Nooses Poems - Poems about Nooses

...In our hands, what have, we have, that governments cannot take. In our hands, what can, we make, that no-one can steal or break. In our hands, we have, what others may not. In our hands, is wha......Read the rest...

...It's summer, and sunlight's syrup pours sweet into afternoon. We've come to the bungalow's cemetery to pick over bones of bygone days; touch time's tender skin, lay flowers on childhood's grave. ......Read the rest...

...Armchair Warriors They sit in their high-backed armchairs behind their ominous desks. Fighting wars and hiding behind their outraged words. Words that condemn the actions of history. They critici......Read the rest...

...A Lesson in History: How to Subdue a People Be brazen in thievery and sweet-tongued deceit To, of their lands and people, take receipt. Merchandise their inhumane objectification, And keep them......Read the rest...

...From your parapet of pity you prophesize and proclaim, That the widows of the tailors dug two shallow graves. To mould the unmoulded into suits a crane, who makes such dreams built of rain, se......Read the rest...

...Five strangers rode into Bodie, a small gold mining town They didn't look at anybody and kept their heads down At the Citizens bank they halted, it had been a long ride Four then entered the b......Read the rest...

...Old friend Democracy There you are again Finally We thought you might have left us Forever Breathe God Almighty Breathe from your knee And rise for every one Like a black statue of liber......Read the rest...

...I feel like I've been burried alive , I'm loosing my mind , I've fallen behind , behind the line I could never cross or ever define. I look for the ever Devine sipping the grape from the vine , ......Read the rest...

...Like a living statue, the age-old tree stoically stood there—anchored and silently growing in majestic being. At the tree trunk’s ground level, stood a tiny squirrel—the happiest of its anchor......Read the rest...

...Dark echoes of the past reverberate In Mississippi voices filled with hate. This morning nooses hanging from a tree Remind us all of lynching history. Some people claim great progress has b......Read the rest...

...As soon the night collects your debt Behind this wretched door now thrust awaits a homage set afire As loosened shadows cough the dust and creaking screams align the mire Where ......Read the rest...

...oak bark suckle Gorillas boycott nests dentists flee cobwebs contraband prisoners hang nooses plates snowball......Read the rest...

...I'm reading this book called "Systems Thinking for Social Change" by David Stroh. Although this is not his paradigm of systemic choice, He talks about WinWin strategizing for optimal outcomes ......Read the rest...

...~***Part Two of Vanish Away the Anguish series…read Part One, Holding You, if you haven’t done so! Thanks***~ I’m not sad, okay? Would rather be smiling day to day With gladness and happiness in ......Read the rest...

...Crosses and x's burns and hexes Thread and rope nooses and cross stitch Thread of time yet to unwind, to release the sands of time Turn the hour glass to its side and hope to save some time......Read the rest...