Hidden histories: herero and Nama
The holocaust.
A historical event known worldwide
Taught in every history class
The point being is its known
Why is that important?
It overshadows
It takes the spotlight
It is also white history
Because even though it was mainly the persecution of Jews
At the end of the day they are still white
But what about another holocaust
Another genocide of people
Those who
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Categories:
histories, africa, conflict, discrimination, history,
Form: Free verse
Transforming Histories
Touch, translucent, delicate and sparse,
Awareness fleeting and fragile;
Treasure of treasures, Lo and mark,
Seeker born quick and agile.
Peripheral only, inward glancing,
Laughing at clumsy gestures of life.
Around, yet beyond, in silhouette dancing
Coalescing at times into strife.
I, but a dalliance at your disposal,
Significant only in ego's arousal;
Clinging to fringes as bee's to aroma,
Dancing as mules in the
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Categories:
histories, body, cancer, death, deep,
Form: Rhyme
I prefer the myths to the dry histories, where truths come and then crumble away
I prefer the myths to the dry histories, where truths come and then crumble away,
For history is written with a quill of feathers, but the myth, eternal, beats with wings of iron.
Mythology dresses lies in dazzling robes that over time are clothed in truth,
And it gives birth to a wisdom that time can shape as
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Categories:
histories, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
histories, deep, education, history, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Histories Hysterectomy
Histories Hysterectomy
Do we want the truth; can we handle the truth?
Give us a fairy tale filled with complete devotion.
A broken heart we might mend.
Oh my some of us patrons of the arts;
Looking for hidden meanings;
Searching for useful prospects
Can we not appreciate the abstract?
Does the raven never stop at our
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Categories:
histories, life, parody, people,
Form: Free verse