Black And White Poems | Examples

Color Among Black And White

You're the star in the gallery
of black and white masterpieces,
only flash of light iconic in my temple,
distinguished radiant freckles.

Its been so long since....

A black swan engulfs a white-ness
hidden behind blood-shot darkest hues,
colour only drains so I flood the gates
in an attempt to make the morning shine

Whispers become intolerant of mad stricken
forgotten sea-shells left in a ruck sack,
carried out by the tide to a breach of sea,
like finding numbing needles in a hay stack.

Giggles haunt, not fondly but now violate,
tin soldiers scattered over a wedding cake
and gone the warmth of hallucinations.
Icy cold popsicles flare in your wake...

Black and White Lies

A lie that is coloured white
A lie that make things seem all right.
A lie that leaves you asking why
Discovering those lies that made you cry.

Lies exposed, were meant as a joke
The lies that many hearts have broke.
Lies to conceal a secret love affair
The liars lie, is the truth they swear.

Scheming lies to scam for money
Lies told that were deemed as funny.
Lies can relate to anything 
But often it's pain it tends to bring.

That little white lie that Santa is real
Habitual liars in overkill.
A lie told in kindness to comfort or protect
When a lie is discovered what's the affect?

A good liar will hide it well
Blinds you under their misleading spell.
The question is, why do we lie at all?
Whether they are big, white or small. 

Harmless lies are weaved in white
Cunning lies are black as night.
A lie means intention to deceive
Is it good or bad what a lie tries to achieve?

Black And White

Black And White

We are given all the pieces
to play and indulge in life’s great feast
outrageous fortunes be dammed! 
Given full reign to  Ego’s unfettered beast
and the moves we make shall 
establish our legacy
Why are we here?
We can either dazzle with brilliance
or baffle with bulls*it
Shameless are unleashings of doubt
only makes a lesser us grow
inhibits our muses 
disables our abilities to sprout
I’m no longer vulnerable
to slings and arrows
validity with magnanimity instead of
sentiments design to disparage
are a marriage of lucidity
Opt for words that heal, and  clarity!
Phrases that reveal
a simple way of life, 
carpe diem,  austerity 
too much comfort makes   a lazy lone
what a poet shall write
shall be etched in stone
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Geordie Joy

massed magpies
in a black and white city
united in joy

A Black and White Picture

A little girl coming out of a Woolworth store.
An eye in my mind begins to clothe its sight
with a past image.

She has pink ribbons in her hair
and a blue dress,
maybe she had just come from church.
Little black child
being tugged quickly through
a disapproving, white-skinned crowd.

It is not wrong
to think of poets as painters.
We offer pictures
that can be in the now -
yet also out of time.

Today I pick up an artist's brush,
it's not my brush
for I can only finger paint
with digital ink - yet,

I complete an instant of time,
make it a portrait,
one found only yesterday
in an old photograph
tucked into a well-worn bible.

A bigot could have written this poem,
people change with the times,
and I?

I have just painted
what a racist once saw
that's all.

Black and White

To mix the two together only brings gray. Battling persona. Never on cue.
For one’s never certain, which facade debuts.

Dark finely feathered, filled with lustful charades 
Hides behind a notion of monogamous filled days

Graceful creature. Godly vision in feather white
Drawling towards her a suitor. Virtuous, her guise.

Black swan cannot resist, as she struggles for breath.
White swan now removed
In his arms, they shall rest.

Ignited with such passion. Inhibitions retreat
Allow this lover. Entrance
White swans unaware of this inevitable defeat.

Dark swan found a mate, who’s passions surpass
Coupled forever. Forever at last

The Only Thing That Looks Good in Black and White

Nothing is simple,
but we carve it clean—
label it, box it,
turn a question into a rule,
a rule into a law,
a law into a weapon,
and call the wreckage order.

We crave control,
but sharpen our knives in chaos.
We demand honesty,
but crucify the truth.
We worship free thought,
but silence it before it speaks.

We want change,
but only if it looks
like what we already know.

A zebra is the only thing
that looks good in black and white.
Everything else—
everything real—
drowns in the blur between.

We say we hate the system,
but gut each other
before we ever fight it.
We demand peace,
but kneel to the loudest fist.
We claim we want the truth,
but only if it sings us to sleep.

The universe isn’t laughing.
It’s watching the clock.
Time is running out.

Old Photo

"To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul".  - Andri Cauldwell


Just an old photograph, in black and white
No dye to reflect the calm of hope’s song
Shadows blow across the heart’s golden light
Snapshot comes alive, a soul seems so strong
Image of light and love, sure to excite
Singing wonder through hearts all their lifelong
While the past will remind me of His grace
There’s joy that nothing on earth can replace

Just an old photograph, meant to inspire
Faded thoughts echo a silent prayer
Black and white beauty I always admire
Wonder from a heart who is still aware
Eager breaths of elation start a fire
Just an old photo who was meant to share
In the end, I hope the heart will believe
Love snapped a photograph for those who grieve.

remembering in black and white

tv in the fifties altering weekend rituals
one set in the neighbourhood

streetboys sitting around the famous indian head
for their fill of saturday morning cartoons
sci-fi flash gordon and i love lucy
allowed to stay up on sunday nights
to watch the old ed sullivan show

always one appointed volunteer
to get up and change the channel or adjust the volume
another to finetune the rabbit ears
to fix reception and remedy the dreaded snow


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Black and White

The dark
he has no soul and doesn’t feel pain
it passes through walls and locked doors
he doesn’t even see them
he managed to capture the world
then he wanted to see
the immensity he masters
asked for and received the sight as a gift
so he saw the first sunrise
then he died for the first time

nice thought
come and enlighten
where the signs of love flourish
like a field of blue poppies
to be able to see
if I step among the flowers of the earth
or somehow I float among the flowers of the sky

Black and White

nuance and spectrums
more than what an eye can see~
grey matter rainbows 


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Black and White

There are lots of things that are black and white,
Like zebras and Newcastle United, they are a good team and get their fans excited.

Penguins are mostly black and white, but some have coloured plumage too,
There are quite a few different types you can see them in the zoo.
There are lots of crows, from rooks and ravens and the black and white magpie too.

Undertakers wear black and white, and waiters often wear the same,
They are both just playing the formal dress code game.

Snooker players wear black and white when you see them on the television,
They are brilliant when you watch them they play the game with such precision.

A while ago there wasn’t any colour just black and white TV,
So, watching other sports just wasn’t so easy.

There are so many things, I could go on and on, 
But luckily there are other colours that can make a rainbow that stretches into the sky beyond.

The world goes on with so many colours in many different hues,
From yellow and purple right through to shades of blue.

But really, we all know that there is wrong and there is right,
Things should all be so simple its really black and white.

Black and White

This perfect setting from the past
An era gone though filmed to last,
Strangely set a wistful thought
As memories and dreams were caught.

How love had lured me to sight
Motion pictures black and white,
To understand the story clear
Whilst living in the yesteryear.

Black and white you take me to
Nostalgia where I feel blue,
Though presently with clear foresight
Merely due to black and white.

BLACK AND WHITE

Children will  hear children will be told
Of the stories of once, in colors so bold
Only black and white are left in this world
The rest all have turned to mould
Grey is the sky, grey is the ground
The sparks up above are turning black 
as they fly around
Tears rolling down faces in monochromatic eye's
Everything is colourless or have we 
Just become color blind? 
Yet in my hands, I hold this little
Polychromatic portfolio, seeing 
all of those colors left so long ago
Wherever you are and wherever you grow
Please reappear into this black and white hold
Where have all the colors gone to? 
Please tell me if you know or have they 
vanished down below
Get them quick, get them bold
If you want your black and white stories
Bleed color as you grow old!

Black And White

Angels and brides do come in white.
All things beautiful, light and bright.
Demons and witches prefer black,
evil ways and means to attack.

White, pure, inspiring, eternal love,
gift of peace, freedom, and turtle dove.
Black signifies ever cold darkness 
spreading in the heart unchaste blackness.

Pretty seven colours add up to white.
Black has powers that take away the light.
White and black, colours contrast in nature
bringing out emotions that birth, nurture.

Black, the preferred choice of people in power,
dressing in black suit, shoes, case, car, all over.
Black is so tempting just as all bad things are,
White is regal virgin canvas above par.

Character is ever etched not in black and white,
are dubious shades of grey that are seldom slight.
Colours have character, beware the type of light,
that shines upon them to help us wear what is right.

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