Sunday, June 7, 2020

A Room of My Own: Black Rage Tanka

in memory of Malcolm X

the White House
in scorching heat
waves of black rage
against this Great Wall
of riot shields
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2 comments:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐June 7, 2020 at 4:13 PM

    Share with you the following words of wisdom from Malcolm X:

    1 Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

    2 A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

    3 If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.

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  2. Simon HansonJune 9, 2020 at 2:55 AM

    "You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it." Malcolm X
    .
    patriotism -
    the smallest room
    in the mansion
    .
    Simon Hanson
    Failed Haiku, April 2017

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