Toussaint Poems - Poems about Toussaint

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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,......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...