Lonely Racism Poems

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...

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Pretty like the crystalline canyon rocks -
   Fair like a deer wandering in the morn' -
With the Great Spirit as a faithful witness
...

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"The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: II

These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch...

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Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.

Like brick walls braced against...

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A child with no praise causes these kind of days

Your words are often micromanaged
Yet your rants and raves are never challenged
Your brain, thoughts and words...

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A fetching feminine
With magnificent melanin
A soft skin
With a shiny shin
A captivating cleavage
With syrupy sweat
A gorgeous girlfriend
With gleeful giggles
A warm woman
With humane heart
A mindful mother
With a...

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REDEMPTION VOICES

Africa is watching.
African-Americans,
your suffering is our suffering
(I once suffered racial slurs even in my own country),
your pain our pain,
your shackles our shackles,
your death our...

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Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch

Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good,...

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Ali's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali

They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be...

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Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.

This...

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Basic   (Bible... Always... Saving =  The Living Christ)

New math…, 
1 + 1 = politics.
Old disguises, 
sacred, promises, 
and personal agendas. 
Fear, and...

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I Came To the Medina
Looking for my Palestina
Baby my Baby 
Where are you?
Still under the rubbles?
Still alive my Diva 
Oh my Devina!

The Highways robbers,
The snitch,...

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Call me names and cry
To your lonely and sad lies
I’m stronger than you!




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****If someone tells you they are better 
because of their skin color, 
They...

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If there be a tomorrow

Let it be filled with the Awesome light
After the eclipse.
Let the things that have not happened yet;
be filled with joy and...

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Racist checkers-ego fueled. 
Back and forth they go. 
Jump me once I'll jump you twice. 
Careening toward the darkest back row.

Nothing left but two lonely...

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