Black History Poems
Black history is a long and detailed story. It has many twists and turns. For decades now, the history has been celebrated through laws, academic books, a month and with written word such as poetry.
Today, I will pay homage to the notable piorneers of positive change as well as to try my hand at describing the plight of blacks as a people and community. If you enjoy my work, please leave a comment in the section below.
Black
The history painful like
papercuts
Poverty once severe as
African huts
Black like
the dreary
night sky
A nation
A people now
living the
American dream
rising from the
nightmare of
slavery
Still
Black
Kamala Harris
She sits at the table
well dressed with
a noble title
The glass ceiling has broken
now
Her speech intelligent
straight forward and brief
A character undefined
as she sits at the table
Dr King
The audacious man did not
try to deceive himself
But rather break the shackles
of racism and dress it with a belt
of love
His inner armor of righteousness
has shined through hatred
jagged core
Erasing some of its edges
until it lurked no more
For My People
For my people trying to live life
Some thugging through the streets
at
day or night
For my people rising to prominence
In universities and colleges
across the nation
For my people
A strong black nation
Born to be leaders of tomorrow
And heroes of today
I salute you
Rosa Parks
The quiet breeze in which
we all feel at night
A mother who gave birth
to the fight
for equal rights
The legend,
among many
trees
A warrior who sat down so
blacks could stand up and
believe
that they could do anything
