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Our Innocent GirlsWhat beautiful eyes,
Like jewels dropped from the sky.
Gentle sapphires asking me why,
Locked forever in dark skys....
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Categories:
dark, innocence, slavery,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Categories:
slavery, africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Is Africa freeye are better than them
finances of the world
resources basket for continents
out of jealousy and envy
we have been raided
our men are slain
our women, raped!
our babies are spill to rocks
oh! white raiders,
lead generations into slavery...
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Categories:
slavery, africa, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Other
Flamesmusic goes down
to that sweet place
where virtue rains
in flames
a noble life ...
still slaves,
do what thou wilt
dancing, still in chains
music goes down
to that sweet place
where virtue rains
in flames
Candide Diderot. ‘24
vultures. kanye....
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Categories:
humanity, muse, slavery,
Form: Free verse
A Hexed MirrorIn a hexed mirror's gaze, fate twists and turns,
A tangled dance of it's designs,
Each step a labyrinth, and each path it spurns,
As victims caught within its veiled confines.
Reflections fractured, and Moira's refrain,
Echoes of choices made...
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Categories:
slavery, destiny, extended metaphor, fate,
Form: Rhyme
The Real Black HistoryWritten By: D. Collins 2/26/24
When I hear "a country of immigrants" I wince in pain.
Because one ethnic group traveled here in chains.
They didn't walk across the border seeking a better life.
They were snatched from...
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Categories:
slavery,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Thank You for My LifeCoursing through our veins is the blood of survivors.
We have endured.
We are here because they endured.
We are here because they were brave, strong, resilient, and faithful.
So much pain, loss, and hardship came before us.
Each Black...
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Categories:
slavery, africa, america, appreciation, black
Form: Free verse
African SlaveryIn Africa's heart, a painful past. A story told a tale so quality
of slavery's chains of lives laid waste of people torn from their native place.
Their ancestors' cries and still echoing loud as families were...
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Categories:
africa, hero, slavery,
Form: Rhyme
Wrongthink-RightthinkWrongthink is any think
You might do on your own,
You know, in the vastness
Of your inner space
As cloud trains drift by
Morphing into shapes
As fanciful as you allow.
Rightthink in contrast
Is mind control from without
With nothing fanciful or...
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Categories:
slavery, society, today,
Form: Narrative
Categories:
sensual, slavery,
Form: Sonnet
A Revolution In ProgressRevolution is a long word that no one should use lightly
A revolution does not take place too often or daily
In 1804, Haiti, formerly the Pearl of the Antilles
Had a major revolution, which was a turning...
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Categories:
slavery, anti bullying, change, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Awaking From StuporMoney and mundane mammon have been our constant comfort.
Elegance and embellishments have been our companions.
Towards luxuries was the focus of all our efforts.
As though atheists, do we care for saintly opinions?
Attachment is clutching us in...
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Categories:
freedom, heaven, life, slavery,
Form: Sonnet
AftermathIt was the selfish men who tore the country apart,
For they had no love for Lincoln nor people at heart.
A line called Mason Dixon was keeping both sides apart,
And in 1861, the Civil War...
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Categories:
slavery, war,
Form: Rhyme
Man in a BottleI am the greatest magician
I warp minds, taming thoughts
Very deadly, I don't care
Oh! Man, gullible, I know!
Sheep they are and I their Shepard.
I craft my roads on fire and brimstone
They must follow.
With simple magic...
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Categories:
bullying, desire, slavery,
Form: Ballad
Quit Blaming The Innocent VictimsKeep on blaming and cheating
It is annoying, and disgusting
You always have an excuse
You always want to amuse
Keep on criticizing
Keep on castigating
Put your conscience in the mirror
If you can find it. Check the corridor
To see if...
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Categories:
slavery, adventure, color, innocence, life,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Slavery Poems
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