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Black History Month, Frederick Douglass, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Robert Hayden, The Oatmeal, The Onion
Frederick Douglass
When it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautiful
and terrible thing, needful to man as air,
usable as earth; when it belongs at last to all,
when it is truly instinct, brain matter, diastole, systole,
reflex action; when it is finally won; when it is more
than the gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians:
this man, this Douglass, this former slave, this Negro
beaten to his knees, exiled, visioning a world
where none is lonely, none hunted, alien,
this man, superb in love and logic, this man
shall be remembered. Oh, not with statues’ rhetoric,
not with legends and poems and wreaths of bronze alone,
but with the lives grown out of his life, the lives
fleshing his dream of the beautiful, needful thing.
Poetry Credit: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46460/frederick-douglass?mc_cid=b11dc58d34&mc_eid=259b02d0f8
I wanted to post one more thing during Black History Month. This is a poem about Frederick Douglass. Since the month ends on March 1, this will be my last opportunity to get another individual associated with abolition or the civil rights movement. Next year, I may forego my normal schedule so I can get a profile or poetry or something for each day of the month. We’ll see.
In the meantime, have a great weekend! I realize some of you may be missing my Funny Friday posts, but you can tickle your funny bone on two sites I frequent often. Here they are:
The Oatmeal: https://theoatmeal.com/ Funny Comics and Stories
The Onion: https://www.theonion.com/ News Satire
Until next time…
Dave
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A powerful poem and tribute with a fun line: “when it is more than the gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians…”
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Yes. I liked this one!
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I remember first learning about FD as a kid, such an amazing man! Thanks for posting the poem!
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He was quite the communicator. I’m glad you liked it!
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