Black History Month is a time for celebration and reflection, and this past Thursday, Hyde Park High’s poets celebrated their own Blackness. Called on by Gwendolyn Brooks’ “Primer for Blacks,” the poets took to the page. In other important news, Hyde Park’s poetry club members (excluding faculty advisor Ms. Gholston and myself) have officially named the space “The PC.” Please enjoy these three poems, and join us in celebrating these young Black men.
Hyde Park Academy
“The PC” Poetry Club
“I’m Black“
Davion D.
I’m Black and I’m proud say
it loud I’m Brown as tree Brown
as coffee beans Brown as a Bear
I’m Black as night cold winter sky
Black can’t be defeated my Black so fast
it might beat a cheetah Black so strong
it can’t be broken Black so cool it must
be golden Black so great they made
a population out of it my Black is
great my Black is gold my Black
is one great goal
“Pot Hole“
Tai’Shaun A.
Blackness is me. Why did it
choose me I don’t know. I know
that it’s dark you see the moon in
the sky. The black that I feel is
in the air we breathe or maybe
what I feel in my lungs is me.
“Black“
by Ty’Shon
It means a lot to me because
i am black, Black comes from
my family and culture, Black
is a plain black color, why am i
black, how am i black, am
i black forever? people don’t
like black but i love you
Black.
