They never told us that Black is Beautiful
Black, Dark Skinned, Brown eyes
White teeth, dimples, goosebumps on their skin
Red lips, nose not pointed, but perfectly carved
Skin color similar to darkness, but still shining light; ebony
Soft, black curly hair
Like the Yin and Yang, Calm with a touch of lethality
As the head holds the body, so also he holds his family
Like an hunchback, he by his hunch carries others problems on his back
He may be dark, but he carries a torrent of light inside of him
He's like a magnet, every iron wants to cleave
He's like a paradise, a hoard of persons seeking to attain
Black, Dark Skinned, Brown eyes
The Black Man
Red lips, nose not pointed, but perfectly carved.
About this poem
A negritude poem, celebrating the beauty of the black race and black as a color; black is not beautiful in spite of its blackness, black is beautiful because of it.
Written on July 08, 2022
Submitted by Churchboi4015 on August 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AxBc xccx xxxA xB |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 664 |
Words | 124 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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