Extras: Prejudiced Poetry

May 2018

Extras: Prejudiced Poetry

A new element in my blog – poetry! Here are three literary pieces that are closely related to this month’s blog.
If you haven't read the main blog, click here to read it first.

Clouding Images

‘The world changes when we change our perspective’

Brutally he is killed by the daughter of his murder’s victim.

They see it as brutality.

Others see it as crime.

But she feels that it is deserved revenge.

He picks up a toy from the stall.

They see it as stealing.

Others see it as the behaviour of the poor.

But he only wishes to buy someday.

An African child stares at food.

They see it as poverty.

Others see it as starvation.

But she just has a slight hunger for routine lunch.

A child clothed in grime picks up a book.

They see it as dirtiness.

Others see it as spoiling the book.

But he wishes to see the colours of the words inside.

No one can change the images that cloud our mind. Perspective. 

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Compared

‘Comparison is the thief of joy’ – a poem on the effects of comparison

In the forest

Full of skilled hunters

Full of swift hunters

I have a limp.

In the hills

Full of tall mountains

Full of rising birds

I am the steep valleys.

In the lands

Full of green grass

Full of flowers

I am a rotten fruit.

In the beauty of the day

Full of sunshine

Full of blue

I am the day-spoiling rain.

In the Earth

Full of sparkles

Full of brightness

I hide in the darkness.

In the emotions

Full of excitement

Full of joy

I am sad.

In the people

Full of the confident

Full of the proud

I am insecure.

Who am I?

I don’t know.

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Who's to blame?

‘You can learn a lot from mistakes when you aren’t busy in denial’ – a poem on the blame game

Someone told me I was ugly

Someone told me I was too pretty

Someone told me I was too tall

Someone told me I was too lean

Someone said I dress well

Someone said that I was dumb

Someone said that my makeup is on fleek

Someone said that I was too talkative

We say society groups us into self-esteem lowering labels

But aren’t we in the society too?


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