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π New Substack Drop:
Gold, Stone, Diamond, and Ink
Four poems for four moments in American mythβ
π° Greed (Black Friday, 1869)
πͺ¨ Reverence (Devils Tower, 1906)
βΎ Grace (Jackie Robinson & Ebbets Field, 1957)
π Resistance (Little Rock Nine, 1957)I wrote sonnets and stanzas to hold what this country keeps forgetting.
https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/gold-stone-diamond-and-ink
#ThisDayInHistory #Poetry #AmericanHistory #BlackFriday #LittleRockNine #JackieRobinson #DevilsTower #EshuElegbara #TheMirrorCycle
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Federal troops escorted nine brave Black students into Little Rock Central High School, enforcing desegregation.
π A Sonnet for Integration:
They walked through walls of spit and shouted hate,
Their books held tight like shields against the storm.
Though fear and rage stood guard at every gate,
They carved a path to make the future form...#LittleRockNine #ThisDayInHistory #Desegregation #Poetry #CivilRights #EshuElegbara
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Federal troops escorted nine brave Black students into Little Rock Central High School, enforcing desegregation.
π A Sonnet for Integration:
They walked through walls of spit and shouted hate,
Their books held tight like shields against the storm.
Though fear and rage stood guard at every gate,
They carved a path to make the future form...#LittleRockNine #ThisDayInHistory #Desegregation #Poetry #CivilRights #EshuElegbara
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Federal troops escorted nine brave Black students into Little Rock Central High School, enforcing desegregation.
π A Sonnet for Integration:
They walked through walls of spit and shouted hate,
Their books held tight like shields against the storm.
Though fear and rage stood guard at every gate,
They carved a path to make the future form...#LittleRockNine #ThisDayInHistory #Desegregation #Poetry #CivilRights #EshuElegbara
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Federal troops escorted nine brave Black students into Little Rock Central High School, enforcing desegregation.
π A Sonnet for Integration:
They walked through walls of spit and shouted hate,
Their books held tight like shields against the storm.
Though fear and rage stood guard at every gate,
They carved a path to make the future form...#LittleRockNine #ThisDayInHistory #Desegregation #Poetry #CivilRights #EshuElegbara
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Federal troops escorted nine brave Black students into Little Rock Central High School, enforcing desegregation.
π A Sonnet for Integration:
They walked through walls of spit and shouted hate,
Their books held tight like shields against the storm.
Though fear and rage stood guard at every gate,
They carved a path to make the future form...#LittleRockNine #ThisDayInHistory #Desegregation #Poetry #CivilRights #EshuElegbara