Best Melanin Poems
Below are the all-time best Melanin poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of melanin poems written by PoetrySoup members
MelaninMelanin
Girl, your melanin is POPPIN’
You woke up like that
You’re flawless
Yo’ skin is mixed with caramel and chocolate
As dark as night
Or as light as honey
Yo’ hair...
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Categories:
melanin, black african american, love,
Form:
I do not know?
A Strange GalaxyWhen I gaze into this realm, I see more than the dazzling array
of golden starbursts floating in a cosmic sea...
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Categories:
melanin, stars,
Form:
Free verse
The Nature of Wisdom
Every flower has its own color
With annual observation,
this we springtime discover
Give a womb kernel cede
of acknowledgment
To the spectrum birthright
of each other
We are all one,
tho’ from...
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Categories:
melanin, metaphor, nature, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Black and UnapologeticI am not sorry for my brown skin , a magical mix of honey , gold , and the perfect hue of melanin
I...
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Categories:
melanin, beauty, black african american,
Form:
Free verse
Shadow of the HuntressGhost-striped by wild magic, night roams into the night
with a mystique like the darkness of the moon’s shaded face.
A jet silhouette with shadowed rosettes prowls...
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Categories:
melanin, africa, animal, beauty, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Dear MinorityToday I decided to write you a letter.
Honey I know that life is hard, and sadly it won't get better.
The world is not a friendly...
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Categories:
melanin, america, appreciation, confidence,
Form:
Rhyme
Still in love with you
In my diary of destinies,
your song left a sweet scar.
In the silent savagery of time,
fate falters, floating like a feather,
yet my soul still sings your...
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Categories:
melanin, lost love, love hurts,
Form:
Free verse
I AM AFRICAI am Africa, the cradle of mankind,
Where ancient footprints in the sands of time entwined,
The birthplace of humanity, divinely designed,
In my esteemed valleys, where life...
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Categories:
melanin, africa, nature, society, visionary,
Form:
Quatrain
When the Black Clouds MeltThe color of blood unchanged,
flowed in the stream of time evolved,
as ancient singular ancestor etched
footprints of humanity on the globe, explored.
Common lineage thriving insulated,
splintered into...
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Categories:
melanin, black african american, color,
Form:
Free verse
Black WomanA fetching feminine
With magnificent melanin
A soft skin
With a shiny shin
A captivating cleavage
With syrupy sweat
A gorgeous girlfriend
With gleeful giggles
A warm woman
With humane heart
A mindful mother
With a...
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Categories:
melanin, africa, appreciation, beautiful, black
Form:
Alliteration
Shiny NickelsMama ate her collard greens with raw onions, pinching a
morsel of greens with sweet cornbread, as juicy pork
neckbones lay naked of meat.
The...
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Categories:
melanin, black african american, family,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Same Time, Same Place...Same time
Same place
Different color
Of the face
Same K-12 system
Same university
Different college
Who gained
More knowledge?
Who excelled?
Who got more hell?
Same job
Same school
Same students
Same certification
Different degrees
Who stayed
On their...
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Categories:
melanin, caregiving, childhood, faith, life,
Form:
Narrative
Black WomanBlack woman you are my Nubian Queen.
Black woman you are strong.
Black woman you are the one,
Black woman you are a true blessing on this little...
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Categories:
melanin, angel, beautiful, black love,
Form:
Free verse
AlbinismAlbinism kids are beautiful.
They lack melanin which gives them default. But I don't see a default.
All I see is beautiful blonde hair that's so...
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Categories:
melanin, abuse, anger, birth, bullying,
Form:
I do not know?
HomeostasisWithout her love
I am
supine and catatonic
resting energy
E=mc2
squared
Mantra of melanin
black and white
we blend together
The consequence
of making love
is Olympism
Proverbial softness
sensibility and discernment
our internal systems burn
when I kiss...
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Categories:
melanin, beauty, celebration, desire, love,
Form:
Free verse