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Racism Poems | Examples of Racism Poetry

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 short, long, best, and famous poem examples for racism.
Premium Member Unfounded Hatred Toward a Young Stranger
The subway station heaves with muffled noise, The shuffle of countless feet against the grime, I am aware of unfounded disdain, Coursing between strangers in the city's bowels. The ancient fluorescents blink in yellow strobe, Casting faint light on self-assuring...Read the rest...
Categories: discrimination, hate, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Okay KK
It's because of ya ya ya you I'm ashamed to be wa wa wa white Don't be sus sus sus suprised If I don't fa fa fa forgive you or f f f fight All I can sa...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, anger, betrayal, black love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Show Love, Not Hate
Show Love, Not Hate Miracle Man 4/17/2024 Antisemitism grows worse, and there’s no current answer. Hatred is eating our lunch, like a man eating cancer. It’s disrupting other’s lives, forcing many to live in fear. Protesters burn our flag, and “Death to America“ I...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, bullying, discrimination, god, hate,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Great American Make-Believe
Suburban resident pretense, a bleak uniformity. I grew up among the repetitious homes, isolated alienated, I wandered the conformity, the endless square yards, the dull feckless syndrome. Repugnant yet intriguing, a redundant singularity, fabrications of fortified, fraudulent self-deception, blocks...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, america, anxiety, community, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Her Fair-Skinned Form Is More Than I Deserve
Her fair-skinned form is more than I deserve; because her skin is light, and mine is dark, like Tristan and Yseult's love which King Mark forbade, we're banned...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, color, discrimination, love, prejudice,
Form: Italian Sonnet



Premium Member The Insignificance of Skin Color
The color of love will prevail: we, white, black, yellow, red, shall pacify the clash between good folks and ignorant, white trash, haters who oppress others without right! In...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, america, color, hate, prejudice,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Intertwine
People's live matter Muscles and sinews connect Racism shutter....Read the rest...
Categories: culture, people, political, racism,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Loving Kind
We love we cry we laugh we are the loving tree we grow and we know I'm brown he's creamy we are broken but we are one our love tormented since 1958 in VA. our love...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, discrimination, family, happiness, integrity,
Form: Free verse
I Demand Justice For Ryan Gainer Death
I demand Justice, For the world's hatred, a blight, Justice for the innocent's tragic plight, Where evil prospers in the night, Like shadows dark, obscuring light. I demand Justice, For black lives' suffering, deep and stark,...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, 11th grade, dedication, kid,
Form: Elegy
Invisible Bloodbath: Tulsa Race Massacre
The story of a harrowing tragedy, A race carnage of terror and atrocity. A district that teemed with pride and achievement, But a place of hatred for white supremacists. With the terror and fear of those dark days, The lives...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Emmett Till
August 28th was a harrowing day, The life of a black boy, taken away. No justice was served to his killers, The nation was shocked by his murder. After being abducted by two white men, He was repeatedly beaten and...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial, racism,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member From Palimpsest to Glory: The Music of Florence Price
In Ouachita's murmurs, where pine needles sigh, I trace the mountains' ancient, weathered crown. Silvered river forgotten secrets float by, And fills my heart, a sonorous chamber now. A flame ignites, dispelling shadows deep, A beacon for lost souls on...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, black african american, courage,
Form: Narrative
Skin
As I stand in the shower washing my coily hair, seeing my brown skin, I think of how unheard of this simple task must have been, to my ancestors, my kin How they probably couldn’t shower...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, america, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sadness
David has become Goliath Goliath has become David the world is spinning out of control nuclear bullets battle paper butterflies The indigenous as usual suffer indignation history spins in circles again and again ...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, angst, betrayal, bible, christian,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Black and White
A long, dark, lonely night. The aroma of my black coffee. A scary black cat. The color of the pen I use to write. The color of my hair flowing around me. The fluttering wings of a bat. As white as...Read the rest...
Categories: racism, america, color, dark, light,
Form: Rhyme

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