Plantations Poems - Poems about Plantations

...They were exhibited as strange curiosities, They all had a face, a name, an identity on this land soiled by negrophobia. They looked without seeing, their eyes lost in the ruins of their humanity......Read the rest...

...Surrounded by tranquil turquoise waters, Guarded on sides by oceans three, In the east by the Pacific, On the south by the Celebes Sea, And on the west by the south China Sea, There......Read the rest...

...when we look at ourselves as extraordinary Black people of color we can surmise that we've endured more than any others separate but equal, Jim Crow and slavery Black folks have taken a licking fo......Read the rest...

...On sandy beaches and along fertile riverbanks, In fecund soil and in lush green plantations, Coconut trees stand tall towering into the sky. They are benevolent palms at the service of......Read the rest...

...Tomatoes are red and perishable as are roses, Specializing in their trade takes a heart. Eggs are fragile,as are glasses, It is not easy to hawk them around. Honey is sweet but comes from a far. ......Read the rest...

...A Contemplative Sojourn Through The Breeze The continuity of perspective required for accurate conclusions The ingenuity of the reflective inspired by immaculate infusions The co-morbidity of ......Read the rest...

...The Bahama Islands our nation of shallow seas our archipelago in the sun we live on which the Lord our God laid our foundation of life upon the shallow plantations of The Atlantic Ocean ......Read the rest...

...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty years ago Juneteenth hint: three hundred and sixty six days after eighteen sixty four. Major General Gordon Granger led the Union Soldiers to Galveston,......Read the rest...

...I ask myself a rhetorical question regarding... the durability, longevity, and tenacity of *****sapiens, after screaming headlines report one after another atrocity. How did the human species ma......Read the rest...

...The estate of my spreading life has been plowed over many times. Plantations have withered and been replanted, grain fields have turned to dust, have laid fallow for years yet now the corn is hi......Read the rest...

...The sun sheds light energizing all planet... Holy inheritance of god... The moon unfolds love in divine silver rays sprinkles all the nectar on us... The riv......Read the rest...

...I will stop reminiscing over the 1700s when the 2000s stop mirroring the same values plantations upgraded to prisons, chains to handcuff, masters to head leaders and coaches shall I keep going! Se......Read the rest...

...The anguish I feel in winter came from the times of slavery the pity I felt when I saw black people sweating for life on the other side of the Atlantic... came... from the pain I felt, but I di......Read the rest...

...no one saw it coming they never do the phone poles were giving off sparks dogs began to howl birds flocked to the sky A Plymouth hubcap of immense proportions quivered and droned in the air over ......Read the rest...

...There's nothing easy about living in the big easy. Skinny dogs and two legged spiders Spinning violence down salty streets hurricanes drooling upon below sea level hospitality/// once a year al......Read the rest...