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.
cabcool
Poem Published
Today 5:34am
Today 5:34am
conscience riots
twixt ivory knees and ebon necks
how true
you chew
your cud
and if
you could
you would
have seen
the scene
the muck
would sick
your stomach
the catastrophe
an apostrophe
owned by
impenitent
men
in superior tents
whose discontent
scares
scarse
daylight
from the loins
of timid lions
naked
on the pavement
necked
by hate’s
depravement
come to pray
on the prey
knee on neck
what the heck
breath
or death
mine to give ...
how true
you chew
your cud
and if
you could
you would
have seen
the scene
the muck
would sick
your stomach
the catastrophe
an apostrophe
owned by
impenitent
men
in superior tents
whose discontent
scares
scarse
daylight
from the loins
of timid lions
naked
on the pavement
necked
by hate’s
depravement
come to pray
on the prey
knee on neck
what the heck
breath
or death
mine to give ...
#anger
#hate
#LifeStruggles
#racism
#inequality
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
Today 1:22am
Today 1:22am
Division
World is spinning
Way too fast
I can't keep up
I can't last
Too much division
Tearing us apart
Noone cares
About anyone's heart
I just want to feel
The sun shine on me
Till I can rise
And meet it in the sky
If it's peace you're looking for
Sorry, there's none to find
Way too fast
I can't keep up
I can't last
Too much division
Tearing us apart
Noone cares
About anyone's heart
I just want to feel
The sun shine on me
Till I can rise
And meet it in the sky
If it's peace you're looking for
Sorry, there's none to find
#corruption
#oppression
#racism
#ignorance
#inequality
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Ahavati
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:26pm
Yesterday 6:26pm
Aspects of Joy in a Strange Land
After Gwendolyn Brooks
There it was—
after twelve hours of ocean
and incandescent clouds:
sewn patchwork of color
beyond the portal
of a plane's window
Momentarily gone
—American melancholy
hovering so far from home
I was six—
a whimper amid adult dialogue;
my teacup tongue, rattling
against saucer lips—
unheard
Gaiety—
my father, statuesque ...
There it was—
after twelve hours of ocean
and incandescent clouds:
sewn patchwork of color
beyond the portal
of a plane's window
Momentarily gone
—American melancholy
hovering so far from home
I was six—
a whimper amid adult dialogue;
my teacup tongue, rattling
against saucer lips—
unheard
Gaiety—
my father, statuesque ...
#childhood
#racism
#GwendolynBrooks
45 reads
13 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:40pm
Yesterday 2:40pm
Divided States of America
What is happening to our world?
We suck the life blood
Till it's bone dry
It's all about me, me, me
And now, now, now
The fire embers are fading
Division rips the United apart
Waste all our time
Trying to tear each other apart
And leave the leftovers
For our children to dig through
While we rot away into old age
We'll talk about
How it used to be
How much better it was
We'll reminisce with fondness
Over a past that wasn't real
We suck the life blood
Till it's bone dry
It's all about me, me, me
And now, now, now
The fire embers are fading
Division rips the United apart
Waste all our time
Trying to tear each other apart
And leave the leftovers
For our children to dig through
While we rot away into old age
We'll talk about
How it used to be
How much better it was
We'll reminisce with fondness
Over a past that wasn't real
#violence
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#poverty
20 reads
2 Comments
PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
1st Aug 2020 9:15pm
1st Aug 2020 9:15pm
Equality
Black and white
Look so beautiful together
Talk a stand for equality
Look so beautiful together
Talk a stand for equality
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
#inspirational
#racism
#CallToAction
15 reads
0 Comments
cloventongue89
Poem Published
31st Jul 2020 6:06am
31st Jul 2020 6:06am
All Fight and No Love
Speak to me of what you see
As we abstract our identity
Ebbing and flowing on the rivers of something like timelessness
Or the diminished idea of original design
Reshaping ourselves as we reformulate the mold
As if laws are indecisive as how we make up our own mind
When logic is insanity and we're out of touch with grace
What do you see in the mirror
When the reflection is a catalyst for deforming your own face
Preaching the doctrine of our insecurity and wounds
As we make idols of our scars and score a melody in the crevice of our...
As we abstract our identity
Ebbing and flowing on the rivers of something like timelessness
Or the diminished idea of original design
Reshaping ourselves as we reformulate the mold
As if laws are indecisive as how we make up our own mind
When logic is insanity and we're out of touch with grace
What do you see in the mirror
When the reflection is a catalyst for deforming your own face
Preaching the doctrine of our insecurity and wounds
As we make idols of our scars and score a melody in the crevice of our...
#corruption
#politics
#porn
#LGBT
#racism
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0 Comments
Soxy
SoxThePoet
SoxThePoet
Poem Published
30th Jul 2020 8:04am
30th Jul 2020 8:04am
Counting Sheep
I tried counting sheep
But unlike yours
My sheep became reasons to stay a-wake
They keep me woke
They all are black and conscious of that fact
Incessantly they bleat
What it means to be black
Never to weild true power but be the bulk of poverty and crime
To be Born after the fact
There is neither dusk nor dawn just a sad existence and surviving the guillotine each day
To cringe to the metalic sound of snipping scissors
To be deemed worthless
Because their pelage has the pigment of darkness
My sheep hate that they are...
But unlike yours
My sheep became reasons to stay a-wake
They keep me woke
They all are black and conscious of that fact
Incessantly they bleat
What it means to be black
Never to weild true power but be the bulk of poverty and crime
To be Born after the fact
There is neither dusk nor dawn just a sad existence and surviving the guillotine each day
To cringe to the metalic sound of snipping scissors
To be deemed worthless
Because their pelage has the pigment of darkness
My sheep hate that they are...
#racism
#misunderstood
#freedom #inequality
#freedom #inequality
21 reads
1 Comment
dkzksaxxas_DanielX
Poem Published
27th Jul 2020 7:43pm
27th Jul 2020 7:43pm
Temporary Living
A life a'part from the burdens
of self
A ilfe a'part from burdens
of who ?
a life a'part from burdens
of death
a life a'part from the faux
relation
a life a'part weary demons
a life a'part from demon gods
a life a'part from partners
(of love)
a life a'part from lovers in
love
a life a'part from havin yr chylde
...
of self
A ilfe a'part from burdens
of who ?
a life a'part from burdens
of death
a life a'part from the faux
relation
a life a'part weary demons
a life a'part from demon gods
a life a'part from partners
(of love)
a life a'part from lovers in
love
a life a'part from havin yr chylde
...
#death
#racism
#tragedy
#culture
#tradition
27 reads
2 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
26th Jul 2020 9:34pm
26th Jul 2020 9:34pm
Straight Talk Live (Anger, The Emotion Of The New Dawn)
We are slowly surpassing nationwide protests. The loud outcries of injustice, which has permeated our streets. By trail of error in the year 2020, we, as citizens are mending rifts of the past, to clear a passage for all great occurrences to manifest.
As we march to pre-select our next Commander in Chief, who will continue to lead this great nation as he sits upon the throne at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. May the appropriate choice be the benediction as we try to resurrect to be the better nation, not to make America great again, but to fix in American what is considered...
As we march to pre-select our next Commander in Chief, who will continue to lead this great nation as he sits upon the throne at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. May the appropriate choice be the benediction as we try to resurrect to be the better nation, not to make America great again, but to fix in American what is considered...
#corruption
#politics
#TruthOfLife
#racism
#philosophical
66 reads
12 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
26th Jul 2020 00:32am
26th Jul 2020 00:32am
Brain Washing
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality #manipulation
#inequality #manipulation
66 reads
18 Comments
Valeriyabeyond
Valeriya
Valeriya
Poem Published
25th Jul 2020 9:22pm
25th Jul 2020 9:22pm
Growing Up A Person Of Color
It feels dark between the rain,
drops magnified from mist,
suspended over cracked sidewalks,
color gone from gray
Daggers lined the streets, of
filthy persuasion where
children play
Who is left to raise up, their
starlit eyes?
I grew up, a person of color
The sky melted before each step.
Puddles, of societal acceptance
drip through the screens
of old lead pane windows
Each season my life brought
new ways, to be accepted
I grew up, waiting for darkness
to split me in two,...
drops magnified from mist,
suspended over cracked sidewalks,
color gone from gray
Daggers lined the streets, of
filthy persuasion where
children play
Who is left to raise up, their
starlit eyes?
I grew up, a person of color
The sky melted before each step.
Puddles, of societal acceptance
drip through the screens
of old lead pane windows
Each season my life brought
new ways, to be accepted
I grew up, waiting for darkness
to split me in two,...
#racism
55 reads
6 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
25th Jul 2020 00:40am
25th Jul 2020 00:40am
Matter
Do you know a motherfucker that can get like this
Hahaha a motherfucker like me with a twist
Do you know a motherfucker that can get like this
Hahaha a motherfucker like me with a twist
A motherfucker that wont think or fucking function without a spliff
Constantly contemplating being mowed down because I look like this
Trying to decide if you're truly with me, then why don't you go hard
Instead of turning this country over to these fucking retards
Hahaha, we all fucking matter that doesn't need to be said
But it isn't your man, sons,...
Hahaha a motherfucker like me with a twist
Do you know a motherfucker that can get like this
Hahaha a motherfucker like me with a twist
A motherfucker that wont think or fucking function without a spliff
Constantly contemplating being mowed down because I look like this
Trying to decide if you're truly with me, then why don't you go hard
Instead of turning this country over to these fucking retards
Hahaha, we all fucking matter that doesn't need to be said
But it isn't your man, sons,...
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
50 reads
7 Comments
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