Excerpt: What we’ve seen from rioting police, in other words, is an assertion of power and impunity. In the face of mass anger over police brutality, they’ve effectively said So what? In the face of demands for change and reform — in short, in the face of accountability to the public they’re supposed to serve […]
“A Change Is Gonna Come” Songwriter: Sam Cooke, 1964 I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I’ve been running ever sinceIt’s been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gon’ come, oh yes, it willIt’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid […]
via “It’s been a long, a long time coming / But I know a change gon’ come” — Art of Quotation
“if we take colour away from who we are, what makes us different? We are all equal” Nathan Murdoch, painter
Ever since I could remember
I’ve been a member and yet a number
Left to fate of odd identity
With a soul hardened against the trinity
None calls on me on family meeting
Year after year time keeps fleeting
I, born into a world of singularity
Happiness hardly a shared plurality
All ears reject the sound of my voice
As the sense I speak become mere noise
Living a life with no hearer
A pain that server the word sharer
I know the pain of being lonely
As I share my thoughts solely
My situation is a woeful gravity
As it hollows me into a deadly cavity
©Paa A. Boateng
I’m just going to push the boat out,
spit some words and mess about.
That’s what I love about writing,
when you start out you have no idea what to talk about.
Then words just appear out of thin air,
with flare, with the power of a prayer.
Single words can lead to warfare
or they can take you from little bear to billionaire.
Most people are unaware of the power they possess,
so they walk around in a mess, or worst still in distress.
Yet they say they want success.
But they cant even control their words,
with any kind of finesse.
“Thats unfair, you know I’m depressed!”
Ok, I guess you need a recess.
Most people say they want to succeed, but have no idea what it takes,
so they sit at home smoking weed.
“It’s ok for you, you had it easy!”
Really?
It took me 20 years to get here.
I’ve got ringing in both my ears.
“You must be crazy?”
Yeah, but like Jay-Z, I’m not lazy.
“20 years sounds like a life sentence?”
True, but now it feels like transcendence.
Self rule is a tool you can use to gain your Independence.
My love for you should be received without doubt.
My love is pure.
My love for you is real.
My love will never fail you.
I will never leave, nor forsake you.
You are My love.
I love you.
I had one of my poems accepted in the online magazine called Three Line Poetry. Issue 53 Since all the poems are untitled since you have to look for my name. I’m currently trying to find other places to submit writing. I have so many poems that I wish to share. I really hope to […]
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Sign up for Scientific Inquirer’s Steady State Newsletter for the week’s top stories, exclusive interviews, and weekly giveaways. Plenty of value added but without the tax. http://bit.ly/2VEF06u “Nowhere would anyone grant that science and poetry can be united,” wrote esteemed 19th-Century writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his 1817 treatise on animal morphology, Zur Morphologie. […]
I had one of my poems accepted in the online magazine called Three Line Poetry. Issue 53 Since all the poems are untitled since you have to look for my name. I’m currently trying to find other places to submit writing. I have so many poems that I wish to share. I really hope to […]
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