A Poem by Yusef Komunyakaa, a professor at NYU
You and I are Disappearing
The cry I bring down from the hills
belongs to a girl still burning
inside my head. At daybreakshe burns like a piece of paper. She burns like foxfire
in a thigh-shaped valley.
A skirt of flames
dances around her
at dusk.
We stand with our hands hanging at our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘genocide’
Plight of Darfur=Yusef Komunyakaa Poetry?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, burning, Darfur, elie wiesel, fire, genocide, hate, holocaust, indifference, poetry, racism, Rwanda, the cry, women, you and I are disappearing, yusef komunyakaa on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Not Poetry- But a cause worth checking out…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Darfur, genocide, Rwanda, women on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
www.globalgrassroots.org
help empower women in Darfur, Rwanda, and beyond!
Also be sure to check out:
www.hope.org > an NGO called Helping Other People Everywhere.
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