Uppity Poems - Poems about Uppity

Shelly looks stuck up but she is far from it. Many do not know her the least little bit. Children who visit her see a pure heart. Her kindnesses to them she’ll gladly impart. We who do not know her, make judgements fast. Shelly looks uppity, however, if she knew this she would be aghast. She has a stern look, imposing,...

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Mae was too soft, too easy, and prone to believing every dud. They would swindle her, steal from her, persuade her to invest. You need some guardians, her great aunt told her, like Pud. Pud was a twenty-six year old Tomcat that could survive any test. Pud also had an instinct about men, and trusted almost none. Having him around...

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There was a man so debonair That he held his nose high in the air. When he tripped in a pool And looked like a fool, He said: "I really jumped in on a dare."...

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Women of the early 1900’s should have been justifiably outraged Owned like chattel by their men Elections were held willy nilly And if you did not have a willy, you were eliminated The rare woman who thought she should be a voter, was not even a contender for a listening ear. Treated rather like a hog, pig, or a cow. Ostracized by...

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Light minded people say I’m an uppity darkie They color me bad, with a black face, felt pen Sharpie Vanilla voices downright don’t like the audio sounds of this mouthy darkie They say I’m way too uppity, don’t know what my proper place be Snow cone hats say they gon have to teach me, there's a painful cost for thinking free They wanna...

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It was on a Friday night, and my entire family went out for dinner at an ‘all you can eat buffet’. My brother is 9 and loves baseball, but hates math; I’m 11 years old and love reading, science, and soccer; So there was me, Mary, Mom, dad, and my brother Timmy. Stomachs fat and full, we then rushed...

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Limerick: Once an uppity Lady from Freeze Once an uppity Lady in Freeze Bought a thousand three-hundred shoe-trees. She had only two feet Under her buckling meat. People ate skunk cabbage soles to grease. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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I found myself within a shell Upon an oyster bed. A wayward clam stuck out his foot And struck me on the head. Hit by this sea of insight Pearls of wisdom, so to speak: If barnacles grow on your backside That clam'll think you’re a geek....

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