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Imperialism Poems - Poems about Imperialism


IN THE DARKNESS OF IMPERIALISM
I was born in a banana republic, Between the carnivorous chains of Françafrique, In an open-air dumpster, Where tyranny, barbarity, and savagery speak with arrogance. I am perfumed with all the nauseating scents of misery. I grew up under the honeyed speeches of necktied oppressors, Their swollen pockets vomiting development aid. They painted the walls of despair UN blue, While our starving bellies...

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Categories: imperialism, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Colonization
One country controls an another is colonization, This process of power leads to imperialism, ...

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Categories: imperialism, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Beat the Drums
Beat the drums; aye, beat the drums! Make them go stark raving mad— These likes of Emperor Jones. 1 The criminals' courts play house. Adzes don't cut their own tails. 2 Where are Clinton, Bush, and Trump? 3 'We' are the people, the mob. 4 'We' are judges; 'we' punish. They should be ripped limb from limb. Peaceful rallies will not do. The...

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Categories: imperialism, america, anger, discrimination, holocaust,
Form: Blank verse
The System
In shadows cast by Western might, The System whispers, a colonial blight. 1. Shatter morals, a cultural fray, where heritage falters, lost in dismay. Reduced to echoes of a proud past, souls adrift, in shadows cast. 2. Weaken currencies, neocolonial schemes, a puppet dance where exploitation teems. Devalue...

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Categories: imperialism, africa, analogy, black african
Form: Free verse
The Need For World Peace
Giggles and chuckles flutter in the meadows, Prancing ponytails, peekaboo under the tree's shadows, Protected below the blanket of the quiet sky, A realm of peace, a paradise to the eye. Blood that drenched the earth for so long, Wars waged for reasons all wrong, Lives took by the swish of a sword, Reason and truth are entirely ignored. Countless sacrifices gave...

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Categories: imperialism, 7th grade, courage, humanity,
Form: Rhyme



I Know a Place
I know a place where imperialism is hated So much because majority people don't enjoy From that system.The place is called, "Africa"...Where many people praying for its death daily. I know a place where...

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Categories: imperialism, africa, humor, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
21st Century Imperialism
Your country has laws freedom and rights that lead to the courts who settle up fights You think it’s a given yet see it unfair determined and driven but going nowhere A victim of racism keeps you beneath prevented by sexism seeking relief being gay is illegal in the land of Qatar women ain’t equal...

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Categories: imperialism, humanity, international, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Imperialism
Someone tells people what they should be And they nod without hesitation Slaves of alien mentality Like the crave for fad and fashion The sphere of modern imperialism Is far reaching to invade human mind Chauvinism, ethnocentrism Puppets played from behind...

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Categories: imperialism, slavery,
Form: Rhyme

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