poems for freedom

“Freedom? You’re asking me about freedom? I can tell you about what freedom isn’t…” ...Assata Shakur speaks at the end of the song that Common dedicated to her Song for Assata. What do we know about what freedom is? We...

Maya Angelou

(poet, writer, dancer, singer, teacher, producer, playwright, activist 1928 – 2014) Born Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou was a multidimensional human. A multitalented woman and a gift to us all. She lived a life so full, so true to herself,...

the home I know by Carla Chait

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] the home I know is dry as has been lit aflame smoked and scorched chewed up swallowed up sick up and spat out measured out found to be wanting traced out crossed out, cut out pencilled [restrict]back...

Butterfly Burning by Mapule Mohulatsi

[tabby title="Poet Bio"]I am a butterfly burning.My wings are strangely stitched, tattered at the corners and hard to breatheMy weight is of a flying feather fluttering to be painted in landscapes.Burning,Wounded.A butterfly burning in the bloodied heat of a collectors...

Slowly Unchained by Charl Landsberg

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] he died to me, some time ago, long after I was free and I still have his chains about my neck, as you can see he never let me know where I could hope to find the...