Poems about Racism
#racism
Poems about racism, poetry about prejudice or discrimination based on race, or the idea that one race is superior to another. Poems about race relations and racial tension around the world. Poetry exploring racism in all its forms.
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
19th Nov 2023 4:19pm
19th Nov 2023 4:19pm
Simoleons and Shekels
Oh where oh where is the pro-life lament
in solidarity to Gaza grief
from the reflex munition leitmotif
so ethno-nationally heaven sent
to banefully fall from the Zion sky
so kosher can care for Israeli moms
by making more room with David Star bombs,
often as not from Pentagon supply
where inventory makes the dollars fly,
and soon by suitable escalation,
promotes the denizen decimation
ensuring that the sacred troops don't die;
valued now more than the woman and kid
who don't quo the pro with near enough...
in solidarity to Gaza grief
from the reflex munition leitmotif
so ethno-nationally heaven sent
to banefully fall from the Zion sky
so kosher can care for Israeli moms
by making more room with David Star bombs,
often as not from Pentagon supply
where inventory makes the dollars fly,
and soon by suitable escalation,
promotes the denizen decimation
ensuring that the sacred troops don't die;
valued now more than the woman and kid
who don't quo the pro with near enough...
#corruption
#murder
#war
#racism
#HumanRights
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2 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Bumped 18th Nov 2023 3:24pm
20th Jan 2023 5:28pm
20th Jan 2023 5:28pm
Same Tree
kill each other over our religions
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us be
live and die ...
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us be
live and die ...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
272 reads
6 Comments
Rew
Poem Published
16th Nov 2023 9:23pm
16th Nov 2023 9:23pm
Prefixed.
They are referred to as " americans "
but, prefixed with this word ' black, '
or ' native ' or ' jewish ' or ' hispanic '
but never prefixed - White - and, that's a fact.
As John Wayne shoots another red-injun
and drawls, " the only good un is one who's dead '
and " that's the way it's done son, with a gun "
with such pictures the weak-minded are fed.
black becomes derogatory
as do native, spic and jew,
but it's White folk who write the story
drop the prefixes, start anew.
but, prefixed with this word ' black, '
or ' native ' or ' jewish ' or ' hispanic '
but never prefixed - White - and, that's a fact.
As John Wayne shoots another red-injun
and drawls, " the only good un is one who's dead '
and " that's the way it's done son, with a gun "
with such pictures the weak-minded are fed.
black becomes derogatory
as do native, spic and jew,
but it's White folk who write the story
drop the prefixes, start anew.
#racism
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2 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
15th Oct 2023 12:51pm
15th Oct 2023 12:51pm
bigot
I sometimes wonder
how we coexist
when we're not on
the same page
about some really
important things
Hell, we're not even
in the same book
on the same shelf
or same section
of this library
I'm not even sure
we're in the same library
And you resent me
for closing down every conversation
that could lead to an argument
nevermind
that you find me too emotional
and can't have a conversation
with me anyway
because my intensity
makes you uncomfortable
...
how we coexist
when we're not on
the same page
about some really
important things
Hell, we're not even
in the same book
on the same shelf
or same section
of this library
I'm not even sure
we're in the same library
And you resent me
for closing down every conversation
that could lead to an argument
nevermind
that you find me too emotional
and can't have a conversation
with me anyway
because my intensity
makes you uncomfortable
...
#racism
122 reads
3 Comments
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
12th Sep 2023 4:19pm
12th Sep 2023 4:19pm
To a Faithless Colonialist
But this must have been before his - let us say - nerves, went wrong …” - Heart of Darkness
Reverberating like a carefully controlled
music. The trees in fact betray
no conscious hand. The night has polled
the peaks and valleys of the fray,
the dark metropolis that is your heart,
and found no truck with national charms.
Your nerves aren’t right. A child’s art
cannot disguise the bloody, outstretched arms.
You will not say a word. And if you do, I’ll wrap
my worsted hands around your throat, and tell
the King you died in love’s...
Reverberating like a carefully controlled
music. The trees in fact betray
no conscious hand. The night has polled
the peaks and valleys of the fray,
the dark metropolis that is your heart,
and found no truck with national charms.
Your nerves aren’t right. A child’s art
cannot disguise the bloody, outstretched arms.
You will not say a word. And if you do, I’ll wrap
my worsted hands around your throat, and tell
the King you died in love’s...
#dark
#nature
#racism #historical
#racism #historical
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
6th Sep 2023 3:46pm
6th Sep 2023 3:46pm
THIS WORLD OF OURS
Through this world and as in life and love during the process of not, being able to see and feel the beauty of life from all of the illusions of hatred. Amongst the things that we have done to ourselves and each others. For there's things that we can't just explain away, in simple words and phases of what life really feels like, to be able to just escape from the madness outside the window of your room. For by not looking from within ourselves and others how can we change, if we refuse to face the process of being truthful and look deep within you and me cause laying beneath, the mere under...
#murder
#violence
#LifeStruggles
#racism
#HumanRights
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1 Comment
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
6th Sep 2023 00:45am
6th Sep 2023 00:45am
I looked at the racist and sighed ..
bloke on the bus nudges me
and says, pointing to an asian couple,
“you see ‘em
everywhere these days..”
I don’t believe I’ve ever met
them before, I replied.
and says, pointing to an asian couple,
“you see ‘em
everywhere these days..”
I don’t believe I’ve ever met
them before, I replied.
#racism
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4 Comments
jenny_is_hungry
Poem Published
11th Aug 2023 6:51am
11th Aug 2023 6:51am
Perpetual Motion
I see you
Erasing us
Our conversations
Like they never happened
We saw You
That night
Alone
Together
Both
Swirling
Possibilities
In reality
In duality
Warped
With Synchronicity
Is not a mistake
You erased us
When we found you
Your location
Were we unworthy?
If so
We cannot be mad
But we are mad
For we came so close
To your door
And when we knocked
You erased
Every second ...
Erasing us
Our conversations
Like they never happened
We saw You
That night
Alone
Together
Both
Swirling
Possibilities
In reality
In duality
Warped
With Synchronicity
Is not a mistake
You erased us
When we found you
Your location
Were we unworthy?
If so
We cannot be mad
But we are mad
For we came so close
To your door
And when we knocked
You erased
Every second ...
#women
#violence
#power
#racism
#inequality
159 reads
6 Comments
Kementic1
Poem Published
10th Aug 2023 5:49pm
10th Aug 2023 5:49pm
A Friendly PSA
The calendar reads 2023
White racist in America are unaware of that I see
Black Gen Z
in self-defense will whoop the "Saltine" out of thee
You will catch a combo but not the kind from Wendy's
with a right hook as powerful as a hurricane in the West Indies
Our Ancestor invented the folding chair
and trust me you don't want to go there
Consider what I say
a friendly PSA
White racist in America are unaware of that I see
Black Gen Z
in self-defense will whoop the "Saltine" out of thee
You will catch a combo but not the kind from Wendy's
with a right hook as powerful as a hurricane in the West Indies
Our Ancestor invented the folding chair
and trust me you don't want to go there
Consider what I say
a friendly PSA
#violence
#racism
#freedom
#HumanRights
#inequality
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dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
6th Aug 2023 00:00am
6th Aug 2023 00:00am
people
the trees on either side of the
road still remain trees, and
the road doesn’t divide them;
they are, after all, still trees ..
road still remain trees, and
the road doesn’t divide them;
they are, after all, still trees ..
#politics
#racism
120 reads
6 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
5th Aug 2023 11:19pm
5th Aug 2023 11:19pm
Neo-Nazi...Same as the Old.
Here's an "ode" to all the country loners
Who would, rather than some ladies revere,
Love more their second amendment boners
And the murder rates to which they cohere
In plain expression of their deepest fears
Of being by some Jews and blacks replaced,
Or maybe even by some sonneteers
Who know race fear to be the toxic waste
That stupid honkies are induced to taste
By think tank websites bought by Richie rich,
Whose public relations are Janus-faced,
More so, than a used car lot sales pitch
For pick-up trucks with assault...
Who would, rather than some ladies revere,
Love more their second amendment boners
And the murder rates to which they cohere
In plain expression of their deepest fears
Of being by some Jews and blacks replaced,
Or maybe even by some sonneteers
Who know race fear to be the toxic waste
That stupid honkies are induced to taste
By think tank websites bought by Richie rich,
Whose public relations are Janus-faced,
More so, than a used car lot sales pitch
For pick-up trucks with assault...
#murder
#politics
#racism
#ignorance
#deception
154 reads
7 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
31st Jul 2023 10:36pm
31st Jul 2023 10:36pm
You People
The Mexicans hated when the Spaniards and French said, "you people"
Native Americans learned to hate these very same words
The term was placed on a historic reel and ran like a sequel
Two innocent words placed together and wished that they were never heard
The Irish and Scots played with it amongst themselves until the English took a liking
Unless you've done your research, you don't realize that Africans sailed with Vikings
The English learned to hate the sound of these words while suffering under French rule
The French in turn learned to...
Native Americans learned to hate these very same words
The term was placed on a historic reel and ran like a sequel
Two innocent words placed together and wished that they were never heard
The Irish and Scots played with it amongst themselves until the English took a liking
Unless you've done your research, you don't realize that Africans sailed with Vikings
The English learned to hate the sound of these words while suffering under French rule
The French in turn learned to...
#humankind
#racism
#HumanRights #inequality
#HumanRights #inequality
105 reads
8 Comments
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