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Warnings from the AbyssDwell in the river and the monster will eat you
While the flakes of snow float over,
Forsake the pleasure and erase the relic
As your internal mayhem will soon break
If you oppose my revelations.
I exist so...
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Categories:
prejudice, 10th grade, bible, death,
Form: Free verse
Black Is Not Wack
In a world where the color black is often misunderstood,
Let's shed some light on what's truly good.
Black Friday sales, a shopper's delight,
Financial success on the bottom line, shines bright.
Luxury cars and sleek limousines, easily attract,...
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Categories:
prejudice, black african american, care,
Form: Rhyme
Mental Thing
Can I be exonerated
For the crimes I never commited?
There’s no one to ask, I’m afraid
Which doesn’t make me uplifted
And its nowhere to go, I’m unseen
Cause my passport is shining too bright
Unwelcomed, I see the screen
But...
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Categories:
prejudice, analogy, emotions, england, political,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
conflict, emotions, prejudice, relationship,
Form: Haiku
Hands that toil : Hearts that acheFrom fields of gold to the city's cold embrace,
He came a farmer, with a weathered face.
Dusty clothes, hands calloused and worn,
Carrying the burden of harvest born.
But steel and glass denied his rightful claim,
A public servant,...
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Categories:
prejudice, angst, clothes, color, conflict,
Form: Narrative
Closed Community Prejudice--an Alphabetized Memoir
(Note: In this abecedarian poem, I redacted the name of the particular denomination to protect the innocent and to universalize the context. Fill in your own favorite groups! Prejudice against those perceived to be “other”...
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Categories:
community, discrimination, hate, prejudice,
Form: Abecedarian
FireflyWhy are the crows always jealous of the firefly?
Why do the eyes always look for dirt on its face?
Or are they amazed of its glow?
For it does not glimmer but it shines?...
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Categories:
prejudice,
Form: Free verse
The Schock Od An OutsiderNew Yorkers, in general, are very notorious
for walking way too fast, not moderately:
it's seen as an unpleasant remark;
tourists keep think to themselves,
" They're funny! " It's a stereotype they mock,
" Do New Yorkers ever...
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Categories:
prejudice, bullying, character, discrimination, emotions,
Form: Narrative
Categories:
hilarious, image, prejudice, scary,
Form: Haiku
Where Did This Hate Come FromCome on people lets be civil
Why we causing so much trouble
In a world that needs to see
So much more humanity
Hatred can be lessened by
The love we all have inside
Showing the darkness it wont win
Bringing...
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Categories:
anger, people, prejudice, society,
Form: Rhyme
Hurtful Words Should Not Be Heardevery day I cry new tears
from the awful things I hear
please take a look and you will see
I'm like you and your like me
the words you speak are very wrong
and my pains real and strong
stop...
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Categories:
prejudice, bullying, change, discrimination, hate,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
people, prejudice, psychological, social,
Form: Haiku
NO ROSES FOR ROSE
Her eyes look up towards the amber skies
In solemn prayer before the Sun dies
Only to live again a zillion times
Prayer is not for the Sun as it climbs
Yet again setting the world's busy pace
Shining on...
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Categories:
prejudice, beauty, death, first love,
Form: Couplet
My obsession just to win, in Trump’s own wordsMy head is in a spin,
My obsession just to win,
I'm driven and I'm mad
All I smell is gushing blood.
I feel I'm in a surreal game
That shooting sort - so very lame,
Where targets pop-up all around,
Nothing...
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Categories:
humorous, parody, political, prejudice,
Form: Quatrain
A VillainI know every story needs a villain
But I promise you I don’t fit the part.
Villains are strong, mean, callous and cold.
I only built walls to protect my heart from your hurt,
Stopped wasting my words on...
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Categories:
family, poetry, prejudice, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Prejudice Poems
Definition | What is Prejudice in Poetry?