Still Rising (For Maya)

Poetry Still Rising (For Maya) Poem by Vic’Adex · 2018 You may trod me in history With your pretty petty lies, But just like dust trampled to the ground, I’ll rise How long will ours be a once sided dialogue in this conversations of self liberation How long will our best stories be nothing more […]

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Freedom — Danladi Garba Tal

The archive Freedom Poem by Danladi Garba Tal · 1993 It is a free world Yet nobody is free Where would I find freedom? In this world devoid of peace and solace? I am a bird In a cage Eager to fly I want to flap my wings again And fly with unlimited glee I […]

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Placards vs sirens — Ibrahim Sheme

The archive Placards vs sirens Poem by Ibrahim Sheme · 1992 Their placards cried in red For freedom, for rights denied: all day Underground yet the pittance Could not even buy ball shorts for a kid; So in big reds the placards protested Thinking you could overcome Your animal lust and act human. Through the […]

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