Poems About Racism Seeking Friendly Advice
#racism
oskar
Poem Published
23rd Mar 2022 10:51am
23rd Mar 2022 10:51am
divine victims
The Divine Victims
There have been so many battlefields mostly forgotten
there was Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan Libya, among the many
battles and millions of dead civilians some were children
Yemen is a graveyard for children killed by Saudi bombs
Yes, the same nation we do business with.
Myanmar, ethnic cleansing is working overtime, but it is
in the east and nothing to bother about.
We have in Europe a clear-cut war, Russian versus Ukraine
Russians are bad lowbrow people, Ukrainians upright
defending their homeland; nothing could be...
There have been so many battlefields mostly forgotten
there was Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan Libya, among the many
battles and millions of dead civilians some were children
Yemen is a graveyard for children killed by Saudi bombs
Yes, the same nation we do business with.
Myanmar, ethnic cleansing is working overtime, but it is
in the east and nothing to bother about.
We have in Europe a clear-cut war, Russian versus Ukraine
Russians are bad lowbrow people, Ukrainians upright
defending their homeland; nothing could be...
#corruption
#racism
#freedom
#ignorance
#deception
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2022 00:53am
23rd Jan 2022 00:53am
Someday
Someday, death and disease
Will disentegrate
Into yesterdays memory
Someday, all races
Will walk hand in hand
Colorblind with love
Someday, all nations
Will lay down their guns
As reason supercedes power
Someday, monetary wealth
Will be empty ambition
Value will be a healthy spiritual soul
Someday, God will return
And cast His glorious reign
Across the world
Until then....
We wait in hopeful anticipation
Will disentegrate
Into yesterdays memory
Someday, all races
Will walk hand in hand
Colorblind with love
Someday, all nations
Will lay down their guns
As reason supercedes power
Someday, monetary wealth
Will be empty ambition
Value will be a healthy spiritual soul
Someday, God will return
And cast His glorious reign
Across the world
Until then....
We wait in hopeful anticipation
#war
#God
#faith
#racism
#poverty
265 reads
2 Comments
Spanker
Poem Published
14th Jul 2021 1:13am
14th Jul 2021 1:13am
Reading between the Lines
Did you notice?
My books are much like me
Mostly white
But some black included
I come to terms
With who I am
How I see myself
And how others see me
My books are much like me
Mostly white
But some black included
I come to terms
With who I am
How I see myself
And how others see me
#identity
#confessional
#racism #SelfReflection
#racism #SelfReflection
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1 Comment
Spanker
Poem Published
30th Jun 2021 3:32am
30th Jun 2021 3:32am
Sorry
I apologize
For my white male privilege
I blame my parents
Actually
How dare they?
Work hard & raise me to do the same
And have morals & a conscience
And care about loved ones
Shame on them! How dare they?
Teach me to not discriminate
And treat all races equally
And treat women & men with respect
How fucking dare they!?
Allow me to move out & earn my way
And go to TAFE & university
I suppose they didn’t know any better
Not having the opportunity themselves
To go to...
For my white male privilege
I blame my parents
Actually
How dare they?
Work hard & raise me to do the same
And have morals & a conscience
And care about loved ones
Shame on them! How dare they?
Teach me to not discriminate
And treat all races equally
And treat women & men with respect
How fucking dare they!?
Allow me to move out & earn my way
And go to TAFE & university
I suppose they didn’t know any better
Not having the opportunity themselves
To go to...
#hate
#religion
#racism #feminism
#racism #feminism
357 reads
2 Comments
Spanker
Poem Published
30th Jun 2021 3:27am
30th Jun 2021 3:27am
A Civil Discourse
So it starts with a welcome to country
Which for some reason doesn’t sound too welcoming?
And seems to be about ownership & possession
And hidden behind the words is skin colour & racism
And revenge & hatred for the sins of the past
And the mistakes of the past still seem to be repeating
Only now they’ve been twisted around to the other side
And it’s all about sides & which side people are on
And the bigotry of the past is replaced by a new bigotry
So who is worth more now - black, brown, yellow, white?
And how is it valued –...
Which for some reason doesn’t sound too welcoming?
And seems to be about ownership & possession
And hidden behind the words is skin colour & racism
And revenge & hatred for the sins of the past
And the mistakes of the past still seem to be repeating
Only now they’ve been twisted around to the other side
And it’s all about sides & which side people are on
And the bigotry of the past is replaced by a new bigotry
So who is worth more now - black, brown, yellow, white?
And how is it valued –...
#LGBT
#racism
#respect #inequality
#respect #inequality
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1 Comment
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
28th Apr 2021 3:47am
28th Apr 2021 3:47am
Words given at sunrise
Meticulous mayhem”--
What a paradoxical phrase to wake up with!
And yet, there it was this morning,
begging to be put to use;
but I had no idea how.
This evening, an assignment I’ve chosen;
learning history, politics, spirituality,
violence inflicted by country and church
on indigenous brothers and sisters;
stories gut-wrenching and hard,
but white woman’s tears serve no purpose here;
my job is to listen and learn.
This work requires intentionality,
discipline for difficult conversations,
a conscientious,...
What a paradoxical phrase to wake up with!
And yet, there it was this morning,
begging to be put to use;
but I had no idea how.
This evening, an assignment I’ve chosen;
learning history, politics, spirituality,
violence inflicted by country and church
on indigenous brothers and sisters;
stories gut-wrenching and hard,
but white woman’s tears serve no purpose here;
my job is to listen and learn.
This work requires intentionality,
discipline for difficult conversations,
a conscientious,...
#racism
#learning
#NaPoWriMo2021
378 reads
5 Comments
Elias-June
Ellis
Ellis
Poem Published
26th Apr 2021 8:40pm
26th Apr 2021 8:40pm
Fingertips
Did you feel it
The shame of what you did?
I did
I wished I bit my tongue.
Did you feel the wrongness,
That you had no right-
I did
I wished I’d “minded my own business.”
Did you know
The way your action spread hatred?
I did
I didn’t want to hurt your feelings.
Were you embarrassed?
When I said “that’s not okay”
I was.
I wished I could disappear.
Did you really think
Linger on your own words?
I did
I thought you might be right
(Was I being too sensitive-?)
Did you regret your actions ...
The shame of what you did?
I did
I wished I bit my tongue.
Did you feel the wrongness,
That you had no right-
I did
I wished I’d “minded my own business.”
Did you know
The way your action spread hatred?
I did
I didn’t want to hurt your feelings.
Were you embarrassed?
When I said “that’s not okay”
I was.
I wished I could disappear.
Did you really think
Linger on your own words?
I did
I thought you might be right
(Was I being too sensitive-?)
Did you regret your actions ...
#anxiety
#identity
#racism
292 reads
2 Comments
Kimacrylic
Poem Published
26th Mar 2021 7:51am
26th Mar 2021 7:51am
I Remember
#corruption
#LifeStruggles
#racism
#HumanRights
#pandemic
500 reads
6 Comments
Spanker
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2021 00:53am
2nd Feb 2021 00:53am
A Modern Truism
All who identify
Based on race
Are racists
Based on race
Are racists
#racism
324 reads
1 Comment
PoetsRevenge
Poem Published
20th Jan 2021 5:54am
20th Jan 2021 5:54am
I Look At The World (The Higher Road)
I seek to find
the higher road;
in country wide I roam.
But where to find
without bein' blind
a better way to go,
O, a better way to go!
When all around
our dreams lie bound
by fences and corrals;
on paths we walk
comrades who talk
of freer times than now,
O, of freer times than now!
I cannot see
nor feel their pull,
oppressed though they
in joy are masked --
all our wills defy this still:
the better road we lack,
O, the better road we lack!
..... ...
the higher road;
in country wide I roam.
But where to find
without bein' blind
a better way to go,
O, a better way to go!
When all around
our dreams lie bound
by fences and corrals;
on paths we walk
comrades who talk
of freer times than now,
O, of freer times than now!
I cannot see
nor feel their pull,
oppressed though they
in joy are masked --
all our wills defy this still:
the better road we lack,
O, the better road we lack!
..... ...
#racism
#freedom
#LangstonHughes
422 reads
8 Comments
CherryLoveNotes
Poem Published
2nd Sep 2020 6:54pm
2nd Sep 2020 6:54pm
Free At Last...Thank God.... Nope, Still Waiting Martin
Give us war or give us peace
Does it matter who owns the lands our feet now lease
We greet with our eyes
Behind veils we mentally bow to our government’s perpetuated propaganda and wicked lies
We raise our fist to laws mandated to renounce equal rights, visions of love, a drought here on earth not deemed a necessity from above
Bullets aimed to kill without a worry or care
Colliding with the ‘bombs bursting in air’
My Fifth Amendment means nothing to me in the dark
A badge, a Taser, point blank range...
Does it matter who owns the lands our feet now lease
We greet with our eyes
Behind veils we mentally bow to our government’s perpetuated propaganda and wicked lies
We raise our fist to laws mandated to renounce equal rights, visions of love, a drought here on earth not deemed a necessity from above
Bullets aimed to kill without a worry or care
Colliding with the ‘bombs bursting in air’
My Fifth Amendment means nothing to me in the dark
A badge, a Taser, point blank range...
#men
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#racism
#philosophical
549 reads
1 Comment
latrekista
Poem Published
13th Aug 2020 8:45pm
13th Aug 2020 8:45pm
If I Could Have Saved You
tears slowly roll down my cheeks
trying to make sense of the pain and anger
I felt learning how your precious life
was so viciously taken while citizens
stood by
watching…recording…begging
on your behalf
I couldn’t bear to watch
the entire video
I closed the tab
and all I could think was
how could this possibly
be real and I started to judge
them all
those who stood by
why didn’t they forcefully intervene
to meet an incomprehensible crime
with equally justifiable violence
I...
trying to make sense of the pain and anger
I felt learning how your precious life
was so viciously taken while citizens
stood by
watching…recording…begging
on your behalf
I couldn’t bear to watch
the entire video
I closed the tab
and all I could think was
how could this possibly
be real and I started to judge
them all
those who stood by
why didn’t they forcefully intervene
to meet an incomprehensible crime
with equally justifiable violence
I...
#death
#racism
#inequality
309 reads
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