Beauty Prejudice Poems

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...

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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...

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Written: October 16, 2023
This Or That, Vol 21 Poetry Contest       Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh    

Nobody is...

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I beat my wings
At the moment of exhale
Unaware the air had grown stale
I was a white washed wasp
With no sting in my tale
Maybe because daddy...

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One an angel, one a devil,    
Two so different, two so young,    
This ain’t love, this is so wretched,...

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In a world consumed by fleeting time,
Where outer beauty reigns, a paradigm,
There is a truth that we often forget:
A beauty deeper than just the skin,...

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In the midnight's hush, a word was whispered,
A message destined for the Mooli's own kin,
A task entrusted to the son's devoted heart,
To carry forth, to...

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He is deformed but she doesn't care in the least.
When it comes to them, it's beauty and the beast.
Everybody calls him a monster and it's...

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Here’s something we all need to know about the color of our skin…
the section that holds the pigment is actually quite thin.

I imagine our creators,...

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This grim February, away from Africa,
where this beauty offends no one,
where no preference for safety, 
Far away from Love, 
I heard the echoes of war,
unfriendly...

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They examined me with tape measures in their eyes as I entered
superimposing famous female faces over my own in their minds
like pictures printed on clear...

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ugly prejudice
hatred revealed in your face
my soul weeps for you
your inner beauty stolen
destroying peace in your heart

written January 24, 2022...

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The pilot formally announced
the desired cruising height was reached.
At three hundred and forty knots
the plane flew like a cruise missile.

As I peered out of my...

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Beautiful Black Girl

Beautiful black girl your shade is divine, your silky lacquer skin looks so rich against mine.  You are so beautiful, in time...

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I can sense the fear,
You're trying to hide
Under that fake
Mask of confidence;
You don't have to stay quiet
When people tell you to -
Even though, you want...

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