Best Racism Poems
Below are the all-time best Racism poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of racism poems written by PoetrySoup members
RacismI cry, I cry
Why does my skin color frighten you so?
Have I done anything, but, be born?
You judge me, from your own despair
and draw...
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Categories:
hate, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Racism, a Disastrous ElementRACISM, A DISASTROUS ELEMENT
I look at the world horrifically,
With depression and disgust,
As the masses enjoys in poverty
And fear.
I look at the world horrifically.
Every places, full...
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Categories:
racism,
Form:
Free verse
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
I Can'T BreatheIn memory of----
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...
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Categories:
racism, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
One WorldLove is not a color,
No hue, neither a race.
All of our blood is the same,
That runs deep within our veins.
If we could lift up...
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Categories:
racism, america, for her, for
Form:
Rhyme
We All BelongI was told that I should die, because of the color of my skin.
It didn’t matter what I thought or even what I believed in.
I...
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Categories:
racism,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
racism, africa, america, black african
Form:
Monorhyme
Middle Aged White GuyHow do I shed the label
of a white oppressive man
Do I listen to the message
of Obama's "Yes we can!"
Perhaps I'll go out marching
With women...
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Categories:
angst, racism,
Form:
Quatrain
I Can'T BreatheI can’t breathe
still in my shackles
no chance to escape my isolation
cries of anguish emancipated
from an awareness that is unfree
the stain is but human made
a long...
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Categories:
racism, emotions, faith, freedom, life,
Form:
Free verse
A Slave's CryStranded in this place
I cannot recognize
Abandoned and lonely
No one hears my cries
AS i walk through this wasteland
Of wilderness and desolation
I am consumed with anguish
I walk...
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Categories:
racism, abuse, angst, black african
Form:
Prose Poetry
Chains of ColonialismChains of Colonialism
With guns they came
With whips and chains
Chains to capture the Dark Continent
Chains snaking across Africa
Africa...
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Categories:
africa, discrimination, people, racism,
Form:
Blitz
Don'T Judge Me For ExistingWhy do you give me a hard look from your face?
that you don't like what you see?
that I'm from a different race?
Why can't we see...
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Categories:
racism, abuse, birth, feelings, hate,
Form:
Free verse
IntolerableI cannot tolerate the ones with haloed head
Who boast of their achievements, put on an act instead.
I cannot tolerate the perfect, always right
Who claim to...
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, racism,
Form:
Rhyme
The Color of SpaceThe Color of Space
His spaceship alit on a foreign world
deep in the midst of the outer space
two moons gazing down devoid of all air
he kept...
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Categories:
racism, planet,
Form:
Free verse
Take Out the Landry Take Out the Landry
Dirty laundry for years on the floor
finally the dirt is out the door
Quebec is cleaning house
separatists being laid to graves
like Napoleonic...
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Categories:
racism, evil, funeral, hate, november,
Form:
Free verse