dVerse Poetics – Black History Month
Anmol at dVerse has invited us to write a poem focussing on Black History Month.
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“I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” James Baldwin
Truth
I saw the branches of yesterdays tree
where hemp fibres once held the
beauty of humanity as if it were
merely wrapping paper
to be discarded rather than loved,
strange how truth is pigmented
in the mind, yet colonises the heart,
so easily betraying the lies
we facade for the sake of niceties
while denying a generation.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Beautifully said!
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Many thanks 🙂
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Powerful truth, Paul. These lines jump out at me:
“truth is pigmented
in the mind, yet colonises the heart,”
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Isn’t it awful. Thank you Lisa for your thoughtful response.
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These are the same lines that jumped out at me. Such a powerful poem and so well-done.
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Thank you Liz.
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Wow! Beautiful and powerful! Well done Paul! ❤
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Many thanks for that Deborah 🙂
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You’re welcome! ❤
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Sad this still rings true
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Yes, just awful, everywhere.
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beautiful words and so powerful bringing out the injustice and the plight of a generation so long ignored
” how truth is pigmented
in the mind, yet colonizes the heart,”
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How cruel we are, awful. Many thanks for sharing your thoughts Megha, really appreciate that.
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Beautiful poem
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Thank you, much appreciated.
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Your welcome ❤️
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deeply moving Paul
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Thank you very much Gina.
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Beautiful wording, powerful.
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Thank you so much Sascha
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks for doing that Charles.
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