What becomes of a world?The trees ache with a pain only those who have witnessed true horror
The swinging rope moping for it had been turned to a killer
The threads unravelling trying to escape
A maze with no end
Running, running, running Away
Yet still can't escape its fate
A fallen leaf a tear of the tree
Weeping for a...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, family, funeral, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Just get over it'Just get over it'
No we still haven't received reparations
And they are long overdue
Why would we get over it
When you prance around wearing bags made of our skin
Sitting your privileged self's on chairs oh so familiar
The fabric - our skin
But you'll never know
You'll never care
Because of your ignorance
Because what you...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, history, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Us be grateful for what?Let them eat cake
But with no hands
And a mouth sewn shut
Why us
Why must we suffer with crumbs
And be grateful
To be grateful when slavery ended
When in fact it was they who started it
To feed us poison instead of the antidote
Then feign confusion to why it didn't work
The world sees you as a victim
And...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, freedom, metaphor, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
A black girls stance on self loveA black girls stance on self love
Is one not often understood
One that take years of healing
One that understands the process of feeling
Because in a world that shoves hate down our throat
You can't be surprised when we swallow the bare minimum
The relationship between a black girl and herself
Is one not...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, joy, mirror, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
The choices we never got to makeA life of false happiness
Or death by defiance
They claim we have a choice
But what kind of choice is a life of imprisonment or a death penalty
An eternal life of isolation
Or an eternity of nothingness
With choices like that who needs control
Or to be caged by manipulation
For us the ideal choice
Would be death
To...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, freedom, history, peace,
Form: Free verse
White privilegeWhite privilege
The ability to exist Without fear
The ability to walk down the streets
And not jump at every siren
To not calculate every move
And overthink every word
Because in out world
Our existence gets us killed
And in your world a red carpet is rolled at your feet
Your privilege ignites your ignorance
And in a world where all...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, history, political, power,
Form: Free verse
Death by jealousyThey say beauty is in the eye of the beholder
That our differences make it subjective
But when it comes to black beauty
We are the blueprint
And objectively you can't argue with architecture
Especially when we've seen the beauty of its structure
You can't say you hate our skin
Then paint your skin our colour
Whilst simultaneously discriminate...
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Categories:
racism, beauty, discrimination, jealousy, joy,
Form: Free verse
The currency of powerPower equals currency
In a world that actively yearns for it
The more you have the more you are worshiped
And with worship becomes freedom
Where inequality is something they abuse
And power is the excuse they use as a campaign
To bully the people that they blame
To start an agenda of hate for the only personal gain
The same...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, political, power, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
You can't run from accountabilityWe know your game
And we are not going to become slaves to it
We've seen you spin your lies like a spiders Web
Your crimes of deceit will come back to smite you
The heavens will rain down on you
There is no escape from eternity
Hear these words said
Let them infest your head
Your silence will betray you...
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Categories:
racism, color, discrimination, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse
The spiritual horror of psychological tortureWhen the mind slowly decays
It doesn’t just affect the mind
It affects the body, the spirit, the soul
The spiritual horror of psychological torture
Is how you treated black people
The way you penetrated our minds with accusations of inferiority
Treating us less than animals
Less than the dirt on your shoes
Generation after generation
You have tortured my people
Psychological...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, horror, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Donald Trump is the felon on the looseImmortal mind, my ghost follows my every move.
Intercepted thoughts, clearheaded internal function.
Machines roam this world, time of the metal mind,
loss of human conscience, Elon Musk taking over the world!
Political confusion, MAGA intrusion, January 6th.
Hate your neighbor! Love your enemy! Donald Trump!
Constitution is the thing of the past, lock her up!!
No excuse given, just pure ignorance,...
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Categories:
racism, america, betrayal, bullying, corruption,
Form: Free verse
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:
racism, 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:
racism, 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:
racism, 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:
racism, discrimination, evil, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Racism Poems
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