Poems About Racism Published by Members Recently Online
#racism
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
By Any Means Necessary (Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.)
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
#hate
#peace
#humankind #racism
#humankind #racism
305 reads
11 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
By Any Means Necessary (Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.)
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
#hate
#peace
#humankind #racism
#humankind #racism
305 reads
11 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
By Any Means Necessary (Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.)
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
#hate
#peace
#humankind #racism
#humankind #racism
305 reads
11 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
15th Jan 2024 11:41pm
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
By Any Means Necessary (Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.)
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mama, I know why the caged bird really sings
When the mind as an offering hears sovereignty echoed from the mountains let it ring
From the cradle of birth is to give authority to our mental dreams
Our deferred aspirations we seek to the highest of our esteem
How can I learn to fly when my heart cannot even walk ...
#hate
#peace
#humankind #racism
#humankind #racism
305 reads
11 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
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...
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...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
399 reads
8 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
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...
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...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
399 reads
8 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
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...
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...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
399 reads
8 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
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...
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...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
399 reads
8 Comments
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
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...
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...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
399 reads
8 Comments
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
414 reads
5 Comments
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
414 reads
5 Comments
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
414 reads
5 Comments
DU Poetry : Poems About Racism Published by Members Recently Online
