Faith Racism Poems

It's far better to be an ass
Than to be bothered by an ass.1

Had God not known what an ass was,
He'd sure not have denied it...

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Putting racism on trial
Pulling it out of the file
Bringing it down the aisle
Not allowing it to reach the cloud
From every town around
Not giving into its...

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What fills your goals, son?

I told you!
Need to get my car rolling [life rolling, love rolling]
yesterday,
if not today...

If I may interrupt
to process mindful resilience
for a...

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Gateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence,
with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway.
Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for influence
within...

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My body, my choice,
my mind and my voice,
all were entrusted to me,
by the same righteous God
some now herald and laud
in their white Christianity.

You see my...

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Reserve 

When the dam breaks, 
there will be no flood. 
There will be no rushing water, 
to run from. 
It has all been drank, 
or...

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FARE-THEE-WELL TO RACISM:

I was really discredited in my own state,
However my lips don't annihilates.
Merely I lost my sentiment,
When I was treated with contempt.
Maybe you don't...

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Iintsomi 

1.	Awé awé
2.	Woken by a distinct raucous of fellow farmers
3.	Pilot holes whistling Atlantic squalls and the mourn for last supper.
4.	I’m sardined into a bakkie. 
5.	Eks...

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Within the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch   a rickety chair   
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...

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My heart went on a roam to explore 
A place far away across the fence bar.
To seize the moment of an open door
Adventure felt free...

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Prejudice within a heart
Colors all the world in hues
Of melancholy and haunting
Darkness in clouds of mourning
Laughter stilled by a bigot’s zeal

Racism within the soul
Colors all...

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It is so tragic and so strange
to still get tied to hate, so strong,
I think it’s time to make a change,
And all, in love, to...

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It's no secret that many Deep Southerners decided to desert
To points North, East, and West, they trod to avoid the hurt
You would too if like...

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In the Grasp of a Group Home				                  ...

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With my Uyghur poetry translations I am trying to build awareness of the plight of Uyghur poets who are being sent to Chinese "reeducation" concentration...

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