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Category Archives: human rights poem
Human Rights Poem (85): I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back Of the wind and floats downstream Till the current ends and dips his wing In the orange sun rays And dares to claim the … Continue reading
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Tagged caged bird, freedom, human rights, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou, poem, poetry
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Human Rights Poem (84): Suicide in the Trenches
Suicide in the Trenches, by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy….. Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps … Continue reading
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Tagged human rights, otto dix, poem, poetry, sassoon, suicide, Suicide in the Trenches, trenches, World War I
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Human Rights Poem (83): The Baghdad Zoo
(source) The Baghdad Zoo, by Brian Turner An Iraqi northern brown bear mauled a man on a streetcorner, dragging him down an alley as shocked onlookers cried for it to stop. There were tanks rolling their heavy tracks past the … Continue reading
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Tagged baghdad, Baghdad Zoo, human rights, iraq, poem, poetry
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Human Rights Poem (82): What Work Is
(source) What Work Is, by Philip Levine We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You know what work is–if you’re old enough to read this you know what work is, although … Continue reading
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Tagged human rights, Philip Levine, poem, poetry, right to work, unemployment, wagner, What Work Is
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Human Rights Poem (81): O What Is That Sound
O what is that sound, by W.H. Auden O what is that sound which so thrills the ear Down in the valley drumming, drumming? Only the scarlet soldiers, dear, The soldiers coming. O what is that light I see flashing … Continue reading
