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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 |
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