Using Poetry to Talk About Race Here is a great poem, “juxtaposing the black boy & the bullet” by Danez Smith, that provides an excellent way to begin to talk about race. This is an original, printable FREEBIE created for femininepronoun.com by Founding writer, Treasure Shields Redmond I haven’t found any better way to dive into the the thorny area of race, than by using poetry. Sign up to get these resources before anyone else.