Courage Racism Poems

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...

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In shadows cast by history's pen,
A tale of strength begins again.
From fields of struggle, rises the song,
Black voices echoing, bold and strong.

Harriet's courage, a guiding...

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Why does one feel outcast?
Why base self-worth on the opinion of others? 
A great and tragic lapse in ego,
irrational thought, and weak superego.
An outcast allows...

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I am not my skin nor what I wear,
I am much more than what meets the eye,
I am the love that I give and share,
I...

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BLACK LIVES MATTER.
 
The sad thing is that people are getting hurt,
The environment statues are being treated like dirt.
 
We must find a better way...

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A HOUSE DIVIDED
 
What right do you have to tell someone 
Else how to use their bodies like they should

You don’t run their life and...

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I was working for this South African company,
For its Lesotho registered segment.
I wasn't of the long serving ones
But a relative new comer.
Here we were in...

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I’m witnessing this racism 
That’s right in front of me 
Or am I just insane?
Maybe I’m being paranoid?

Others tell me to get over it
So ignorant...

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I used to stay up all night
Dreading the terror beneath by bed
Thoughts of the boogy-man
Ran wild in my head

He came in the dark
Looking for a...

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I brush my teeth every morning,
 Toothpaste wobbles and bubbles madly with water,
I rinsed the tongue and push the dregs out like gutter
 I don't...

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Thou may write behind a dim lampshade, 
Dingy as though appear
The pale Blue walls steered a reliable witness, 
Deeply overrun by echoes of pity 
...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - IV - Primo Levi

Shema
by Primo Levi
translation by Michael R. Burch

You who live secure
in your comfortable houses, 
who...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems (I)

These are poems about World War II and the Holocaust, which is also called the Shoah in Hebrew....

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She pleaded her case
She was a child dressed up in white lace.
She was told that people she know their place.
She knew then that the world...

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Stand up and stand out
Speak up or show out
Witness turned Accomplice 
With Silence
Seeking Peace 
But met with violence 
Will it end will stop 
It’s been...

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