Best Race Poems
Below are the all-time best Race poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of race poems written by PoetrySoup members
Race of a LifetimeHe skis down the slopes
of a snow covered mountain
racing against time
and his main adversary...
avalanche in hot pursuit.
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Written 28th May 2016
Contest: Traditional Tanka
Sponsor: Charlotte J....
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Categories:
mountains, race, snow,
Form:
Tanka
Thoughts RaceThe heavy fog slowly lifts in places
Open patches of spring delight and resounds
The look-out crow caws, joyous news abounds
As rooster's crows lands in hollow spaces
The...
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Categories:
race, anxiety,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
Race the Finals Spoken WordI wish to
Relay
To all of my people the importance of sticking together as a
team
And that
Because we have run
through the preliminary trials as selfish...
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Categories:
race, africa, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
Across the Border"La Voz"
La Noche sin agua --- I spill my loving lips
Dancing, laughing, and celebrating life
I am his queen, aka' dulce Nina
A night he must...
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Categories:
race, anger, corruption, how i
Form:
Free verse
I Can'T BreatheIn memory of---- all lives taken by unfair justice.
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone...
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Categories:
race, abuse, community, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
LittleLittle
is left
little breath
sagging stem
begging eyes
trains come, then depart
rancid smoke over grey fields
I am little
I saw it all...
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Categories:
race, angst, child, courage, gothic,
Form:
Free verse
Gumball RallyWe entered the Gumball Rally
My driver was “Backstreets” Tally
With his crazy fast car
We still couldn’t get far
Bad math, no gas, in Death Valley
...
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Categories:
race, adventure, car, crazy, fun,
Form:
Limerick
Equality At the Hands of MenMan so mighty and wise
still has to define this
that another living being's life
has the same value as his
Boasted, brazened
written in stone
raised above
these highest...
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Categories:
race, history, humanity, poems, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Gabriela Andersen- Schiess
Gabriela Andersen-Schiess was a long-distance runner
Who ran a marathon in the heat of a Californian Summer
It was the Los Angeles Olympics in nineteen eighty-four
You might...
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Categories:
dedication, inspirational, race, sports,
Form:
Narrative
Dark Skinned Vs Light SkinnedIn our Asian-cum-Eastern land
No one prefers or admires
the dark-skinned or tanned
Gosh, as if the fair-skinned alone
belonged to the so-called fairer sex
And here, 'black is beauty'...
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Categories:
color, prejudice, race, ,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Me In Black and WhiteLove me in Black and White
musical intro
From the keys of your heart a melody rolled back the night
illuminated the sky with its symphony of lights
and...
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Categories:
love, music, race, romantic,
Form:
Lyric
Ko Olina Place of JoyPicture a tropical paradise - faraway
Colorful leis of fresh fragrant flowers
Worn by hula dancers that sway
Sandy beaches and leisure filled hours
Soft waving palms on...
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Categories:
happiness, inspiration, race,
Form:
Quintain (Sicilian)
Categories:
anti bullying, race, racism,
Form:
Monoku
To Those That Say All Lives Matter When We Say Black Lives MatterYou say all lives matter
Bringing up all these colors
Like red, white, orange, and blue
But when a black life is taken, where on Earth are...
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Categories:
race, black african american, life,
Form:
Rhyme
This Is Not a Poem--- a Singled Out Page-THIS IS NOT A POEM-
Hey, Poets stop by, give me a shout out.
Tell Me Where You Are From;)
I promise I won't show up on your...
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Categories:
race, africa, america, community, culture,
Form:
Blitz