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Premium Member Translation of Bury Me In a Free Land By Frances E W Harper 1825 - 1911
...Translation of " Bury Me in a Free Land " by Frances E. W. Harper (Homage to Frances Ellen Watkins HARPER, the First Black Lady of America, 1825 - 1911, Orphan, Poet, Novelist, Civil Rights Activ......

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Categories: coffle, america, black african american,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
This Metaphor
...Here is my metaphor Don't touch it now I am a fisherman with a deceptive line I throw back nothing But by clever design I bait and hide the deadly thing Word like a bomb exploding When you sha......

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Categories: coffle, on writing and words
Form: Free verse



An Immigrants Position
...I came first but you did not write me in history You made me mute, invisible, estranged From my own heredity and great memory With the slivering tongue arranged Upon my brain. You brought me bac......

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Categories: coffle, black-african amerme, me,
Form: Verse

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