CELEBR8
WE SHOULD CELEBR8
NOT DISCRIMIN8
LEARN TO APPRECIATE
DON’T PLAYER HATE
BECAUSE THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU
AND THERE’S SPACE FOR ME
LIVING IN THIS WORLD OF DIVERSITY
LET’S CELEBR8 DIVERSITY
Nature has dressed us up
in many shades of skin
the variety of tone we display
is the result of melanin
if you hate your neighbour
because of their skin colour
you really hate yourself
as we are all versions of each other.
People embrace religion
but still they fuss and fight
many believe in one God
so why on earth don’t they unite
there are many different faiths
we have lots of beliefs
so lets celebr8 our differences
instead of crying out in grief
WE SHOULD CELEBR8
NOT DISCRIMIN8
LEARN TO APPRECIATE
DON’T PLAYER HATE
BECAUSE THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU
AND THERE’S SPACE FOR ME
LIVING IN THIS WORLD OF DIVERSITY
LET’S CELEBR8 DIVERSITY
Battle of the sexes
the competition is rigid and strong
women cry out for equality
as men treat them wrong
society creates roles
for the genders to define
I know we are the yin and yang
but we could be floating on cloud nine.
The elders in our communitiesthey still have a lot to give
you don’t reach that golden age
by being stupid
so lets respect our elders
to lift their spirits higher
as everyday we’re getting older
like them one day we’ll all retire.
WE SHOULD CELEBR8
NOT DISCRIMIN8
LEARN TO APPRECIATE
DON’T PLAYER HATE
BECAUSE THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU
AND THERE’S SPACE FOR ME
LIVING IN THIS WORLD OF DIVERSITY
LET’S CELEBR8 DIVERSITY
When it comes to sexuality
there is true diversity
now a days sexual expression
is red hot and spicy
some people abstain
while others are down right kinky
STRAIGHT, GAY, A OR BISEXUAL
which is your category?
Being Trans
is not about sex or sexuality
the Trans of this world
need to define their own identity
Trans just want the right
to a little privacy
the right to protection
in this society
WE SHOULD CELEBR8
NOT DISCRIMIN8
LEARN TO APPRECIATE
DON’T PLAYER HATE
BECAUSE THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU
AND THERE’S SPACE FOR ME
LIVING IN THIS WORLD OF DIVERSITY
LET’S CELEBR8 DIVERSITY
Now disabilities they vary
society has a long, long way to gopeople exclude disable people
as if they are really slow
equal opportunities are vital
for disabled people to succeed
your disability is not the problem
it’s the world that doesn’t cater to your needs.
Refugees are really suffering
Who really knows their plight?
refugees are fleeing persecution
in the middle of the night
dressed in desperation
where do they go from here?
We all need somewhere to live
Free to live without living in fear.
WE SHOULD CELEBR8
NOT DISCRIMIN8
LEARN TO APPRECIATE
DON’T PLAYER HATE
BECAUSE THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU
AND THERE’S SPACE FOR ME
LIVING IN THIS WORLD OF DIVERSITY
LET’S CELEBR8 DIVERSITY

Just cosidering the title, I expect the poem to be about the celebration of something or someone and the intelligent reader might be curious to discover why the word “celebrate” is written with an 8, that is a number, at the end.

This poem is organized into 13 stanzas of 8 lines each and it has a regular pattern.

Reading the first stanza I can understand that the poem is about the celebration of diversity and, in fact, the speaking voice is telling us to celebrate and don’t discriminate because there is space for every person in the world. In this way the speaking voice invites the reader to appreciate the differences between all type of people. The first stanza is repeated after every two stanzas, as if it were a refrain.

In the second stanza the poet addresses the issue of the difference of the skin colour. He gave a “scientific” demonstration, because the different types of skin colours are the result of the melanin that we have in our body. He also says that if we hate our neighbour (that is an allegory for every person) for his skin colour, we hate ourselves because we all are only a different version of each other.

In the third stanza the speaking voice faces the theme of religions. He says that many people fight and make wars instead of celebrating our differences in the religious and spiritual field.

In the fifth stanza the speaking voice express the theme of gender inequality and the problem of women that are seen as inferior human beings. He says that the one who creates roles based on our gender is society, but he uses the metaphor of the Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (that represent the day and the night) to say that we are equal and we complete each other.

In the following stanza the poet invites the reader to respect the older people and he states that they have still a lot to give since stupid and dumb people can’t get to the older age.

In the eight and the ninth stanzas the poet states that sexual orientation doesn't matter, it's not a problem because we all have rights and the right of privacy, and of protection.

In the eleventh stanza the poet talks about disable people and he says that they don’t slow down the society. The problem here isn’t the disability, but it is a world that doesn’t give fair opportunities to everyone and doesn’t care about you.

In the twelfth stanza the poet expresses the problem of the refugees saying that we can’t know their situation, we can’t know where or what they’re running from so we have to be hospital. Everyone deserves a place where they can be happy and live withoutany type of fear.

The poem ends with the repetition of the first stanza.