Black Man in The White House
Gather around my people
there's a contradiction making the news
A black man is in the White House
It looks like my people did finally choose
A way out of the plantations
those owners’ collars now hot as hell
Because the latest card they trumped
Was a wily old cat that none could bell.
A black man in the White House
Many died awaiting this day
Many Americans dreamed of it happening
But too many are still living without a say
The era of Jim Crow has passed
But their penal system is still holding us down
Look something sinister has arisen
And it feels a lot like Jim Crow is still around.
An ambitious black man in the White House
Now that's ideally a writer's dream
because witnessing anomalies like these are rare
apart from in Hollywood or the silver screen
Was the White House then considered the Black House
seeing the occupants were not of the preferred race
And were the masses forced to hold their breathe
In order to save face.
A black man in the White House
Did I forget to mention there was a black woman too
You didn't have to see it to believe it
Just know that this time history and the news is true
Eight years without a scandal
Eight years of hope towering towards the sky
The black man and his family exited the White House
With morals intact and values flying high.
About this poem
The poem celebrates Barack Obama the first black President of the United States of America. It ties all the conflicting issues of his time into the expectations of a divided nation, and then compares his leadership era to others. The 44th president will never be forgotten.
Written on August 04, 2020
Submitted by josephe.96455 on October 13, 2022
Modified on April 16, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abcbxdxd Cexexfxf cxxxcgxg Chxhaici |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,291 |
Words | 248 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
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