On Oct. 17, 2019:
Correction on my entry which speaks about the Erasure Poem Declaration by Tracy K. Smith,
I had also used it in the workshop on poetry for peace.
The discussion at Rundel brought up many words of wisdom about our Declaration of Independence.
"nothing's changed except the numbers" -- referring to who is in power and who oppressed....
The poem leaves space to complete the unspoken... plundered our... ravaged our... destroyed the lives of our...
taking away out*, our... abolishing our most valuable... altering the Forms of our...**
We discussed industrialized slavery, the necessity of admitting flaws... the difference in attitude between
MLK and Malcolm X, / WE duBois and Brooker T Washington...
*typo... should read out. I think I was thinking simultaneously taking out... taking away...
** I added 3 points of suspension after our: the point is this: I have left out (erased) nouns after "our". What noun(s) do you want to put after "our"?
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