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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH FOR A BIGOT, by DOROTHY VENA JOHNSON First Line: Life to the bigot is a whip Last Line: And cringed to death -- a refugee. Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry | |||
Life to the bigot is a whip That lashes creed and laity; Here lies the one who lost his grip And cringed to death -- a refugee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACK WOMAN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON FOREDOOM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES by JUNE JORDAN A SONG FOR SOWETO by JUNE JORDAN ON THE LOSS OF ENERGY (AND OTHER THINGS) by JUNE JORDAN POEM ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE by JUNE JORDAN DRAFT OF A RAP FOR WEN HO LEE by JUNE JORDAN THE NIGHT THAT LORCA COMES by BOB KAUFMAN THE MYSTIC RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL GREEN VALLEY by DOROTHY VENA JOHNSON YOU ARE FIRE EATERS by MARIANNE MOORE DEXTER GORDON: COPENHAGEN/AVERY FISHER HALL by KAREN SWENSON |
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