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Darkies Poems - Poems about Darkies


More Than a Little

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Two cotton heads Dixie Babel talking,
prickly said,
Darkies don’t know much of nothing

They got empty skulls
full of careless, tropical lazy
Coconut bodies just laying around tannin...
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Categories: darkies, humorous, irony, judgement, truth,
Form: Tristich

Those Were Da Days

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Workin' fo’ free from cradle ta grave
Laborin' sunup ta sundown e’eryday,
while Missy and Massa sat in da shade
Those were da days

Us darkies knew where our place was then,
blonde amb...
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Categories: darkies, nostalgia, perspective, slavery, song,
Form: Narrative



Repo Tale Retold --- Re-Edited

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A very wise man once said:
There’s nothing new under the sun
If it happened before,
it’s gonna happen again

If a J.I. sold out their best buddy,
they’re gonna sell out your best fri...
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Categories: darkies, perspective, self, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio

Repo Tale Retold

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A very wise man once said:
There’s nothing new under the sun
If it happened before,
it’s gonna happen again

If a J.I. sold out their best buddy,
they’re gonna sell out your best f...
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Categories: darkies, perspective, philosophy, slavery, truth,
Form: Bio

Born and Bred

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Goshen ghettofied,
born and bred
Yeah, I’m the teen darkie
with the big nose
and the nappy head
Rolling with my homies
on an asphalt bounce,
with the music on blast
Yeah, we’re the...
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Categories: darkies, identity, perspective, racism, truth,
Form: Dramatic Monologue




Book: Reflection on the Important Things