by Ewuare X. Osayande Netanyahu, your flag may bear the star of David but the Palestinian people bear his spirit; twirling freedom’s slingshot hurling the bleeding stones of their defiance in the face of your iron-clad Goliath.
Category Archive: Poetry
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More than Gold – Poem for Gabrielle Douglas
by Ewuare X. Osayande your world was as wide as the palm of your hand oblivion on either side you trained past bruises and pain refused defeat mastering unforgiving bars and beams of wood sashaying like a young Katherine Dunham a geometry of poise and grace somersaulting into the record books rewriting history …
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They Will Kill You
Copyright 2012 by Ewuare X. Osayande they will kill you and say I’m sorry and expect your mother to forgive and forget she ever gave birth to you carried you in love for nine months endured labor and pushed you out with God’s might moving in her hips ever fed you life from her …
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