Prior To IntentLine of inquiry:
"hearts set up a vibration
echoing as wordless intent
mind translates in symbols
flight of our soul’s ascent
is intent then a stirring
of soul with God conferring"
My one heart as a part of humanity's great heart,
spiritually holds the indwelling God presence as sought.
A human hold shiftily slants and grows knots tied fraught
with false-held, gloomy feels that...
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Categories:
god, heart, immigration, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Little Jackie Foreigner
Little Jackie Foreigner
Was not born here
Now he’s in Queens, a New Yorker…
He says, ‘Vote for Mamdani
He’s sure to protect me
~ though...
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Categories:
humor, immigration, political,
Form: Rhyme
American Migrants
Why do we give them employment
let them come here and build a new life
Never give them a permanent status
make them live on the edge of a knife
They pick most of the crops that we purchase
care for children, disabled and old
Yet they’re forced to survive in the shadows
live in silence, and do what they’re told
We are...
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Categories:
immigration, america, political,
Form: Rhyme
I'm MagicWhen just a lad, I thought I was magic,
Doing a trick can sometimes be tragic.
The bird sang the wrong song,
The rabbit was long gone,
When they booed, I got very dramatic.
...
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Categories:
animal, bird, fun, immigration,
Form: Limerick
MacArthur Park on ICEThey were never waiting for us girl.
They were one step ahead
though they never had a case.
Between the streets and highways
they would chase
and hunt us down like rats
just to put us "in our place."
MacArthur Park is trending in the news,
all the big bad ICE men going round,
looking for some brown folks to detain.
I don't think that...
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Categories:
america, anxiety, immigration, political,
Form: Lyric
This Is What It Feels Like
a stranger in familiar land
my blood
too sings from the cracks
of cobbled...
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Categories:
immigration, leaving,
Form: Free verse
Nativist Riots, Kensington PhiladelphiaSit 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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Categories:
history, immigration, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
OF MASTERING TODAY'S TRYING TIMESOF 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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Categories:
immigration, allegory, america, anxiety, bullying,
Form: Prose
Bones Remain AliveLoitering 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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Categories:
immigration, death, family, farm, growing
Form: Free verse
Silent One in the SkiesThe 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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Categories:
immigration, chicago, city, earth day,
Form: Prose
Tea TimeLook, 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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Categories:
class, history, identity, immigration,
Form: Abecedarian
Reflections while on my morning walk
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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Categories:
immigration, america, anger, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Sputterflies
noonday sunshine
butterfly wings
pause, alight
in the shade…
northerly haze these days
...
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Categories:
america, butterfly, fire, immigration,
Form: Free verse
Separated by a passport and 8000 miles - An Acrostic SonnetCalling 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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Categories:
12th grade, home, immigration,
Form: Other
What was I sayingI 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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Categories:
immigration, fishing, for him, i
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Immigration Poems
Definition | What is Immigration in Poetry?
Poems Related to Immigration
travel, exodus, migration, displacement, exile, voyage, relocation, removal, movement, transmigration, defection, march, peregrination, colonization, journey, expatriation, trek, shift, departure, crossing, wandering, moving, resettlement, settling, transplanting, leaving, homesteading, reestablishment, uprooting,