Poems about Race

• B-L-A-C-K Love

  by Dee-P 30 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 19 10:15 AM. In Adult, Race, Love, Thoughts, Personal, Other, Black, African American, Society
• Struggle

  Listen to my struggle,
  I am a 40-year-old black man

  by LesbianOfLove 119 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 8 5:14 PM. In Struggle, Diversity, Truth, Equality, Race, Gender, Class, Understanding, Hate, Conflict
• I Am Mixed

  by LesbianOfLove 60 lines, on Oct 8 3:58 PM. In Race, Multi-Racial, Mixed, Black, White, Ethnicity, Color, Humanity, Diversity
• Porcelain Princess

  I saw you the other day,
  and I hated you..

  by msjuicytech 52 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 30 1:25 PM. In Angst, Sad, Society, Race Matters, Race, Contest
• One Bad Bunch (edited)

  Racial profiling
  Not myth, but not complete truth.

  by ocnfish4 26 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 30 9:12 AM. In Race, Racial Profiling, Other
• Underneath It All

  Image by: Kenneth Hemmerick
  

  by Poetrist 16 lines, 22 comments, on Jul 26 8:25 PM. In Society, Thoughts, Race
• Sinister Diagram

  One on one...
  Nothing wrong.

  by Climax 99 lines, on Jun 21 11:05 PM. In Life, Car, Transport, Truck, Pickup, SUV, Society, Teen, Racer, Race, Winner, Tuner
• Finish Line

  I'm losing this fight
  I'm losing this race.

  by WriterJay89 8 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 15 10:24 AM. In race, fight, battle, win, depression
• Black. The color

  by lifeandtimes 113 lines, on Jun 9 3:24 AM. In Humor, Race, Society, Dark(that's a pun)
• My Family

  Ehh idk. just started watching the news and felt really bad about a story.

  by Mz Tragedyx3 38 lines, on Jun 5 5:49 PM. In Family, Race, Life
• The White Girl

  Who's that girl over there?
  The one with the dark skin and the nappy hair?

  by VcWhit 44 lines, 5 comments, on May 4 1:38 AM. In Society, Race
• Hope

  I wrote this in response to our first elected black president

  by ybarradf 12 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 14 4:45 PM. In Political, hope, race, creed, thoughts
• For Not Being White

  by Inspired By Till 28 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 30 9:56 PM. In Abuse, Adult, Angst, Life, Other, Pain, Personal, Sad, Hate, Race, Black, White
• Never Saw It Coming...

  We never saw it coming
  and it stays in our mind to this day.

  by xakilovex 16 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 29 2:43 PM. In 9/11, Lost love, Life, Sad, War, Angry, Goodbyes, Background, Race
• Tragedy

  If i could take back a second in time,
  i would take back destruction and crime.

  by xakilovex 13 lines, on Jan 29 2:41 PM. In 9/11, Lost love, Life, Sad, War, Angry, Goodbyes, Background, Race
• I am Black-Maryiah Blake

  What does black mean to you?
  What do you see when you see black?

  by miztip 23 lines, on Jan 17 5:40 PM. In Race
• I am Black-

  What does black mean to you?
  What do you see when you see black?

  by miztip 23 lines, on Jan 17 5:39 PM. In Race
• Untitled

  He looked at my skin
  White as de chalk
  He looked at his

  by Tizz 15 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 9 1:55 PM. In Race, Racism, Different, Society
• all the same

  It doesnt matter if your skin is white black or brown
  we all have the same beating heart so dont put another race down

  by GuateCrew 11 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 1 2:19 PM. In race
• the Race is Not Over

  They may think this race is over...
  it is not!

  by WordsDoMatter 38 lines, 23 comments, on Dec 16 7:00 PM 2008. In victory, running, marathon, race, overcoming, disability
• Lanran

  A light’ standing by a lanterna chap’orter character a chant’s l is a dancer
  Don’t call chemicals good if they’re cancer

  by LeanneBridgewater 13 lines, on Nov 5 12:30 PM 2008. In light, rhyme, DIY, archaic, holy, free, natural, psy, spiritual, thought, race
• My Skin

  First I was a nigger.
  Then a negro.

  by Bubblekiller13 19 lines, on Oct 24 8:23 AM 2008. In race, black, people, racism, understanding, identity, Life, Hope, Society, Personal
• Thirty more days to change

  Left foot, right foot
  Left-wing, right-wing

  by jaie2007 35 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 13 10:37 AM 2008. In contemporary, thoughts, election, race
• My Dear Black People

  MY DEAR BLACK PEOPLE, I BECOME FRUSTRATED BY OUR OWN IGNORANCE AND OUR OWN BLINDNESS, NOT KNOWING THE POWER WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THISWAR! THE FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM WHICH WE CONTINUE TO RESIST. FREDERICK DOUGLAS, MARTI

  by TheEnLightMent 38 lines, on Jul 16 2:54 AM 2008. In life, socirty, race, african-american
• Am I Running A Marathon Or Am I Standing In Place?

  and this is how it goes. the daily race to see who's won.

  by InvisibleMonster 52 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 23 3:15 PM 2008. In race, heartbreak, mathc, stick, loser, winner
• Lady Justice Sees No Gray

  because in a world of black and white
  her eyes are open wide.

  by Megbot 30 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 21 3:16 PM 2008. In Life, Society, Humanity, Race
• Who Am I?

  For centuries I’ve dealt with all your prejudices discrimination racism For years I’ve been repressed oppressed suppressed

  by nostalgicdreamer416 22 lines, on Mar 18 4:38 PM 2008. In race, Humanity, Society, Life
• A Poem about our Mother Continent

  Beautiful Mother,
  So many who don’t realize your worth…

  by PurpillRain 60 lines, on Mar 17 10:03 AM 2008. In Race, Culture
• [Realistically Thinking]

  This is an acrostic for DETERMINATION IS REAL.

  by HugsForEveryone 20 lines, on Feb 28 7:11 PM 2008. In Race, Determination, metaphor, Life
• I, Sing Africa

  I am not an African.
  My race may have the title AFRICAN proceed the American but I do not speak the Nilo- Saharan languages of the land.

  by PurpillRain 34 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 25 10:19 PM 2008. In Identity, Race
• Race against the deluded majority

  little man running through

  by jorjii 31 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 12 11:56 AM 2008. In tripping, comedown, deluded, race
• No Matter What

  A Tender Embrace One Look at his Face

  by kittykattyalex 3 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 27 11:25 PM 2008. In love, race, interracial
• No Matter What Race

  A tender embrace One look at his face

  by kittykattyalex 3 lines, on Jan 27 11:21 PM 2008. In love, interracial, race
• These Walls

  Walls of blindness, Cover my true self,

  by JustAnotherIdoit 6 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 29 8:53 AM 2007. In differences, race, color, sexuality, age, style, discrimination, life
• The Great Depression

  It gets that vital organ pumping crimson, so when they stab you, you die in short.
  So tell me? When is the violence gonna end?
  Will there

  by sourpatchpanda 35 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 28 3:42 PM 2007. In Hatred, People, Race, Gangs, Ending
• Foreigner in my own country

  My olive skin is hard to look past,
  I am a Mexican if you so please

  by RedLipsAndTattoos 62 lines, on Dec 5 8:44 PM 2007. In contemporary, contest, society, thoughts, weird, personal, race, culture
• For This Divine Race

  by fennywest 44 lines, on Nov 21 3:52 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Life, Hope, Destiny, Race
• bruised

  gaze deeply at this flesh,

  by EvilKate 32 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 21 8:07 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Society, Race
• Deeper Than My Eyes

  You look at my skin And you hate me.

  by Artemis Gem 33 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 2 10:40 AM 2007. In Personal, Other, hope, society, race
• Always Black And White

  by amaranthine lover 43 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 24 10:56 PM 2007. In Contest, Contemporary, Fantasy, Abstract, My own style, Angst, Race, noguest
• The Depender: A Man of Few Words and the Not So Subtle Reliance on Coffee.

  Mama T sat at the kitchen table with a circle of dough spread out in front of her. A headband pushed back her dark locks, ke

  by Zeus the Woman 13 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 22 3:28 PM 2007. In Short Story, Society, Race, Culture, Mother and Son, Life, More
• (brown)

  i'm talking through my teeth
  but these lies haven't made my mouth hurt yet

  by Une Amie Imaginaire 35 lines, on Mar 19 1:46 PM 2007. In Weird, Thoughts, Society, Race
• International Breakfast

  My Breakfast is Interracial
  It knows no race, Thats right

  by Poet of Dreams 12 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 19 11:01 AM 2007. In Humor, Life, Race
• The Color of Character

  We hold these truths to be self-evident ....

  by BlackRabbit9x 56 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 15 6:33 PM 2007. In Color, Race, Character
• Like Flowers

  If we were blind we'd surely find...
  

  by DenimCat 32 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 19 12:41 PM 2007. In society, race, racism, world, hope, contest, message, love, humanity
• Bike Racer Down

  Sometimes even the preparation for a championship gets cut off...

  by Carole Dwinell 42 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 21 4:02 PM 2007. In race, train, cold, accident, broken, bicycle, emergency, pain, sad, done
• The Majoral Minority

  by Poet of Dreams 20 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 14 8:50 PM 2007. In Personal, Society, Race
• Flowers

  A metaphor to today's racial issues.

  by Jes 13 lines, on Jan 7 2:34 PM 2007. In metaphor, race, racial, flowers, thoughts, nature, society

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