Best Rosa Parks Poems

Rosa Louise Parks
refused to give up her seat
“First Lady of Civil Rights”

back in fifty-five
civil disobedience
‘fore Martin Luther King’s time

courageous Rosa
kept her seat and caused a stir
faith told her she was right

created equal
in the colorblind eyes
of a Lord who loves mankind

desegregation
took decades to accomplish --
a Maverick...

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Rosa Parks
Would have been a hundred
Were she alive today
Human beings of any colour
would gladly let her sit
Anywhere on the bus
With the possible exception 
Of the driver's seat...

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Remembering Rosa Parks

By Elton Camp

Well over a half-century has now passed
Since she resisted discrimination at last

To the back of the bus she refused to move
One person makes a difference she did prove

Ms Parks refused to let herself be disrespected
And didn’t respond as racial bigots expected

Those...

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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
On December 1, 1955 She lit up a huge spark
She refused to give up her seat that day on the bus
Instead, she proudly sat, made faces and ignored the fuss






Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005) was an African American civil right’s...

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So graceful and kind
So honest and true
While she sat down for me 
She stood up for you
Only by refusing to move
When ordered to
She paid the price
And satisfied our dues....

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Stubborn refusal by Rosa Parks
     to up from her bus seat set off sparks...

 that ignited flames of Civil Rights movement.
     'Twas a legendary, watershed moment!



 Submitted for...
Clerihew Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Regina McIntosh
Date written: 12/18/2020...

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Serene in sweet repose, the scented Rose, 
(With each and every velvet valley bare) 
Will often offer pleasure's perfect pose; 
Seductive Roses pleasure everywhere. 

Sharp beauty rages in the Roses' red, 
So darkly deep their polished petals bloom. 
Yet white is bright within the garden...

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Sometimes monumental events 
Have humble beginnings 
Like the unyielding courage 
Of Rosa Parks
Refusing to give up her seat.


            W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly 2019....

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Rosa took a stand 
by taking a seat :)
making a strong point
with dignity sweet :D



 [I read her autobiography for Black History Month; always admired her, but a big fan of her now!]
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