Racism Poems - Examples of all types of racism poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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I want to be rebornI want to be reborn
I want to be free
not better than anyone
just better than me.
Earning my money
nothing more, nothing less
living not surviving
and leaving no mess.
I want to be a girl
that effortlessly...
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Categories:
racism, birth, childhood, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
That Which Festers
He used to stand with arms stretched wide,
And proudly he’d exclaim.
“America’s the very best.
No other is the same.”
His accidental voyage,
was not what he had planned.
From sands and ancient pyramids,
T’was kismet, where he’d land.
But racist hate...
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Categories:
racism, america, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Never let them break your spiritCould Not Break My Spirit
Running alone in a crowded world, I lived my life in solitude. Some dreams came true in unexpected ways. Often, I thought I’d found my true calling, yet reality unfolded differently....
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Categories:
racism, 7th grade, addiction, africa,
Form: Blank verse
Never let them break your spiritCould Not Break My Spirit
Running alone in a crowded world, I lived my life in solitude. Some dreams came true in unexpected ways. Often, I thought I’d found my true calling, yet reality unfolded differently....
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Categories:
racism, addiction, allusion, america, angst,
Form: Blank verse
America Did Not DieFor crying out loud
Due to the outcome
I was not particularly proud
For more than two centuries, election days go and come
At a similar season, every four years
This time, there were plenty of wows and tears
Of disappointment,...
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Categories:
racism, america, angst, anxiety, bullying,
Form: Rhyme
Addressing the world todayAs I sit here in my home and watch my children grow
I worry for the future and wonder what will come
I take the time to educate and teach my child to know
Of the differences within...
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Categories:
discrimination, future, inspirational, racism,
Form: Sonnet
Vote For, If You WantNo department of Education
No anti-corruption
No health care
No unemployment benefits
No social security benefits
When you’re old enough to retire
No help for people in needs, no welfare
No grants or loans for college students
No housing vouchers for elderly parents
No...
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Categories:
racism, america, betrayal, black african
Form: Rhyme
Vote No Against Hate And BigotryLet's not be afraid to make a stand
Against hate and bigotry on this land
Let's stop the hypocrites cold
Now. Let's repudiate their old
Ideas and their archaic and spurious values
Let's unmask them and expose their views
Sectarianism may...
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Categories:
racism, anti bullying, black african
Form: Rhyme
I No Speaky( The subject is: "White-Supremacy", which does not include nor encapsulate all “Caucasians”. There is but one “Race” and given its historical behavior, I wouldn't recommend it. The economic reference is just to put a...
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Categories:
racism, community, conflict, culture, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
The Rape of PalestineThe Europeans colonized
middle earth and Africa
as their God given right
America built on the labour
of African slaves
Indigenous killed
murdered, and slaughtered
then laughed at
some of you still live in this world
others though, through the eyes of history
have admitted
if...
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Categories:
allah, corruption, evil, racism,
Form: Free verse
Walk with meWalk with me now, will you?
I’ll even lend you
my shoes
So you can see what it’s like in them.
Do you see what I see?
When you hurt my brothers and sisters
When you see my skin as...
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Categories:
racism, 10th grade, america, black
Form: Rhyme
It Is No SecretIt is no secret!
That this country is still racist,
White, Black, Yellow, Brown and Red.
When all we see is colored faces!
For most our ignorance’s,
conjure illusions were not racist.
While some masquerade
in an attempt to misguide!
Some...
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Categories:
racism, abuse, anti bullying, culture,
Form: Rhyme
They Eat Good Hot DogsThey consume the hot dogs
Too
Like you
But they don’t eat the dogs
Never, never
They do not eat the cats
They do not eat the pets
Never, never.
Immigrants eat the wild hogs
That’s hot Griot
They don’t eat the rabbits
But they eat...
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Categories:
racism, africa, betrayal, black african
Form: Rhyme
They Are Eating The DogsThey are eating the dogs
They are eating the cats
They are eating the pets
They are eating the wild hogs.
In the early 20th “c”, Germans used to eat blockade mutton
That’s absolute truth. It’s a shame that this...
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Categories:
racism, bullying, discrimination, hate, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Thank You GodIn the midst of Slavery
We survived
In the midst of Segregration
We survived
In the midst of Genocide
We will survive
Thank You God...
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Categories:
racism, africa, bible, black african
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Racism Poems
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discrimination, bigotry, bias, segregation, apartheid, unfairness, partiality, one sidedness, racialism, sectarianism, illiberality,