We Black men of England
Too proud to cry for shame,
Let's cry a sea
Cry publicly,
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It is more knives than guns. Changing hearts and minds is a must to stop out youths from killing each other, that's the hard part.
We Black men of England Our guns are killing us, How dare we? Now hear me How great is dangerous? There's a fascist and a druggist problems, racism, life. tony
A very thought provoking poem. Congratulations on having it chosen as poem of the day!
A great understanding of present day situation and hope for better tomorrow. Well deserved modern poem of the day.
There's a fascist and a druggist Out to get our kith and kin, Let silent guns Save our sons The power is within. yes the power is within, tony
We Black men of England Our guns are killing us, How dare we? .......most impressive lines. Thanks and congratulations for being selected this poem as the modern poem of the poem of the poem of the day.
Black men of England! ! ! Black people living in England! Facing racism. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
the notorious SlN of world is RACISM gun of own hand killing self! there humanity is illegitimate child of weird belief!
I completely agree with you Mahtab...as the legendary musician Stevie Wonder once stated, ' Racism is a sin against God, ' In this poem, Benjamin Zephaniah brilliantly captures the inquities of racism here in the U.K. via personal experience.
this is amazing! your really making studying these poems easy :) from all the people in my librabry at the moment x
Hello Benjamin Just to say hi and I love your poems...just saw them today for the first time. Bye
Excellent poem against racism created by us. Congratulations on becoming POD.