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Post by Lola on Apr 6, 2012 7:46:52 GMT -5
I love this poem and this section stands out for me:
"a life of promise
and a kid's dreams
ended in seconds
because he was
a young man
whose only crime
was walking
down the street
while black"
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Post by Dana on Apr 6, 2012 16:46:50 GMT -5
Lisa, I am so glad your poem has over 400 reads! It is so shameful that the killer is still free to walk the streets and a young Black man is dead before he began to really live...your poems takes me there and brigs it all home and to the forefront where it belongs...excellent writing from a brilliant poet...thank you!
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Post by Joan on Apr 6, 2012 19:44:37 GMT -5
I am too glad this important poem is getting so many reads...it should be read at the rallies for justice for Treyvon, it is so well done and is on point
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 6, 2012 20:15:05 GMT -5
I agree with you Sharon, I want to get involved too and try to make some changes and your well-written and messaged poem has given me the incentive to do so Lisa, thanks! |
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Post by Sharon on Apr 6, 2012 22:08:36 GMT -5
Lisa, I am so glad your poem has over 400 reads! It is so shameful that the killer is still free to walk the streets and a young Black man is dead before he began to really live...your poems takes me there and brigs it all home and to the forefront where it belongs...excellent writing from a brilliant poet...thank you!  |
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Post by Sharon on Apr 6, 2012 22:09:21 GMT -5
I agree with you Sharon, I want to get involved too and try to make some changes and your well-written and messaged poem has given me the incentive to do so Lisa, thanks!  |
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Post by Larsen M. Callirhoe on Apr 6, 2012 22:36:32 GMT -5
iroically i live in cincinnati ohio and i wear hoodies all the time, i have seen cops racailly profile blacks before. i use to live in florida i know racail stuff happens there when i lived there i saw it everyday. i drove by a police station everyday till i became paralyzed in 1996.
probably correct tho that that station or county has deeper issues,
victor
thinking about skittles and drinking arizona tea could have been me 25 years ago.
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Post by Kristi on Apr 6, 2012 23:46:50 GMT -5
back again for another read...I love these parts, Lisa:
"committed
the ultimate crime
against mankind
and took the life
of a "suspicious"
looking young man
who was wearing
a hoodie and
who was "armed"
with a can
of Arizona tea
and a bag
of Skittles"
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 8, 2012 2:11:27 GMT -5
Lisa, I keep coming back to your wonderful and poignant poem because it is really settling in that nothing will be done and we are powerless to do anything about this young Black man's blatant murder...thank you for being brave enough to bring it all out in the open for all of us to read...you are a powerhouse writer Lisa!  |
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 8, 2012 2:13:56 GMT -5
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 8, 2012 2:16:10 GMT -5
I hope they keep up the pressure too Lisa, thanks for writing this poem, great job as always! |
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 8, 2012 2:18:36 GMT -5
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 8, 2012 2:23:19 GMT -5
I believe it goes deeper in that town too Lisa.... |
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 8, 2012 2:28:11 GMT -5
I love this poem and this section stands out for me:
"a life of promise
and a kid's dreams
ended in seconds
because he was
a young man
whose only crime
was walking
down the street
while black"
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Apr 8, 2012 2:38:02 GMT -5
Lisa, I am so glad your poem has over 400 reads! It is so shameful that the killer is still free to walk the streets and a young Black man is dead before he began to really live...your poems takes me there and brigs it all home and to the forefront where it belongs...excellent writing from a brilliant poet...thank you! |
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