Question

I need to create an acrostic poem about the word: "COLONIALISM".

Please help. Thanks

Answer 1

They came into the country

Robbing the people of the land of their freedom

They were enslaved in their own land

The colonizers showed no humility

Or respect for the people whose land they had taken away with the bullets and guns

Those weapons the had in their hands.

The people longed for freedom and joy

While those who had taken their land prayed that it would never end

And when the people tried to get back their freedom, lives were lost

With shame, the people buried their heads in the soil

And mourned the days when the joy seemed like it would never end

And there they vowed to get back what was lost.

The brought knives

To a battle of guns

But none of that mattered because they had hope for a new beginning

A beginning were there was peace

The warriors came with their children and wives

To fight against their colonizers who still had their guns

At last their was rejoicing and singing

Because it was a new beginning – a beginning of peace.

Answer 2

Conquest of lands, imposing the rule

Over people and cultures, a colonial tool

Looting resources, exploiting the land

Oppression and exploitation, no justice at hand

Nations torn apart, a legacy still grandiose

Ignores the pain and suffering, the colonialism arose

Alive still, a reminder of past deeds

Sorrow and anguish, the colonialism breeds

My heart weeps for the lives lost and shamed