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
Genocide by PrescriptionIn the spirals of our ancient code lie secrets
No pill boasts on its glossy label:
We are the cradle of the human genome,
Yet our maps remain blank in global trials.
Test tubes filled with our diaspora’s pulse
Are left untouched—ignored by profit’s design.
Prescription after prescription fails us,
Side by side with miracles elsewhere.
Tell me, Western pharmacopeia,
Why ship drugs proven...
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Categories:
prejudice, abuse, corruption, death, health,
Form: Free verse
The invitation of love into a black woman's heartDeep down she was a hopeless romantic
Masked with hate because she thought she couldn't have it
After all she was a black woman
When she asked the world for love it laughed at her
It's why she gave up, a story so tragic
Growing up in a world where white was the beauty standard
And being black was...
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Categories:
prejudice, black love, discrimination, longing,
Form: Free verse
To be blackTo be black
Is to constantly run
Maybe that's why they stereotype
Saying we are fast
Speaking of fast
That's what they say when a black girl has a nice ass
Because being black and being a woman
Means that it's our fault
And we deserve it
To be black
Is to constantly fight back
With the hope we won't be...
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Categories:
corruption, discrimination, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Can happily ever after exist?Can happily ever after truly ever exist
Where we live in a world that looks like this
Where we live in a society that favours division
Because how can one truly be happy
In a world that excludes and is racist
How can one have hope this will happen
Especially when you're black It's not something we get...
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Categories:
discrimination, fantasy, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Life is shortLife is short they say
So you better make the most of it
But what happens When that's not the case for everyone
Where there are some
Who are constantly changing freedom
Whilst simultaneously hiding in the shadows
Hoping to see tomorrow
So how can one live life to the fullest
When the odds are stacked against you
But...
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Categories:
anxiety, discrimination, identity, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
246 bullets246 bullets
10 Cops
1 black man
And a lifetime of pain
1 funeral
1 courtroom
12 jurors
1 judge
1 verdict
Not guilty
1 claim of self defence
This is the world we live in
One in which black people choose freedom
Which is stolen From us
And white people have their skin
Which means they will automatically be acquitted
This is the world we...
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Categories:
prejudice, discrimination, freedom, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The power of being blackShe was the rain
He was the thunder
And together they were an unstoppable storm
Both activists in their own form
Both doing what they were made for
A duo who held a power that could destroy A system
Meant only to break them
Built to control them
Her voice was fire
Loud and unforgiving
His mind was like...
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Categories:
discrimination, freedom, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
The forgotten killerHopelessness
When your body and mind are disconnected
When your falling in a sea of darkness and accept it
When the silence is loud you can hear your heartbeat
It's the feeling of a deep pit
In your stomach
All the contents of your stomach being Consumed by it
Replaced by the feeling of sickness
Leaving a...
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Categories:
prejudice, anxiety, depression, discrimination, mental
Form: Free verse
It Was All an Illusion
All a mirage, an aberrant illusion
acceptance in America
professionally, socially
we even became sought-after marriage partners…
Educated people seemed...
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Categories:
prejudice, america, farewell, history, jewish,
Form: Free verse
The sacrifice of drowning so others could be savedEmpty, that's all she felt
She hated the numbness that would blindly attack
She did so much for others
But she couldn't help herself
She carried the weight of being black
Where racism would slowly break her back
She couldn't even go to a hospital they'd probably throw her out
Calling her 'dramatic'
Saying she should go somewhere else
This...
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Categories:
prejudice, discrimination, evil, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Who will hold her exhaustion when it gets too heavyExhaustion was a burden she would always have to carry
A lingering shadow that gave her no peace
Even haunting her in her sleep
Her most notable feature
Was her eye bags so heavy
They begged to be heard
Screamed to be released
Hoping someone will save her from the abyss
Of Exhaustion
Tired from a life of always running
Away...
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Categories:
prejudice, depression, discrimination, mental health,
Form: Free verse
The radicalism of a black main characterShe always wondered how it would be
If she, a black girl starred in a romantic comedy
Where she wouldn't just be used as comic relief
And she would be desired by the male lead
She dreamed of being comforted
And not play a strong black girl where she wouldn't be punished for being seen as 'weak'
She could be...
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Categories:
character, children, discrimination, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Black people vs the worldNo your burdens are not for us to carry
We know your game
You fake a smile
Bat your little eyelashes
Pretend you care
Then reveal your true motive
You want us to fight your battles for you
But when we need help
On your end all we hear is silence
While you sit back and watch...
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Categories:
color, discrimination, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Her journey to self loveShe sat in front of her vanity mirror
Her reflection felt unfamiliar
The girl in it didn't look how she pictured
She felt like a visitor
In a body that should be familiar
Yet somehow she felt like a prisoner
Not knowing how to feel about the person in the mirror who reflected her
She wasn't...
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Categories:
prejudice, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Prejudice Poems
Definition | What is Prejudice in Poetry?