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Unfounded Hatred Toward a Young StrangerThe 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...
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Categories:
discrimination, hate, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse
Okay KKIt'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...
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Categories:
racism, anger, betrayal, black love,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
racism, bullying, discrimination, god, hate,
Form: Quatrain
The Great American Make-BelieveSuburban 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...
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Categories:
racism, america, anxiety, community, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Her Fair-Skinned Form Is More Than I DeserveHer 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...
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Categories:
racism, color, discrimination, love, prejudice,
Form: Italian Sonnet
The Insignificance of Skin ColorThe 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...
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Categories:
racism, america, color, hate, prejudice,
Form: Italian Sonnet
IntertwinePeople's live matter
Muscles and sinews connect
Racism shutter....
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Categories:
culture, people, political, racism,
Form: Haiku
The Loving KindWe 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...
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Categories:
racism, discrimination, family, happiness, integrity,
Form: Free verse
I Demand Justice For Ryan Gainer DeathI 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,...
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Categories:
racism, 11th grade, dedication, kid,
Form: Elegy
Invisible Bloodbath: Tulsa Race MassacreThe 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...
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Categories:
racism, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Emmett TillAugust 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...
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Categories:
memorial, racism,
Form: Rhyme
From Palimpsest to Glory: The Music of Florence PriceIn 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...
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Categories:
racism, black african american, courage,
Form: Narrative
SkinAs 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...
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Categories:
racism, america, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
SadnessDavid 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
...
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Categories:
racism, angst, betrayal, bible, christian,
Form: Free verse
Black and WhiteA 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...
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Categories:
racism, america, color, dark, light,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Racism Poems
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