In the labyrinth of time, where truth and lies dance
...In the labyrinth of time, where truth and lies dance,
I wander among the shadows of thoughts, seeking wisdom's light,
Wondering why, in recent centuries, the learned have lost their way in the mist...
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Categories:
decolonized, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Unshackle the Classroom
...This is a call to arms, not with guns, but with pens
In the battleground of classrooms, where history pretends
Textbooks are prisons, locking away truths untold
Lessons are handcuffs, keeping mi...
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Categories:
decolonized, culture, education, home, people,
Form: Free verse
Africa Under Siege
...Africa is raped. The continent of life is pumped dry, and the colonizer won’t stop, ’till he is stopped. And blocked.
We pay colonial tax for the baskets we have weaved. Our own weaved baskets. We...
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Categories:
decolonized, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
C. L. R. James (From Pages)
...Ellis Island
Men come here to see a statue
With hungry masses at it I knee
I come here to breathe again
The simplicity of the allusion
For I knew Moby Dick
Was not why alone
Our children were ...
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Categories:
decolonized, history, peoplemetaphor,
Form: Free verse
Book Café
...I speak not but spit snot
I speak not visual-vocals in void
…..But 2 evoke thy psyche
Utter not hollow heart bit whispers
Breath out immortal echoes to fuel empty tankers
4 w...
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Categories:
decolonized, art, hope, social,
Form: Free verse