Clerihew De Stael
...Nicholas de Stael
who perhaps rings no bell
an emigre with an artistic knack
twixt figuration & the abstract...
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Categories:
emigre, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
A Higher Power
...Kept in the coldness of the grey,
dancing on the edge of unraveling frey.
Time is the only oppressor that can say,
if we are allowed to go or allowed to stay.
Complacent, small-minded we are ...
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Categories:
emigre, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Paul Leroy Robeson
...Prattlers, this voice on stage tenured its talents well
Acme of the art, the rare thespian my father spoke
Ubiquitously your destiny's duality, and swell
Lauding you, my head, and naught this spell b...
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Categories:
emigre, black african american,
Form: Acrostic