Poet Spotlight: Nana-aba

This poem is inspired by the article "A young photographer's images go viral, and he becomes a sensation" found at https://newsela.com/articles/baltimore-photog/id/11089/

Together We Stand

On April 27th, we lost Freddie

Grey, man

were

STONES were

But, one GREAT man captured it all

Devin Allen with the pictures as BOLD as stone

Together We Stand

Man

after

Man

We marched hand and hand

Devin was there with Helping Hands

With the click of a button, this day will be saved

For the lives that have been lost because of careless police officers

Sorry for all of the injustice that wasn't served

We all know that Nero had a nerve

Take a chance, trust me please. Now you

can REST IN PEACE AND HARMONY

Together we stand

Together we fall

But on that day we all G R E W 10 FEET TALL

We find ourselves thinking how we can change this place

Black Lives Matter

Everyone matter

We need to calm down and lose the stress because of all of these deaths

Grey, you stood your ground

While your in Heaven

We are still screaming your name ALOUD

Devin, thank you for your iconic photos

The good and the bad, the happy and the sad

You showed it all

Now I say GOD BLESS ALL!

Author's Note:

In my poem, Together we stand, was about how Freddie Grey was killed because of harassment of police officers. I chose this article because of the recent decisions this country has made. As you have you have read the poem, the red letters spell out ," Love Everyone." This word was placed because that is what we should all do.

The structure of my poem adds more meaning behind it. The verse

Poet Spotlight: Nana-aba

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