#prejudice poems on Hello Poetry

Brent Kincaid Oct 2017

Born hate-free, I was taught,
Caught up in a time when crimes
Against millions of people was fine
And the social genocide of bigotry
Was excused for me and practiced hourly
Then daily and yearly and nobody said no,
Oh no, don’t go there! Where was decency
When everybody could use names
Like flames to torch total strangers?

The danger is visible now, almost risible
But indivisible with no liberty or justice
Just issuing slams and slurs like a knife,
A way of life that helped nobody
And anybody that protested, complained
Were given their own names to suffer.
No, they didn’t stutter. ****** lover.
That’s what they called us if we shied,
Chose the wrong side, the side of freedom,.
Equality, morality, principles of Christianity.
Seemed invisible concepts to the likes of me.

Taught hypocrisy, I dissembled easily
Saying all men were equal when evil
Was universal at a “whites only” fountain,
The affronts to decency mounting, hurting,
Atrocities compounding, surrounding
Hanging, shooting, beating, killing
In a society willing to hang and ****
The Martin Luther Kings at will
For being willing to not sit still
And let the falsehood go on and on.
And then he was gone, but The South
Still pours honey from a mouth that claims
To be the right, the good, the family party.

#prejudice #hate #bigotry #society #legality #equality #poetry #kincaid

Francie Lynch Sep 2017

My Mother's Brogue

A friend asked if my mother had a brogue.
She was forty when she landed here,
She probably did. She must have.
What does a child hear?
I was accustomed to it.
I only heard her voice.
Others no doubt did. Liked the lilt.
I heard the voice,
Not the accent.

I never heard her Irish accent, or my father's or older sibs.

#prejudice #racism #foreigners #xenophobia #bigotry #accents #brogue

Tyler Matthew Sep 2017

Letters from Blind America

Dear Mr. Trump,
I know the Russians aren't the reason for your recent election. Putin slapped the democrats with a rock-hard misdirection. There's no need to conduct a voter poll inspection. In any case, I think America's made the right selection.

Dear Mr. Trump,
I can't believe that some are questioning your mental stability. Do subjects have the right to challenge nobility? To do so, I feel, would be a lesson in futility. Those of us still in your cabinet think you're doing the job brilliantly.

Dear Mr. Trump,
I am writing to urge you to declare war in the east. Don't listen to the media, the democrats or Chinese. Don't listen to the South Koreans, those ***** only see half of what your great white eyes can see.

Dear Mr. Trump,
I think it's great what you've done
to our military. All those phoney genitals, generals, were starting to scare me. Guns are no use in the hands of a fairy. And besides, when they die, that's 10,000 less soldiers to bury.

Dear Mr. Trump,
When will construction on the wall begin? Those ******* are causing too many problems within. Besides, I think we can take it one step further and completely wall ourselves in. But keep up the good work - I know you'll make America great again.

This poem is sarcastic, and in no way do I support racism, prejudice, homophobia, isolationism, war, greed, or Donald Trump.

#politics #political #trump #greed #hatred #fear #war #racism #prejudice #isolationism

Francie Lynch Aug 2017

A Family of Colour

Mammy's favorite colour was red.
Cycle red. New born red. Deep cuts red.
And roses.

Daddy preferred earth colour.
New potato patene, manure mix,
And bottle brown.

We all knew green-eyed envy,
White-flag truces and surrenders.
Black somber calls in the pitch of night.
The passion of purple,
Serenity of blue wounds.
The orange hues of morning and evening
Where anticipation and destination meet.

Colour = color when you're Canadian.

#colours #racism #prejudice

Danica Jul 2017

Placid

As the inclement weather crash all over the city,
I discovered the untitled disc of a lost movie
I turn the t.v on and saw the family
Gaining something in return called ‘sympathy’

Surreptitious pictures of the impecunious
Propitious time for those opulent
Impudent behavior, Gratuitous violence
Amorphous hope and lucid nightmares

Misery, anguish, sorrow and pain
Hapless child hold tight to God
Pathetic story will end soon
as the morning sun dissipate the fog

Worry less, pristine day will come to heal your soul and broken heart

#deep #prejudice #pristine

Mhica Barrozo Jul 2017

Pride and Prejudice

Because I’m too cynical,
Love for me is a disturbing thing, very critical
Hanging out like thieves,
Some people tend to misconceive

Lying continuously not to be hurt, how shameful
It’s hard to be bold in that bad condition, be careful
I was about to step backward from a trap called romance,
But you bumped me and that was over, I lost the chance

I can't describe my feelings using words or drawings
Calling you without reason, ended up as a misunderstanding
Telling you trivial jokes,
Causing you to choke

There are many embarrassing moments,
But I'm always getting a nice treatment
So this is love, even though I want this desperately
I can’t have it easily

I should practice how to speak nicely,
Cause there are so many coincidences that was planned accidentally
I already believed in love at first sight,
But the canvas that I tried to erase was ruined before twilight

Even though I open the book again, I'm always on the same page
You made a mark on my life, feels like I'm on stage
My life is like a made-up fantasy
But before I forget, I was writing about my story without reading a book or a movie.

Eventually, we became nobody
We used to be the closest but I just heard your apology
I shouldn’t loved you reticently
Sadness is overflowing even though I try to accept it bravely

Tell me what is more important, pride or prejudice?
There's nothing wrong in love, but I need justice
People changes as time goes by,
And you already put a period by saying goodbye

#pride #prejudice

Brent Kincaid Jul 2017

THE RIGHT FIGHT

The Right believes it is right
And so by default we are left
To fight both day and night, bereft
Of the loving eye of Propriety.
Denied by those with single site
Those who once believed in divine right
Even though that was never right
Never really acceptable
Mostly reprehensible
Spouting their religious twaddle
They were always ready to fight
For what they were told was right.

The Right listens to entertainment
And claims they are news shows.
And regard the truth with amazement
But that is just the way it goes
When you are raised by dunderheads
Who think education is a waste.
Listening to people like that
Will always leave a horrible taste
For those who prefer research
And knowing what is going on.
But don’t expect the Right to see
Charlatans and say “Move on!”

The idea is to listen to the words
And find the ones you want to hear
And then parrot back the lies
Smiling broadly from ear to ear.
Every time you repeat untruths
They gain a bit more credibility
And it matters not one whit
That the words don’t mach reality.
So, the Right keeps up the fight
For anger and hatred to win.
And every time the truth arises
The Right will fight it once again.

#conservatives #right #rights #knowledge #prejudice #politics #poetry #kincaid

David Hutton Jul 2017

Revenge Best Served in a Bathtub

You see my face and race comes first.
I walk around and I feel cursed.
You greet me with "Ni hao!",
expect me to take a bow?
I filled the bathtub; go in headfirst.

Writing poems is always the best way to let off steam.

#blackcomedy #racism #revenge #race #blackhumor #humor #limerick #dark #prejudice

Joshua Haines Jul 2017

Express. Shun.

Here I lay,
powerless.
Why reveal
who I am
when
who I am
is not
acceptable.

To be ostracized; To be sealed in
the Hell Fire I raise for raze.
I can't candidly express my thoughts;
for I am different - and what is different
is not able to be understood - and what is not understood
starts wars; gathers men in poison rooms; rips apart bodies
like rag-abortions, grasping at the surrounding cracked Earth.

Here I lay,
powerless.

#23 #tolerance #prejudice #love #hate #war #death #money #depression