Colonized Poems | Examples

A Colonized Mind

In the chambers where thoughts are supposed to 
roam free, Foreign voices echo, not belonging to me.

Words planted like flags on conquered territory,
Thoughts that flower in soil not my own.

I speak in tongues my ancestors never knew,
See through lenses ground by hands I never touched.
My dreams are shaped by stories I did not choose,
Yet they feel like home—this borrowed architecture of mind.

Each mirror shows a face divided by history,
Each thought arrives pre-weighted, pre-judged.
I sift through my beliefs like archeological remains,
Wondering which are artifacts of occupation.

The borders of my thinking are invisible chains,
Drawn by mapmakers who never asked permission.
Yet in the margins of these imposed paragraphs,
I find spaces where resistance takes root.

For even a colonized mind can question its borders,
Can recognize the foreign footprints across its landscape.
And in that recognition lies the seed of reclamation—
The first step toward a sovereignty of thought.????????????????

THE EVILS OF RACISM

I am human with the same dignity and power,
then why treat me like an alien?
Our skincolour differs, but we are all created and designed by one God and maker.

I have great potentials just like the white man,
But I am treated and rejected just because of my colour.
I undergo physical, emotional and social discrimination and suppression, 
Just because my skin colour is black.

I have been enslaved and colonized by a foreign master,
Beaten and suppressed to accept a foreign rule,
Discriminated because of my elegant black beauty.

Striving to live and survive in this dominating world,
But all efforts seems futile.
I will continue to make efforts and see that my skin colour is appreciated and upheld in the society at large.

The Colonization Of Hawaii

Colonisation Poetry Contest
Kai Michael Neumann


Hawaii, my birthplace, and hometown
Fell victim of being colonized and uprooted
Those dirty rats ceased the cheese
By the 1900's the U.S annexed the territory
In other words, Hawaii was taken by force
And without consent
It's like the dirty rats came in and flexed their muscle
Much to the heartache and protest of the natives
Those disease-carrying rodents overthrew the kingdom
Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate
A cultural genocide took root
The teachings of Hawaiian in schools wiped out
Housing and land requisitioned and displaced by military bases
And the underbelly of those dirty rats grew and grew
Today Hawaii is still a tropical paradise
Tourists flock to the island in droves
There are palm trees and sandy beaches everywhere
But it's the whispers and echoes of the natives
Pointing a finger at the dirty rats
And bemoaning their freedom and the 50th star on the flag
That will be forever lost

N/A-Another one. What else is new? I should go back to playing checkers.

The Rape of Palestine

The Europeans colonized
middle earth and Africa
as their God given right
America built on the labour
of African slaves
Indigenous killed
murdered, and slaughtered
then laughed at
some of you still live in this world
others though, through the eyes of history
have admitted
if not confessed, the evil deeds
now you see children burned alive
in hospital tents, on purpose
and for that
they are your new enemy

Greece and Ethiopia

 Greece and Ethiopia have had  unwavering and unbroken
        bonds of friendship since ancient times.
Greece is the land of freedom and democracy, also  one of the pillars
of worldwide civilization in all sectors
{philosophy, poetry , art etc.}
The great ancient Greek poet HOMER is frequently refereed to Ethiopia
in his masterpiece ILIAD. 
Even the name  Ethiopia comes from an ancient Greek word
{Aithiops} which means  a sun-burnt face.
The source of the blue NILE is in Ethiopia, the only country
in Africa which was never colonized by western powers, with 
its own ancient  language:{Amharic} and history.
The predominant religion of Ethiopia is Christianity which was propagated
by Apostol Mathias.        God Bless Greece and Ethiopia!!

PRIDE'S COLONIZATION

Colonized by pride
Admonished against downfall pain
My heart agonizes --- finding love's freedom...

Persevering to be liberated from gripping arrogance
Mind of paradigm-shift takes a look at this warning sign
“Beware of a lurking great fatal stride.”

While admitting angst as a boastful prisoner
In meekness, I seek divine guidance midst prayer...
Conquering vain haughtiness, smitten by grace and mercy.

Midst sobriety, I repent from projecting false humility
Hiding shaky fortitude upon timidity’s pretense
With faith in God* of triumphant bliss, marked by grateful praise.

*Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

August 11, 2024
2nd place, "Colonization" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann; judged on 2/16/2025

Moon Vacations in 2050

For those who qualify for this costly trip,
permits will be given for travel to the moon.
Friends, family, or lovers may apply as a unit
for this one and only “out-of-the-world” experience
lasting no more than one week.

Since the moon has already been colonized
by the greatest of our world’s minds,
moon vacations are comparable to 
educational fun field trips where folks
will view mankind’s unique adjustment to moon life.

To qualify, people must pass a test
involving simulation of space travel.
Both adults and children must also pass a test
determining their ability to cope with the experience.
Those with criminal records need not apply.

Having qualified, my husband and I enter daily
free lotteries within our designated small region.
With a chance of one out of a thousand each day,
we figure we will get our trip before we die.
We can’t wait to view earth from the moon!

Womb Wondering Why

We whimsically wondered why
wandered victims by
and through our uniquely human history
of sexual trauma
and therapeutic politics

Mythically hinting
hunting
poly-resonant
mono-vulnerable
half full, half empty
gendered pantheology

Spanning spies discovering economic magic
denies political monoculturing tragic
outcomes for godlike monolithic
monotheistic empire-building

Wherein straight white males
disproportionatly championed
a revengeful
and punishing MonoPolistic Judge
polarizing One-1 omnipotent God

While unstraight
unwhite
unmasculine
marginalized
enslaved
and colonized

Would restore Mother Eartha's original
nurturing conservational economy

Nutritional ecosystemic politics
for wellness-natured spirits

Advocating sexual polytheistic immanence
imploring sacred not yet empty
circling recycling interdependence
inspiraling half-full health 
pregnant with potential
sacred safety
half-empty zero-0 wombed
regeneratively polytheistic.

The Giant of Africa

Torrents of thoughts torment me
Floodgate of distractions rack my soul
Avalanche of delusions 
Decapitate my mental faculty 
As I muse over the degeneration 
That has dogged my beloved country 

She manifests every aspect
Of a failed state
The giant of Africa has lost control 
Of her Territory to terrorists
Bandits have re-colonized my fatherland
Kidnappers strike terror into the hearts
Of weary and hapless Nigerians
While her economy continues to
Stumble and wobble with ignominy 
In the hands of oil thieves 

The ancient perpetrators of
rape
Against our father land
Are shamelessly like vultures 
Gathering and flying over
The carcass of the comatose nation
To gang-rape her to death 

Arise fellow Nigerians and stand firm 
Let us take our country back
From chaos to path of sanity

The Age of Innocence

The time of innocence 

We grew up thinking whiteness had to do
with skin colour, since we came from a Nordic country 
this made sense; the lack of sun and so on.
Now it is political.
Whiteness is responsible for all ills in the world
a good thing to remember when getting up at six
walking to the fish factory, putting in long hours
for a meagre pay packet.
We know of the intrepid, who colonized the East
and Africa, we did not benefit from this other
then asked to give our hard-earned money to
a religious mission to help the starving.
We resent being called racist, we were as poor
as those we sent money to; at a time when we had
to steal coal at the railway depot and plunder
potatoes in a farmer’s field. 
Great composers, noted scientists, inventors and
prodigious writers were white contributed to
their skills to make life bearable; yes, we are 
proud of them and feel no guilt in our whiteness.

New Growth In Ohio

A scrap of ore breaks surface.
The metallic pebble is already colonized
by moss and fungi factories,
in a millennia rocks will churn
a green spawn into small rural towns.
Fields of new growth
must be planted in microscopic slime.

The Shawnee come and go,
as fireflies on a summer night they pass,
raw boned settlers,
add their calcium to the earth.
Small time-seeded towns sprout.
Hands work wood, stone, then brick.

More foundational pebbles are unearthed
Tornadoes clear the land, reconstructed
malls ride the roads.
Antique stores blossom in the dust.

Art galleries and cake shops
vie for customers, donuts triumph.
Arts and crafts stores signal the end
of old railway lines.
Cities of iron and coal bud and blight.
The moss returns and flourishes.

Sky Rocating

SKY ROCATING
Birds in the sky 
Fly high
My ancestors cry
For my past is burnt 
The sky is blue
But the wild is burning
The woods colonized by orange flames

Green pasture is no more
Compassion is no more
Birds are now flown by wind of starvation
Only mother's love prevail
To keep the generation rolling

Will I hope with hope any More
When my home your fires devour?
Will the birds ever sing their happy songs
Yet their eggs and nest devoured in smoke?
oh heavens!

May you look upon our sweet sweat
And smother theses flames
With the cloud of rain
To chase the old sea zone
And welcome the new season
                                       TROPHY DEREK Ug

Bells of Saint Mary's

When I've seen all the seven wonders,
And sailed beyond rainbow’s end.
When I’ve crossed the lost horizon
And discover Nirvana, again.
When I’ve conquered El Dorado.
When I reign in Shangri-La.
When I’ve colonized Utopia,
And claim hegemony in Oz.
When I’ve slain these restless demons
That give chase to the sun and the moon,
I’ll be back where I started, a pilgrim come home,
With the bells of Saint Mary’s chiming at noon.

Blue Hole Ab Poetry Contest

For Anthony Biaanco
Blue Hole Poetry Contest
2nd June 2021

Oh

Blue Hole

Whence throughout

Silver moon doth now appear

On the strike of dream o'clock
falling drifting into sleep

The reason forth has come to appear

Is because it has been opened up

By squirrels burrowing , scratching
holes like cat's trapped upon a
hot tin roof

In order to silhouette a shadow 
puppet show

To dance and tell the tale 

Of a Hole so Blue

Much like what the earth
used to be

Before it was taken over
by and colonized by us
human beings

Now ever increasingly fast
becoming whole not hole

Imploding fading from 

Blue back to Black

A Dead Nation

Oh what a nation
A den of fools
A tribal cage 
A religious hell

The dead conscience 
The bewitched minds
The colonized culture
The enslaved souls

Oh what a nation 
Africa my poor nation
A land of disunity 
Void of humanity

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