Insurrection

08/01/2021 - Bonus Poem



In the shadow of giants

Ants grow weary

Of perceived oppression

By forces without power

Fed from the teat

Of rage and hatred

Not by mothers

With love everlasting

But by monsters of men

Filled with self-importance

And driven by greed

For that which is beyond them –

Mistaking fear for respect –

Until their violence blinds

And their blood boils

Entering hallowed halls

Where they belong not

Treading boards indelicately

Puppets, every one

Unwittingly used

By soulless masters

To undermine freedoms

They have long given up

When they allowed their mind

To be dissolved by the bleach

Drip fed to them by traitors

Inside their house

Riding on the Bus

11/07/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



We all know of Rosa Parks,

Who refused to give up her seat,

But what of the others who sat

In defiance just like her?



What of the likes of Claudette Colvin

Who also refused to move

At the tender age of just fifteen

And warrior wise beyond her years?



Could perhaps we could remember

Eighteen-year-old Mary Louise Smith

Who would not give up her seat

And fought segregation to the end?



What of proud Jeanetta Reese,

Who was intimidated by scared white folk

After such an act of public defiance,

That she could not take the stand?



And how many would know the name

Or the story of Aurelia Browder

Who refused to give up her seat

For a white bus rider to assume?



So, while we may remember

The name of Rosa Parks so well,

Remember, yet, those other names

Who fought for freedom, too.