One of the fine new anthologies of 2016 is Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, published by W W Norton -- put together by Phil Cushway (Compiler), Michael Warr (Editor), and Victoria Smith (Photographer). Here, from that collection, are the opening stanzas of Marilyn Nelson's "Cells and Windows" -- a poem that gains much of its power from the awful truth conveyed by its numbers.
Cells and Windows by Marilyn Nelson
after work by neogeo painter Peter Halley
Black men in their prime
working years, especially
those without a high school
diploma, are much more likely
to be in jail than white men are.
(a) true (b) true
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
What Math Teachers Do
They ignore me. I
raise my hand -- wave it
to ask questions, to
offer answers -- but
they call on the boys.
raise my hand -- wave it
to ask questions, to
offer answers -- but
they call on the boys.
A 5x5 syllable-square of protest, from JoAnne Growney
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