It’s finally time to reveal that first place winner of this year’s poetry contest. LaTosha McCauley has won two different contests with us this year, putting her among the most accomplished winners in the four years the contest has been running. Take a look at her winning poem below and then go check out her work on Amazon!
Melanated Males
The Mistreated Stepsons of America
Is the United States for HIM?
Africa: Family trees, strong stems.
Slave ships and long whips, used on the backs of black men.
Sentenced to lives of hatred.
Land of the free, they couldn’t taste it.
Dry heaves why they can’t breathe, black intellectual lives wasted.
What is a fair shake?
House on the hill, they can’t relate.
Ghettos created for their abatement, the strongest race put in restraints.
Their realities are grim ones.
Steal folks’ TVs, and then run.
They need to do better, these white folks are clever, but they’re just as smart as them, and then
some.
