B irth is the foundation of it all
I dentity forms before we begin to crawl
A ll of the people in our lives help us create
S tructures of love and structures of hate
A daptation to people and to places
N eglecting others’ feelings because of their faces
D ifferences can make us feel worthless inside
D eepening hurts and making us run and hide
I nequality making it hard to heal
V alued is what children long to feel
E ncouragement could help erase all the lies
R espect for every color, shape, and size
S eeing each child for what they could be
I ntent on creating a world that is prejudice free
T eaching others to learn from the sorrow
Y esterday’s gone but there’s always tomorrow
Love your poem! I did a similar one. This definitely shows a side of art and lets people know how you feel about diversity. I can tell you really put some thought into this.
ReplyDeleteVal,
ReplyDeleteThese word clearly define bias and diversity. You have used an artistic style to provide a better understanding of diversity. I find this to be informative and engaging. The poem is touching, and I would love to copy this to show to my students, with your persmision.
Val,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great poem that shows your love of diversity. Your artform has a very unique design with a great message that goes with each letter!!
We all must continue to embrace diversity!
Valerie,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your poem and the rhyming at the end. This would be nice to read to your class or in any classroom or even posted in the lobby for Diversity. I especially love how you related to all diversity, everything was included like: discrimination, able-ism, biases, and much more. Harro (2008) states that the core of our liberation is love, hope, self-esteem, balance, joy, support, security, spiritually, and authentic love for others; you state all this in this poem, good job!
Reference:
ReplyDeleteHarro, B. (2010). The cycle of liberation. In M. Adams, W. Blumenfeld, C. Castaneda, H. W. Hackman, M. L. Peters, & X. Zuniga (Eds.), Readings for diversity and social justice (Figure 7.1 on p. 53, 2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.