Blackface Poems - Poems about Blackface

...Unimaginable deep-rooted hurt, imprinted from childhood, carried into every aspect of my life. Painful incidents not healed impacting every encounter. These are my warnings to others of impending ......Read the rest...

...My black is majestic my black is smooth Even when I was banished from public pool Even if I was portrayed black face fool I was a raven flying above you. I am much more than kinky hair Thick t......Read the rest...

...Fields that once were ripe with crops Now play host to blackface and cheviot Where the children ran and played Among the bluebell and the thistle Now screams the wind in bansidhe wail Looking fo......Read the rest...

...I won’t hold my breath for the day you stop butchering us. We already have enough issues trying to breathe with you around. They said one should never bring a knife to a gunfight, can you ask them wh......Read the rest...

...Governor Terry Twinkle ** ** not his real name (ha, ha) Over us did sprinkle Some clumsy, inadept sprinkle How'd he win the governorship? His opponent's racism he ri......Read the rest...

...Blackface By Valerie Odom March 24, 2017 Blackface White man down Black paint Yell our race, stand in the crowd While you screaming “All Live Matter” Our men being shot to the ground Bla......Read the rest...

...No’s Talking to themselves in the third person Detached, separate, ominous—a stilted nuance that does want to know Abrupt attention spans lashing out as the deadends foreclose Cutting bac......Read the rest...

...Sundays, my mother and I watched movies on PBS. Jezebel, Sabrina, In the Good Old Summertime Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland. I practiced their detached look of desire In bathroom mirro......Read the rest...

...When we turned eleven our schooldays turned to memories. The descent into the clanking dark commenced as chalk-dust abandoned our nostrils. Reborn as the men o’ the black seam when we turned ele......Read the rest...