Category: Race
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Resilience is a seed that will come to flower
I know I have power and I know its from my history from the freedom fighters who gifted me my liberty to the warriors and legends inside my own family I know the electric charge of legacy that fires me I draw strength from my ancestry like we’re directly connected via USB at times the…
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My Neighbour Hung a St. George’s Flag and Asked Me What I Thought
My neighbour hung a St. George’s flag and asked me what I thought,Now I’ve been known for my quick wit, but my brain – licked by the grotesqueness of it – could form no such retort,I had no words,No words would come,Struck dumb and dumbfounded that he would ask me something so inherently… dumb,With zero…
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We Brought the Gold
When we left our homes for England, We expected streets adorned with gold, Because that is what they promised, Because that is the dream they sold, So we dressed up in our Sunday best, Straight backs and heads held high, And we arrived with big aspirations, Based on little White lies, Because the streets were…
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Hi, my name is…
This #poem was inspired by a real life Teams meeting I was on this week. Inspired too by a post I saw today about #nationalinclusionweek and the importance of getting people’s names right. I have a very Anglicised name yet you would be astonished by the sheer number of people who still get it wrong……
black poet, D&I, DEI, EDI, equality, inclusion, names, office politics, poem, poetry, race, respect, work, workplace racism -
OUT NOW! The Teacher’s Daughter
Today is my dad’s birthday. In 2022 he was diagnosed with mixed dementia and we have been on a rollercoaster ever since. In his working life, he was a teacher, a magistrate, and an advocate for the voiceless. He taught me so much and gave me everything he could, but the greatest thing he ever…
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The Teacher’s Daughter – one week to go!
My third book, The Teacher’s Daughter, is a collection of poems and musing written in honour of my dad and the lessons he has taught me. It’s only right, therefore, that it’s released on his birthday: 23rd September. With a little over a week to go, I wanted to start spreading the word now because…
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Why we need to keep talking about race
Last night I got to deliver the keynote address at a poetry book launch. I was also one of the judges who deliberated over the this year’s competition entries (after winning myself last year). It was such a great evening with amazing food (feed me and I will go anywhere for you! Haha), poetry readings,…
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Mike Hotel – World Mental Health Day and Black History Month
I was diagnosed with Clinical Depression when I was 11 years old. I was then diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder aged 35 years, but really I had been living with it for many, many years. Looking back, all the signs were all there, but my friends and family just put them down to moodiness, quirkiness,…
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Yellow Girl
Too white to be black, Too black to be white, “They’ll throw you in the river when the two sides fight” Flat bottom, Picky hair, And thick thunder thighs, Freckles on my nose, lips and under my eyes, I’m a yellow girl, I’m a browning, I’m half-caste, I’m mixed race, And believe me; I’ve been…
Serena Malcolm 