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The Fire Within
The more motivated and diligent you are, the more people will hate and envy you. They will continue to deny you, beat you, pour cold water on you, and try every possible means to make you believe: that you can't do what they can't do.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 years ago in Poets
Ninth Clerihew
Nzinga Queen of Matamba and Ndongo, now known as Angola. When the colonizer cried, "Em chamada!" She taught them they could not carve her up as well as she beat herself into history's blackwood, and she taught me resistance is a semba dance, defiance a balance
By Wen Xiaosheng2 years ago in Poets
Election Haiku
"Nice shirt!" pollster said. "My hero," I say, found out. "Same," she winks at me. Author's note: I bought this blouse a year before RBG died. The company that made it doesn't sell them anymore. But I wear it to the events where I need to boost my confidence and subtly communicate my worldview. Most people think it's a simple leopard print. But those who notice, know. It's like a coded language.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Poets
