Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Home
»
Poems
»
Black Person
Black Person Poems - Poems about Black Person
Search Black Person Poems:
Exact Phrase
Any Word
All Words
We are done
...Why we stopped explaining racism to you Because even if it Slapped you in the face You'd still claim it doesn't exist So why would we spend our existence Pandering to your ignorance I mean we ......
Continue reading...
©
Layla Riley-Hill
Categories:
black person,
color, discrimination, education, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
To journey through life as a black person
...walking through life as as a black person, the world needs to understand we rock with a rhyme, we bop with a beat we jive like a jazz band we improvise on the fly we adapt to any situation ......
Continue reading...
©
Louise Nelson
Categories:
black person,
black african american, imagery,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
What I Really Wanted To Say
... And I quote "You're so well spoken; I loved your story" end quote I hear that once about every other week at the current rate But what I really wanted to say in response was: oh, you mean for a ......
Continue reading...
©
Roses Roses
Categories:
black person,
black african american, discrimination,
Form:
Blank verse
Skin
...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 been, to my ancestors, my kin How they probably couldn’t shower with clea......
Continue reading...
©
Sanaa Murray
Categories:
black person,
america, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
Thank You for My Life
...Coursing through our veins is the blood of survivors. We have endured. We are here because they endured. We are here because they were brave, strong, resilient, and faithful. So much pain, loss, ......
Continue reading...
©
Karinne Cyphers
Categories:
black person,
africa, america, appreciation, black
Form:
Free verse
Hate Speech Conclusion
... The News and Politicians do all of the above. Causing fear by reporting what the Government thinks about Parents attending school board meetings. That they could be * inciting violence.......
Continue reading...
©
Jude Herrick
Categories:
black person,
anti bullying,
Form:
Other
a town i knew
...A Town I knew He was born in a narrow-minded town where a Christian the party was in power, and there were rules for acceptable behavior by stern people who liked to tell others what is right,......
Continue reading...
©
Jan Hansen
Categories:
black person,
anger, courage, culture,
Form:
Blank verse
Jim Crow's Demise
...Hello. I was born after the Civil War and met my fate after much civil unrest. You may have never encountered me, but some things you might already know. My name is Jim Crow, and I was born and lived......
Continue reading...
©
Curtis Johnson
Categories:
black person,
race,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Spreading Happiness
...South Africa is the first Place in Africa where you can find more Excellent Roads , rail ways , ports and Airports than some European, Asian, American, Oceania countries And more best world ......
Continue reading...
©
Alfonso II Warally Ngengethe Mussabwa Chris
Categories:
black person,
12th grade, evil, freedom,
Form:
Acrostic
First Seen
...First sighting It was an early summer morning when my best friend Edwin threw pebbles on my window to wake me up I like morning slumber, waking up at six, looking at the alarm the clock on the......
Continue reading...
©
Jan Hansen
Categories:
black person,
africa, best friend, child,
Form:
Blank verse
My Place
...The year of 2022 and we still experience fear. Why do you fear us in “Your” neighborhood, especially Black males? You fear Black males, yet Black males may be working for your company. They are pla......
Continue reading...
©
Colette Dright
Categories:
black person,
america, change, god, hate,
Form:
Narrative
Still Praying, Blm
...Black Lives Matter is a statement of love not statement of hate So, please erase the confusion from your face But they can't hear because they're too busy spraying mace in my face They keep yelli......
Continue reading...
©
Roses Roses
Categories:
black person,
abuse, black love, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Starry Stone Hone
...My mind was once tranquil lavender... an equal blend of blue and red. Sometimes a tone darker or lighter depending upon the issue at hand- Recently its blooming only one color. Because I've been......
Continue reading...
©
Anthony Biaanco
Categories:
black person,
america,
Form:
Free verse
Outrage
...I'm so sick and tired of police brutality; Incidents after incidents of racist White cops Brutally beating up or killing Yet another Black person......
Continue reading...
©
Edward Ibeh
Categories:
black person,
abuse, anger, perspective, race,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Racism Knowing
...RACISM KNOWNING Poetic- Life JULY 14,2021 Speak of any racist word kills me by hearing the word that’s mostly use is the N word, But the sound of a person talking about my skin color hurts, An......
Continue reading...
©
Poetric-Life Poetric-Life
Categories:
black person,
adventure, africa, america, anger,
Form:
ABC
Related Poems
Short Black Person Poems
Famous Black Person Poems
Best Black Person Poems
Read Black Person Poems
Long Black Person Poems
Black Person Quotes