Best Prejudice Poems

DEATH:
For my dagger is bathed in the blood of the brave,
I come, care-worn tenant of life, from the grave,
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"what?" they say, "you got a
computer?"

it's like I have sold out to
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Part I

INTRODUCTION. That it is as great a fault to judge ill as to write ill, and a more dangerous one to the public. That a true Taste is as rare to be found as a true Genius. That most men are born with some Taste, but spoiled by false education. The multitude of Critics, and causes of them. That we are to study our own Taste, and know the limits of it. Nature the best guide of judgment. Improved by Art and rules, which are but methodized Nature. Rules derived from the practice of the ancient poets. That therefore the ancients are necessary to be studied by a Critic, particularly Homer and Virgil. Of licenses, and the use of them by the ancients. Reverence due to the ancients, and praise of them.
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NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk.
A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith!
We ought to have our Abbey back, you see.
It's different, preaching in basilicas,
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"Why?" Because all I haply can and do,
All that I am now, all I hope to be,--
Whence comes it save from fortune setting free
Body and soul the purpose to pursue,
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As I went down the hill along the wall
There was a gate I had leaned at for the view
And had just turned from when I first saw you
As you came up the hill. We met. But all
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She fears him, and will always ask
What fated her to choose him;
She meets in his engaging mask
All reason to refuse him.
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As most Nigerians remain ruefully lukewarm 
about President Buhari's second term bid;  
an ever-increasing multitude of potential 
voters across ethnic divides, seem to be
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O France, although you sleep
We call you, we the forbidden!
The shadows have ears,
And the depths have cries.
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Wild air, world-mothering air,
Nestling me everywhere,
That each eyelash or hair
Girdles; goes home betwixt
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No more for you the city's thorny ways,
The ugly corners of the Negro belt;
The miseries and pains of these harsh days
By you will never, never again be felt.
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Phoebus, sitting one day in a laurel-tree's shade,
Was reminded of Daphne, of whom it was made,
For the god being one day too warm in his wooing,
She took to the tree to escape his pursuing
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Scene, on the Cliffs to the Eastward of the Town of
Brighthelmstone in Sussex. Time, a Morning in November, 1792.
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(Dedicated to Our Brother President)

Yes, yes, We all can stop the violence,
Stop all non-sense,
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At break of day the College Portress came:
She brought us Academic silks, in hue
The lilac, with a silken hood to each,
And zoned with gold; and now when these were on,
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TO mute and to material things
New life revolving summer brings;
The genial call dead Nature hears,
And in her glory reappears.
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they want to
ban books, ban abortions
ban gay marriages
ban free thinking
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Morn in the wake of the morning star
Came furrowing all the orient into gold.
We rose, and each by other drest with care
Descended to the court that lay three parts
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Vincent loved to have models to do his paintings.
When Theo's monthly fund arrived,
Every morning, he went round in search of models.
He would invite different kinds of people to his house,
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I pray you to take me to the height,
From where fall is not possible,
But I know my worth,
Being a human being I am the victim of
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IN yonder red-brick mansion, tight and square,
Just at the town's commencement, lives the mayor.
Some yards of shining gravel, fenced with box,
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Deep within the chasm,
Lives the man without a name -
He’s come to represent
The secrets hidden in -
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A new start, A new day
Shut the door on behind,
Walk forward in search
Of an inner peace of mind
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There he comes like a Santa Claus on a Christmas eve along the road of hope.
Lamp posts salute him and the children offer their autographs to sign.
He uses his thousands of pens which holds in one hand.
Homeless they watch the T.V. in their new houses while washing the dirty linen.
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(PHILADELPHIA, 1794)

NOTE.—The following imaginary dialogue between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which is not based upon any specific incident in American history, may be supposed to have occurred a few months previous to Hamilton’s retirement from Washington’s Cabinet in 1795 and a few years before the political ingenuities of Burr—who has been characterized, without much exaggeration, as the inventor of American politics—began to be conspicuously formidable to the Federalists. These activities on the part of Burr resulted, as the reader will remember, in the Burr-Jefferson tie for the Presidency in 1800, and finally in the Burr-Hamilton duel at Weehawken in 1804.
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On the summer road that ran by our front porch
Lizards and snakes came out to sun.
It was hot as a stove out there, enough to scorch
A buzzard's foot. Still, it was fun
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Australia, my native land,
A stirring whisper in your ear—
'Tis time for you to understand
Your rating now is A1, dear.
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Father today I want to pray for all the different people in the world. People that may not be the best looking, or have eyes that bulge, teeth that point, big ears or crippled joints. People of colour, from the very dark to palest of pale, the little people, the big people. Anyone that is different Lord, today is their day and for them I pray.

Father, please take the narrow minded, the bully's and name callers to task. Teach them to look beyond the facial masks and disfigured bodies, teach them to see what is truly real, to discover how truly beautilful these people are. Show them Lord how much these wonderful people contrilbute to the world.
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I.
OUT of the little chapel I burst
Into the fresh night air again.
I had waited a good five minutes first
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE LEARNED JUDGE
THE PLAINTIFF
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To convert the penalty corner
To a coveted goal with honor
Boundless drive and will
Need is to fill the bill!
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Unto a Yorkshire school was sent
A negro youth to learn to write,
And the first day young Juba went
All gazed on him as a rare sight.
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TO mute and to material things
New life revolving summer brings;
The genial call dead Nature hears,
And in her glory reappears.
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Let us celebrate Christmas
With the Snowman!
Let us love each other
Without any pride or prejudice!
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I
COOK was a captain of the Admiralty
When sea-captains had the evil eye,
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They traded the comfort of their homes
They curtailed their freedom of religion
They infringed on their right to speak
They bargained their educational attainment
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War is a demon
Born of pride and prejudice
Sow hate and reap death
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YE powers fantastic ! goblin, sylph and fay,
Whose subtle forms no laws material sway ;
Ethereal essences, that dart and glide
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On 12 January 2010 a 7.0 force earthquake struck 16 miles offshore from Port-au-Prince demolishing the capital and killing many thousands of its citzens. Haiti occupies the western third of Hispanola a Carribean Island 45 miles east of Cuba. The population is just in excess of 10 million and about 3 million Hatians live abroad. It is a poor country and many of its citizens have poor health including TB and Aids. It is nominally Christian (80% Catholic) and about 50% of the population practise Hatian Vodu. What can we do? We can give generously now and during the year. If we have specialist skills we can join teams being sent out by our Governments. We can also pray Individually and Collectively for our beloved 'Brothers & Sister' in Haiti. It's up to you - but please do something.

Pray for Haiti and the Haitians
That GOD will hear their cries and prayers
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Hat sight of woe thus harrows up my soul!
Must those love-darting eyes in anguish roll?
Shall ghastly death such charms divine invade?
You muses, graces, loves come to her aid.
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The fire that grasps and coffin confines
the last breath at the final countdown
of life vanquish not on one deceptive,
feign hedge where the vociferous
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Powerful, that’s right,
I’m a terror, as you will see, no one can beat me.
Why I’ll tear you apart from top to bottom.
I won’t give a damn, winter, spring, summer or autumn.
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In ev'ry age, and each profession,
Men err the most by prepossession;
But when the thing is clearly shown,
And fairly stated, fully known,
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If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am:
I'm a genuine philanthropist - all other kinds are sham.
Each little fault of temper and each social defect
In my erring fellow-creatures, I endeavour to correct.
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Use all your hidden forces.

Do not miss the purpose of this life,
and do not wait for circumstance
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Ah!--What should follow slips from my reflection;
Whatever follows ne'ertheless may be
As à-propos of hope or retrospection,
As though the lurking thought had follow'd free.
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In the love of home and country and the flag of Uncle Sam,
Can the loyalty be doubted of a dusky son of Ham?
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Her grave, sweet haughtiness
Pleaseth me, and in like wise
Her quiet ironies.
Others are beautiful, none more, some less.
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'Thus do the generations of the earth
Go to the grave and issue from the womb,
Surviving still the imperishable change
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EVEN as a river,--partly (it might seem)
Yielding to old remembrances, and swayed
In part by fear to shape a way direct,
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WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF A FRIEND.

On page of thine I cannot trace
The cold and heartless commonplace,
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Is this sanity or insanity
to wish a death in obscurity?
Death that might bring calm and ease
As my life deserted by joys and peace.
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On landing, the first voice one hears is from
An English police-constable; a man
Respectful, conscious that at need he can
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If we counted the things
That we lost in the floods,
There would be no end to it.
It did not matter about machines,
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This above all remember: they will be very brave men,
And you will be facing them. You must not despise them.

I am, as you know, like all true professional soldiers,
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We see but half the causes of our deeds,
Seeking them wholly in the outer life,
And heedless of the encircling spirit-world,
Which, though unseen, is felt, and sows in us
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No hatred, please
Sunday,6th January 2019

First and foremost thing to be hated
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Jesus, to what didst thou submit
To save thy dear-bought flock from hell!
Like a pour trav'ller see him sit,
Athirst, and weary, by the well.
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He never asked to be a hero
For him, playing ball would be just fine
Potentially his chance was less than zero
To overcome that black-white racist line
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Dark tendrils of disease
spread across the land
Twisting
clawing
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Not where the musk of happiness blows,
Not where darkness and fears never tread;
Not in the homes of perpetual smiles,
Nor in the heaven of a land of prosperity
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I

Chins that might serve the new Jerusalem;
Streets footsore; minute whisking milliners,
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THE worldly minded, cast in common mould,
With all his might pursuing fame or gold,
And towards that goal too vehemently hurled
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All grim prejudice to work
He scrupulously shed;
He grew grace in such work
Which by ignorance lay degraded.
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'Now, while she's changing,' said the Dean,
'Her bridal for her traveling dress,
I'll preach allegiance to your queen!
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November's sky is chill and drear,
November's leaf is red and sear:
Late, gazing down the steepy linn
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Reality was under the feet
Gaze to the moon to ride onto heaven
What real love in the mysticism of nature
Myself I felt with the tips of my fingers
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LONG time have human ignorance and guilt
Detained us, on what spectacles of woe
Compelled to look, and inwardly oppressed
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The Day has never understood the Gloaming or the Night;
Though sired by one Creative Power, and nursed at Nature's breast;
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How could I ever return
When leaving put the past behind me?
Some kinds of love I have no use for,
It would be like searching
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Find a solution
Thursday,10th January 2019

Where do I find mental peace?
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Escape ego
Tuesday,4th December 2018

Escape
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Smart octapedal locomoter,
Despised by girls - but so adored by boys.
Instant death to every flying insect,
Silently - you never make a noise!
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Preludes.

I Platonic Love
Right art thou who wouldst rather be
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Normalcy is for you to judge, what is normal for one,
Is abnormal for another, as there are no measurement guides,
To the balance of judgment that, is to be your guide in,
The philosophy of your lifetime, to use your "Common Sense";
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I.
Far in the chambers of the west,
The gale had sigh'd itself to rest;
The moon was cloudless now and clear,
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Gentleness of LOVE
Gentleness of look
Gentleness of touch
Gentleness of word
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What buys us love, what buys us fame,
Who whispers sweet notings in our ear,
and who opens doors and breaks down walls,
will it turn our dreams into shining stars?
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When grasping tyranny offends,
Or angry bigots frown;
When rulers plot, for sefish ends,
To keep the nations down;
When statesmen form unholy league
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India is caste ridden society
Its origin is drawn from cultural affinity
The old culture reveals many aspects
We too are guided by these facts
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Being spotted in the color of skin,
why I take care in San Francisco,
waiting for the bus to Iowa.
They say racial prejudice is strong,
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You and I are One
One with just One God
One to be free
Of prejudice
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Freedom, a state of mind,
Freedom, an illusion,
Freedom, a nonsense of lunatic
Until it is spiritual.
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Sweet recalling of best times,
Digging up all memories
Vivid remnants passing by
Kill the prejudice for real
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Neelum (beautiful sapphire, always shining bright)
Neelum is a resting place.
of this blue shimmer.
Where joy lulls into eyes the joy,
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2: 30 AM
9/7/2005

The Race Colored Race
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I

If not for my father...
Would I have learned
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I

'Heigh, boys!' cried Grandfather Bridgeman, 'it's time before dinner to-day.'
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Here on Poemhunter, the newest poem,
it pops up on-screen
like the latest off-shoot, or newborn babe
or like a newest floral bud,
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Friends are
Friday, November 23,2018
5: 22 AM
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Herewith, I solemnly state and declare!
I will regard my father and mother!
I will respect and honor the elders!
I will do my best to help all others! !
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Love is
When you can share and offer
A part of your wealth for the poor and poverty stricken,
A part of your income to care for the sick and old,
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NOT with the splendors of the days of old,
The spoil of nations, and barbaric gold;
No weapons wrested from the fields of blood,
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We know it
​​​​​​​Sunday,11th November 2018

We know how to deviate
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OH torrent, roaring in thy giant fall,
And thund'ring grandly o'er th' opposing blocks,
Thy voice, far louder than the lion's call,
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O ARY SCHEFFER! when beneath thine eye,
Touched with the light that cometh from above,
Grew the sweet picture of the dear Lord's love,
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Great Harm
Saturday,10th November 2018

Had you remained on victim card?
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Since hired for life, thy servile Muse must sing
Successive conquests and a glorious King;
Must of a man immortal vainly boast,
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Keep space
For any race
To settle and live
Revive and survive
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IT was the time when geese despond,
And turkeys make their wills;
The time when Christians, to a man,
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