Yes, I am a Negro

Joseph C Ogbonna

I am a negro
I say it with pride
I cannot my colour hide
its radiant blackness does glow.
I am tropically designed,
and from taunts I am resigned.
I love my natural label,
it rings my pride like a bell.
My frame is black and lovely,
I am feminine and curvy.
My rare Baartman's curves are awesome,
despite my colour being 'loathsome.'
My labour in the scorching field
was worth a trans-Atlantic risk.
I enriched the west with my yield.
My hard labour did slip my disc.
I am Africa's black gold,
and on this heritage I hold.
I am black and proudly so,
that is who I am, a negro!!

  • Author: Joseph C Ogbonna (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 6th, 2023 13:39
  • Comment from author about the poem: I am proud to be called a negro.
  • Category: Nature
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  • 2781

    Why not.

  • Thomas W Case

    Nice work.



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