Freedom Daughter Poems

“ Did I ever tell you, you are my hero? 
  Did I ever tell you, you are everything 
  I wanted to...

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Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
-	Daniel Henry Rodgers

Beneath stardust's scattered gleam, 
Her-story, a comet’s tail, blazing across time.

Through seasons it molds
...Once hushed now bold
We rise, a...

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Look look it’s crazy I’m the one they want to represent
Young black girl,I can probably be the president
I’m the voice of the youth,you heard my...

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You know that feeling…

The one of a love filled with hate
When you love someone
So so much,
That you’d do anything for them
Because they are all you...

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Dear Enemy, 
I will wish you well and set you free. 
Your words and knife, 
will no longer hurt me. 
Too bad it all had...

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"noW"

Let’s face it ...
I can’t string 
an intelligent sentence

together, 

apart from those 
cast to feed sharks
in an affidavit.

sentences ... spent,
words and voices
caged, released

ah, well, 
you’ve...

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So keen to get it right
Desperate to stop the cycle
I gave you love, trust and freedom
Used to turn away from the light

The lies never showed...

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free  
brings one  
peaceful life  
sleep good tonight  
dream  

...

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My amorphous feelings clamber up the walls as I take a last look, 
then turning my head against my so-called “home” in the society 
whilst...

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Daughters  of today  with your purpose and beauty,
Know your worth and stand tall with pride and dignity.
You are more than what you see...

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Late evening March 2045

The Teenagers were adventurous 
They were venturing.  DJ and 
Damali Trech were both 18 years 
Old. The Copy Cat Club was...

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Nest

It's tough to imagine
The chair where you sit
Vacant and cold
Where we used to chit
And chat in the shallows;
Dive deep in the world
Where ideas, memories
And hopes...

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She wore shackles
By Michelle Morris
27/06/2020

She wore shackles her whole life:
Shackles of being a good daughter, mother, wife;
Of being there for everyone, 
No matter how she...

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"The Daughter Tempest"

we conceive monsters
and in their cognisance
of freedom 
they break

they break 
themselves 

down 
down 
down 

bit by bit 
climbing
like a Minotaur
out of the Labyrinth

beauty...

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THE GOLDEN DAYS

I sit to write my childhood spun,
Those memories I carry are just like none.
When Yes was 'yes ' and No was 'no',
No stress...

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