capacity 
He "she" can not see borders
To enter some world competitions 
Where racism and...

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Anger
I cannot feel
For when my lip twist and turns
Theirs nurse those fated words

Hostile
Rough, her hair and skin 
Are tough
The ash falls

The embers and flame 
Snuffed...

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