“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”
― Frederick Douglass
Gateway to American Dream, limitless possibilities
Children, shelter, food, transportation
Nothing is denied
Locked mind, mercy of strangers
Addiction, abandoned, immobile
All is denied
This week’s Poets United Challenge is to describe a captivity in a poem using imagery and narrative story ~ OR, simply use captivity as a motif.
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The land of the free is not freely equal to everyone….and there is definite captivity in that. Great take on the prompt!
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The land of the free is not the freely equal to everyone….and there is definite captivity in that. Great take on the prompt!
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Yup I’ve been there done plenty of that
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The contrast between the two halves of this poem is powerful.
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scary world we live in.
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Yes the bonds written force upon those with less are the most disturbing.
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chilling!!
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As if everything in teh declaration of independence was reversed. Oh, yes. But that is not going to be the final word on the subject!
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Planet of contrasts where we’re captivated at different roles as souls in human bodies….
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Well put 🙂
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Beautiful poem! Love the imagery!
Slavery really is a tragic reality of the world.
xoxo
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