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Winter Slavery Poems

These Winter Slavery poems are examples of Slavery poems about Winter. These are the best examples of Slavery Winter poems written by international poets.

Anguish and Shame

The anguish I feel in winter
came from the times of slavery
the pity I felt when I saw
black people sweating for life
on the other side of...

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Categories: slavery, allusion, analogy, appreciation, feelings,

Martial Translations

Martial epigram translations

Epitaph for the Child Erotion
by Marcus Valerius Martial
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Lie lightly on her, grass and dew...
So little weight she placed...

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Categories: slavery, child, daughter, death, funeral,

Contemplating Harriet's Winter Run

Rainbow leaves have begun
Their carpeting of the earth’s floor
Leaving weird-looking naked branches;
Their abandon nests no longer with tenants.

As their waters approach crystallization,
Pond populations are on...

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Categories: slavery, allegory, black african american,

If Ever I Had a Country - Continued: Vii and Viii

IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY…

                   ...

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Categories: slavery, anti bullying, money, poverty,

Bomb In a Birdcage

There is a bomb in the bird cage,
Yet the wimpy caged bird sings.
They caught a Bird of the summer,
But it flee when the winter begun.

Our...

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Categories: slavery, africa, america, black african

Bids For Slavery

dismissed ethics allegations over 18 years ago
how winter is my 2002 Olympic
how sad is my song 
my soul my songs 
taken in the black and...

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Categories: slavery, abuse, america, anger, anti

Bids For Slavery

dismissed ethics allegations over 18 years ago
how winter is my 2002 Olympic
how sad is my song 
my soul my songs 
taken in the black and...

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Categories: slavery, abuse, bullying, celebrity, child

Oh Lord Please Answer My Questions

Oh lord! Please answer to my questions

 Why is there sorrow everywhere?


Why men gain superiority


While women shiver sheathless in the utter winter?


They say children are...

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Categories: slavery, children, men, military, philosophy,

Seespeaknorhear

SEESPEAKNORHEAR
Sew my eyes shut
So my tears will dry
Cob webs and scars down our arms
Gouge out my eyes
So I can’t see you with him
My winter sky...

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Categories: slavery, angel, faith, flower, rain,

Vultures Feed - a Quatern

Vultures Feed  (Quatern, 1 May 2014)

The vultures fed upon the plains
As one tribe enslaved another
All they left were the dry remains
Husbands, fathers, sons and...

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Categories: slavery, conflict, death, fear, military,