Still, We Rise
...You smell like sweet roses,
But I've smelled the sweat of the weak.
My sight is as keen as an eagle's eyes;
I see the chains, rusted from years of injustice, binding the meek.
Segregation tr...
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Categories:
carlotta, black african american, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
Curly haired Carlotta Commandeers a Bus
...Curly haired Carlotta brought her curls onto our bus
Filling it up from seat to seat, annoying many of us.
Her hair grew an inch every fifteen minutes you see.
We could barely speak to each other ...
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Categories:
carlotta, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Dole Out the a B and C
...Dorthea is a strange one, a weird thinker
She never starts her J’s in the middle of the line
I cannot follow her thought processes.
She is getting a D; something isn’t right here.
She is not a “n...
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Categories:
carlotta, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Dear Grandma
...Dear Grandma,
Let's go for one last ride in the speeder car
Bring your ukulele and I'll bring my guitar
We'll sing, dance, and celebrate your life
You were a daughter, sister, mother, and wife
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Categories:
carlotta, death, grandmother, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Home of the Slaves
...Land of the free
Home of the slaves
The blood, sweat and tears of my ancestors resonate
Amongst the soil where they were slain
I’m hearing their struggle
I’m feeling their pain
I can’t imagine being ...
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Categories:
carlotta, allegory, black african american,
Form: Verse
Farewell, My Carlotta
...My Dearest Carlotta,
my beloved inamorata,
you must be back in Austria,
far away from this dilemma.
I was an Austrian prince.
I let Napoleon convince
myself of greatness.
As an emperor and ...
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Categories:
carlotta, historyme,
Form: Rhyme