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Toussaint Poems - Poems about Toussaint


Premium Member Haiti, Haiti: the Decisive Battle of Vertieres
...Haiti, Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Martyrs Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Great Slaves Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Ancient Braves For many, the betrayed Land that matters. Haiti, Haiti, the volcanic lan......

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Categories: toussaint, africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Before Toussaint and Jean Jacques Dessalines
...Before Toussaint and Dessalines It was nothingness Organs, guts and spleens Of our ancestors could be found alongside the roads Many fleeing poor slaves in disarray Were treated worse than anim......

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Categories: toussaint, black african american, discrimination,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Sacagawea
...Born the daughter of a Lemhi Shoshone chief she was captured by the Hidatsa in her teens. And sold to the Mandan Missouri River tribe where she met and married Toussaint Charbonneau. A French ......

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Categories: toussaint, adventure, celebrity, history, imagery,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member L'Overture
...L'Overture Lest we forget Words often mouthed For the dead of bloody war Forgot not those great ones Whose battles were on the home front Seeking only equality of voice Ray Charles to yo......

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Categories: toussaint, black african american, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 15
...We briefly meet the Mandan Chief Big White in the village center where the animals are sacraficed, couples wed, and disputes are dealt with, he is a massive, and portly man and is wearing a headd......

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Categories: toussaint, adventure,
Form: Epic



Haiti
...In Western hemisphere located “The Pearl of the Antilles” Thus, for all formerly called Was due however, its natural beauty For the Hispaniola Island It is only a small western portion With 2......

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Categories: toussaint, slavery, , western,
Form: Free verse
A Perspective From Haiti
...In thirty five seconds You may see eternity clear as day Quick as a flash and passing away Too fast for opinions To contend for understanding. too Fast to contend for judgment. Rue It in flash,......

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Categories: toussaint, natural disasters
Form: Verse
Triumphant Leaders Part 3
...Toussaint they dance in Louisianna, and New Orleans Omitting to say that these two places are blood money paid Unto the colonies, snuffing your revolution by any means Subtle French diplomacy tha......

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Categories: toussaint, historyeducation, children,
Form: Acrostic

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