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Slavery

Cleo E. Brown 1954 (Oakland, California)

Free verse
Look at our faces:
We have two eyes, one nose, a mouth;
They are in all the right places.

People take us
Through our paces
In an effort to squash Liberty.

I wish I could travel
Like thee, but alas
I am a poor woman! Help me please.

About this poem

This poem was written in May of 2021 and is about oppression in all forms.

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Written on May 16, 2021

Submitted by cleobrown11 on August 30, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA XXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 223
Words 48
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3
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Cleo E. Brown

Cleo E. Brown is an American Poet from the United States who was educated with a Master's Degree in History and Education from the University of California in Davis, California. The mother of three children, she works as an educator and theater executive in New York City, New York. more…

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