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here to listen to Blackman Preach read this poem.
Wisdom
A
stature man once told me
that
I have the voice of many
hypnotized
by his gray lazy pupils
mirrored
a reflection of history’s past
while
holding his staff—he paralleled it
to
the
wisdom
explained the journeys
the
struggles
the
battles
& the
lives lost in our advance toward
social change & equality
& must
not forget the sacrifices
of
our ancestors—for to forget
would
mean
they
as well
would
not exist—
it’s
time to resurrect the spirits of
into
men,
women & children, so,
their stories
will
not die but live in our hears & minds forever.
The
preceeding poem is included in Blackman Preach's self published
chapbook titled, "The State of the Ghetto Address."
Click
here to listen to Blackman Preach read this poem.
BlackCommentator.com Spoken Word Columnist, Poet Blackman Preach (Cedric
T. Bolton), is a poet (spoken word artist) and producer,
born in Pascagoula, Mississippi and
raised in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedric received his Bachelor of
Arts degree from Western Washington University and currently
resides, with his wife, in Syracuse, New
York. He is the Founder
of Poetic
Black Fusion, a writers' workshop that provides access
and opportunities to poets of African Ancestry living
in Central New York. He
is also the co-founder of Voices Merging, a student-run
poetry organization (spoken word) at the University of
Minnesota that provides a social outlet for undergraduate
students to develop as writers, network and express themselves
on stage. He has been writing poetry for 14 years and
is published in the Ethnic Student Center's Newsletter at Western Washington University, The
Spokesman Recorder,
and St. Cloud Times. Click
here to contact Blackman Preach.
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