Immigration Poems | Examples of Immigration Poetry

a stranger in familiar land      my blood too sings from the cracks of cobbled...

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Sit down, and let me tell you, son, about the historic district, Kensington, in the year eighteen-forty-four, when the streets broke out in war.  The Irish-Catholic were new arrivals, impoverished, fighting for survival. The existing population was disquieted, and so, Philadelphia nativists rioted. It was then that false rumors were passed. In a bad light, the Irish were cast, Propaganda and lies, the devil's tools, "They want...

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OF MASTERING TODAY’S TIMES Controversy has its place, as to disagree does not necessarily mean to disavow; save in the event 0f conspiracy to subvert justice, and void the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness:- Today’s controversy over power in America, has become so conspiratorial that it has reached the point of bastardizing much ideology of the founding constitution of our...

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Loitering around at the expense of my parents back, I too wish to be at the resemblance of hardworking thumbs, those same fingers that sewed the futile grounds back home, my mother’s yuca farm, my father's dying crops, dance taking their final waltz with the tumble- weeds in direction where my ancestors sleep while their bones continue...

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The morning is walking in its own pride And courage is leaning by my side The sun is rising up from the east and fire is burning in the belly of the beast Morning is shining all over the place And the evening sun is melting their faces Strange things are happening in town And the multitude is moving around With bags...

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Look, London ladies, buff your speech Mind your soiled plantation fingers Nary a trace of our old worlds Occupy their halls royally Porcelain cups poised on pinkies...

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You would pardon insurrection -freedom to mob, good people; while pouring ICE on immigration -Free rides National Guarded Rebellion Breached Vigilante Patriotism Rebellion Protest Discontent Nonviolent Rebellion While pouring ICE on immigration Free rides -National Guarded, you would pardon insurrection -freedom to mob, good people ...

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noonday sunshine butterfly wings pause, alight in the shade… northerly haze these days ...

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Calling over a blurry video, As much emotion as static would allow, Natheless I knew you missed me; your kiddo I can see it in your eyes and wrinkles now. Ever since I boarded the plane for distant lands, Venturing zealously for a better life Excitement eclipsed the price of my plans; Repenting now I didn’t kiss goodbye. Recalling sweat and all the...

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I don't want to imply that it was bad. but what I've seen is drenched in black. And I don't want to feel this way for you. So scrape me out of you, and I'll lead you out of me. I don't want to live this way for you. Only time will tell how this will end there's to many scars...

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And the Lord will say to them on Judgment Day, “I was hungry, and you defunded my food aid programs. I was thirsty, and you rolled back drinking water protections. I was a stranger, and you snatched me and deported me. I was naked, and you gave tax breaks to billionaires. I was sick, and you cut Medicaid and Medicare. I...

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I do not know If the sea can Listen to a man, But a man knows how To listen to the sea For sure, I feel it. On an open sea I sit on the bank I can think, talk And remember things I wonder how many Secrets the sea holds....

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God laughs when fools behave like racists All persecuted individuals are His children God laughs when a few are obviously chosen And receive preferential treatment under the basis That the lighter complexion is superior and better. God created one race. The same blood flows like a river In all God’s children veins. This blood is red, not amber God laughs when a...

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O’ Mother!, take me back at last, receive —(unclasped arms as vast as mine)—my embrace; this longing, laughing love, the proof and grace of my abiding for your shores.—I grieve the lasting loss that shear struck—do believe my grave and groveling art of disgrace,— when ten years had but barely found their place in my life. As with you then, now...

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My Blood, Polluted My Face, Masked My Name, Silenced Inferiority, My master Adaptation, My Inheritance Assimilation, My Friend...

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