Tag: colour

• Unchained

  

  Mr Organ Grinder, Please discard your bait, I will no longer dine Upon you hate, Your slurs disguised as playfulness serve only to fat my stubbornness, Heels dug in, Now listen well; You do not own this coloured girl, I will not dance, No sir, Not today, And your ignorance is in my way, If…

  Serena Malcolm

  19 February, 2015

  Inspire

  colour, inspire, metaphor, monkey, organ grinder, poem, poetry, prejudice, pride, race, racism

• 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

  11 June, 2014

  Race

  back, bullying, childhood, colour, confidence, culture, emotion, ethnicity, hurt, identity, memories, mixed race, name-calling, pain, poetry, prejudice, race, reflection, scars, self-esteem, sticks and stones, teasing, white, words