Ethnicity Poems - Poems about Ethnicity

In Lagos' vibrant mosaic, life abounds, Multicultural threads, in waters surrounded. Lovely, funny, and resilient souls reside, Great leaders emerge, yet hurdles abide. Morning rush, nighttime chase, ceaseless pace, Some seek rest, others rise, in endless space. You wonder where the crowds converge and roam, A city of mystery, where not all are known. Superhuman, mysterious beings weave and spin, In public transport, life's...

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the lunchbox moment. I can feel the looks of disgust as I make my way to the table, I sit down, others stand up, walk away. kids grimace at the meal I’ve placed in front of myself, “ew” and “what is that?” fly across the table into my ears. I try to explain, but only assumptions are acceptable as they switch their tables, away...

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Where are you really from? An all-too familiar question, One which I quite detest. Often looking for simple answer, This I cannot give, too awkward to tell the truth, I can only say, not quite English, not quite like you. My skin is not quite white, My eyes not quite blue or brown, Turkish, Greek, Spanish…? He’s from somewhere out of town. I have an...

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Kermit the Frog went to get a loan for a van And Jim Henson went along to give him a hand But when filling out race Kermit had both a trace Of pistachio and cotton American...

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From a neighborly distance, the drama of a life's finality unfolded A man named Mient. Once a well-known construction-scientist When we became neighbors at Christmas he was a double amputee Both legs taken by diabetes, then a man of his own ethnicity Challenged him to a fight (Take it outside this diningroom," the chef said) Both men were aging, wise...

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Humanity is the ultimate ethnicity I don't care were you are from I cry for the world Who is to guide us Truly all in one direction I wonder to yonder Which other way Humans needs to go If we forbid just a little Kindnesses Just a little kindness can make a change Just a little care Can hear a soul Just a little Is not much And...

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My wheat ringlets join my grandmother's thick dark hair — incompatible to those who throw stones and call me "white Indian"...

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so then my grandmother asks why I sit in my grandfather's tree she asks me she asks me about chaos what that might look like to me but not everyday and not everyday chaos the chaotic nature that my ethnicity is somehow not connected to peace and how could that be so here I go sitting in my grandfather’s tree.. waiting for him watching for...

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someone asked me to define the peace of ethnicity I am just a Mahogany child of Babylon sitting in my tree my grandfather planted this tree I am sitting in my grandfather's tree eating a strawberry reminiscing that is what peace looks like to me I am ethnicity....

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Ethnicity When I came to England I couldn`t get a job opened a café instead in a district called Wavertree, Liverpool Someone said Jews live there I didn`t...

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Rapping has no Ethnicity be ye Greek, Jew, Afro, White, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Other. Yo man, go rap out the Soul. Tell your story, cuss the enemy In ways they can't understand. These are the times when you Get on the Move to Groove into Real-time electronic technology! Don't just go boom, boom, boom; What the Hell is that? Teach the Young dignity, respect for...

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Certain diseases seem to be more prevalent in some races than others So with no other issues in your family health care history You still may have risk factors for several diseases Just by belonging to a particular ethnic group African Americans Have an increased risk for diabetes Insulin resistance Have the highest heart-disease risk for high blood pressure Asian American Have an increase...

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North American, South American and European, Asian, African and Australian. What do the ethnicities of all these continents share in common? They are all *****sapiens, they are all human. If we focused on that similarity and not the difference, perhaps world peace would then truly begin. Hmm, I wonder if there's an ethnicity known as Antarctican....

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