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#ethnicity poems

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Burnt Fields Like Black Panther FurYou used to tell me that beautiful things come from pain and adversity. / Like motherhood, unconditi

@apomegranatesmemoir1366

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Six years a nightMr *Jonah* was sent to Nineveh / He head out but took a detour / Now in the belly of the beast. / Mr

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In a boxI am in a box / As I reach out / Touch the walls / This strange barrier that separates me / From the

@CynicalStrawberry18

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I am a Person of Colour**I am a person of colour** / Whose simple presence can cause outrage / they use their tongues as sw

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The Minority's BurdenListen to the minority’s burden / There are more than you may see / Your idea of equality / Is quite

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Please See MePlease see me. / Not the person I appear to be. / Not the one you see walking isles, / The one who g

@pilotforhigh20

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salted caramelyou said i was exotic, / and i said ooo / what do you mean? / exotic like a fruit?, like / i don’t k

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It's a Crayola LifeWith the box lid closed / It's dark inside, / There are no colours / We can't abide. / But a golden

@francie-lynch25

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Sleeping with youThe way your body hugs mine / You sleep and you insist on holding me to your chest / The way you lov

@The-war-underneath10

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PowerI am not a true minority. / I am white woman. / I believe in feminism because that is what I experie

@kelsie-cameron13

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Chinese vs. Irish**So I am a mutt** / And this is my poem about having split identities / *And not knowing who the fu

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FrijoleroCarrizo, lamina, / Cemento, y varilla. / Mi casa / Su casa / Sus casas. / Te busco / Te deseo / Y no

@arturo-hernandez19

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Untitledthe smell of fresh beans / fills by dreams / beckons me forth to my culture, to my people / acceptan

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Fitting into BoxesIt was a bag of prejudice tied up with strings of judgement. I would know it anywhere. The chill of

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bleachedMy hair is black and yours is yellow / But they never call it that; / Blonde, or like spun gold / St

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i live my own lifei come from whispers of Venezuelan lullabies / y las stories que viene del corazon de mi mama. / the

@lovelyshadow19

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Wings of harmonyA cross section of humanity / lends itself to prose in gross / here, in the airport, sanity / has gi

@TemporalFugue23

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Black UglyI wonder if pictured opinion is found / in the sight of the visually impaired? / *&* if they might b

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Reading and WritingTake a look at me. / Wonder how I got here. / No, really- _wonder,_ / don't assume, / because maybe

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Identity CrisisThey ask what I am / As if they could draw a map / On my skin / Paved by my color / My hair / And my

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I labelled usInfancy talked to me various languages, switching / Tonalities for different melodies, to be learnt.

@aurorakastanias39

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