I dont blame herI dont blame her for how she chose to survive
It was never really her choice
It was a forced setup
A gun forced into our hand
To absolve them of guilt
But they guide our hands
On to the trigger
And coax us into pulling it
But was it really suicide
When the world forced...
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Categories:
discrimination, hate, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
A funeral for myselfIt was a funeral for myself
And I still haven't buried her yet
The sky opened up and released its anger
Rained down in grief and sadness
The only other witness to her multiple deaths
The world built her to break
It was too late to save her
For she was now unrecognisable
In a casket crafted from pain...
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Categories:
death, discrimination, funeral, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Does he like black girls?Does he like black girls
Or does he like the idea of the swirl
Does he like black girls
Or does he only like type two and three curls
Does he like black girls
Or does he want bragging rights
Does he like black girls
Or does he just want a turn
Does he like black girls
Or does he want...
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Categories:
prejudice, beauty, discrimination, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
The survival and demonisation being blackAcceptance equals survival
Survival equals safety
Comfort equals invisibility
And invisibility is vital
For us to live a somewhat peaceful life
'Somewhat' because they even kill us in silence
They even kill us despite our compliance
When they see us we are greeted with violence
There is a method to the existence of being black
A formula so...
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Categories:
discrimination, evil, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
The heroic villainWe are the villains in a story they spun
We get the villain arc without being a villain
The storyline of a traumatic childhood
Living under a shadow
Constantly being misunderstood
Having to sacrifice ourselves for the greater good
Without being given credit of saving the world
What they don't tell you is how the hero is the coward
How...
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Categories:
prejudice, discrimination, hero, innocence, jealousy,
Form: Free verse
The autopsy of a black bodyAn autopsy of a black body
One who suffered greatly
The body pushed past its limits
To the point it had enough and quit
A scalpel to their chest
Slowly peeling the layers of flesh
Noticing the rot
Hit by the stench of trauma
The body dissected
The organs removed
Leaving the body an empty shell
Of a broken person
Beaten by an...
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Categories:
prejudice, body, discrimination, hate, murder,
Form: Free verse
I am the mirrorI am the mirror of truth
I am the reflection of accountability
That will show the shards of what is, not what's not
I will reflect their own darkness back at them
So they can feel an ounce of the pain we suffered through
To confront the truth of their own inferiority
And be trapped in a room full...
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Categories:
prejudice, discrimination, evil, metaphor, mirror,
Form: Free verse
A Jarring Circumlocution
Today I hear a jarring circumlocution
‘One solution, intifada revolution’
The first Intifada lasted from ’87 to ‘93
A perilous time to be an Israeli
...
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Categories:
prejudice, evil, hate, islamic, jewish,
Form: Couplet
The strength we embodyThey told us our skin meant exile
That our joy would be put on trial
Because it brings rain
But how can they hate the rain when it nourishes the ground we walk on
The same ground that grows the food we need to survive
They want us to cower in the face of their Whiteness
To bow down to their...
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Categories:
discrimination, prejudice, race, racism,
Form: Free verse
Black joy vs the worldThey hate us not because we’re bad but because we are everything they cannot be
Because while they stew in their own misery
Formed from their own jealousy
We live life fully
Because that’s the beauty of Black people
We create joy where joy has been locked out
Then try to hide it through false superiority
Whilst trying to convince the...
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Categories:
beauty, discrimination, joy, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
ObjectionsThe real purpose of the visa tourism
Is the humiliation of the guests
Its “us and them” post tribal atavism
The applicants are treated like suspects
The so called survey list interrogates
Some questions that can't be rationalized
To play a reason to pass through the border gates
Despite prejudice that you are crimnalized
The papers you submit might...
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Categories:
prejudice, travel, world,
Form: Rhyme
Four men in restaurant
The first man had a wife,
Helped him with dressing and strife.
Kept his sweets near,
Made sure he never looked over here.
The second man and his wife,
In baggy ill-fitting clothes.
Took the leftovers home under his clothes,
...
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Categories:
prejudice, 12th grade, anger, community,
Form: Free verse
The lies they killed us withThey starved our bodies of love
Then complain how our bones shake in fear
They strip us of our dignity
Then glare at us when we jave nothing to wear
They take our souls
Then question when they hear our screams in their dreams
It's why when the wind fills their ears
It sparks chills
And the echoes...
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Categories:
discrimination, history, political, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
To be black part IITo be black
Is to live life freely
Despite being trapped in a cage without a key
Ignoring the hate from society
As their bodies radiate envy
Trying to destroy our joy through spreading negativity
And taking our lives violently
To be black Is to smile in the face of adversity
To be black
Is to find beauty in the...
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Categories:
prejudice, color, community, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Free verse
The many languages of black voicesWe dont have to use our voice to scream
Because a voice isn't just words
It's art, it's our presence, it's how we exist
It's being unapologetically black
Our presence is like the rain after a drought
And the rain nourishes the ground
It's like walking into a room and it's brought back to life
Where once was darkness, has now been...
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Categories:
discrimination, jealousy, metaphor, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Prejudice Poems
Definition | What is Prejudice in Poetry?