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The chains are still there you've just got to look closer
...Stalked all their life Stained by a crime not committed A permanent mark on black skin A reminder how we will never fit in Labelled as criminals Despite being exonerated Probation was for ......
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Layla Riley-Hill
Categories:
labelled,
discrimination, freedom, power, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
Drowning in a sea of their hate
...Expectations No rest No time to breathe A weight on your chest Nothing less than excellence Even that's not enough A world that tells black people That even if you follow the rules You are ......
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Layla Riley-Hill
Categories:
labelled,
discrimination, hate, ocean, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
Dogma Enigma
... Dogma Enigma When the pedophile is god and genocide is good when caring for the other is a never not a should when race is a weapon and gender is revoked when science is blasphemy and cl......
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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Categories:
labelled,
political, racism, religion, science,
Form:
Rhyme
The medical gaslighting of a black woman
...Is to be pushed to the brink of psychosis And to then be labelled mentally unstable It is to ask for help and be met with the door Then when we worsen they blame us for waiting too long As if ......
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Layla Riley-Hill
Categories:
labelled,
death, discrimination, horror, mental
Form:
Free verse
Structure of the universe
...The first creation was the cosmic egg Hiranyagarbha, that’s shaped like our head All souls caged within it, for freedom beg Taking endless births, till they’re by love led Polarities balanced, ......
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Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
labelled,
god, spiritual,
Form:
Sonnet
Waiting in The Lion Dance Chinese Take Away
... I sit on a straight back red vinyl chair in a Chinese Take Away waiting for my beef and black bean sauce, pork chow mein and a serving of special fried rice - hear from behind a beaded ra......
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Paul Willason
Categories:
labelled,
food,
Form:
Free verse
White privilege
...White privilege The ability to exist Without fear The ability to walk down the streets And not jump at every siren To not calculate every move And overthink every word Because in out world O......
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Layla Riley-Hill
Categories:
labelled,
discrimination, history, political, power,
Form:
Free verse
DESERT DATE PIP
... Sponsor : Tom Woody Contest : Black Hole Love Submitted: 16/7/25 _____________ “Love embodies in millions of forms and frequencies, not all known. Its int......
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Ghairo Daniels
Categories:
labelled,
allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form:
Ballad
Just want ,wanted to be heard
...World knows the seven deadly sins- lust,gluttony,greed,sloth,wrath,envy,pride. A woman basic need to understood and being heard is more deadly a sin which burn the mind and heart to ashes. Eve......
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Kenisha Shines
Categories:
labelled,
anger, character, cry,
Form:
Free verse
This
...This posed a problem in ancient Loch, As it’s not a canvas of Van Gogh. When paint ran down my arm While squashed and ground bugs harm, I still labelled it ‘Woolly Epoch’. CURATOR’S......
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Suzette Richards
Categories:
labelled,
humorous,
Form:
Limerick
The Weight of Intangibles
...Sometimes, I feel completely alone. No matter how much I try to reach out, or try to connect. Sometimes, I feel unwanted. No matter how much love I pour out, or try to perfect. Sometimes, ......
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Ethel Theron
Categories:
labelled,
angst, desire, feelings, lonely,
Form:
Rhyme
Renewal continual
...“refrains of love enchantingly repeat ~ all that that is is simply God’s heartbeat” ~ quote by poet upon ego death, the Self is revealed one without a second outside spa......
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Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
labelled,
god, self, spiritual,
Form:
Sonnet
The blurred lines between childhood and adulthood
...When the lines are blurred How can we tell who we are anymore How do we know when innocence begins and when it ends Or if it ever really happened At all This was not everyone's experience Bu......
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Layla Riley-Hill
Categories:
labelled,
children, corruption, prejudice, race,
Form:
Free verse
The ballad of the last black girl in school
...The last one standing Would usually be a victory But in this black girls story It was the opposite For her this was a loss Being the only black girl in the school And for this She felt it deep......
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Layla Riley-Hill
Categories:
labelled,
bullying, discrimination, race, racism,
Form:
Free verse
BLUE NUDE : Pablo Picasso: 1902
...she rose from depths of his despair followed an artistic youthful D E A TH blue black curled ......
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Ghairo Daniels
Categories:
labelled,
allegory, allusion, art, bereavement,
Form:
Ekphrasis
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