In the Spirit of Revolution,
ESPN Publishes Poetry Tribute To Asatta Shakur
... The first poem in the series is called “Revolution” and it’s dedicated to Asatta Shakur, an icon among black power enthusiasts who was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1977. She escaped from prison in 1979 and fled to Cuba in 1984, where she’s been hiding ever since.
An excerpted portion of the poem, written by DaMaris B. Hill, a creative writing and African American studies professor at the University of Kentucky, reads:
Revolution is the impulse
that follows. It’s a relative that
wrings you ’round the elbow,
a human leash to snatch you
from dreaming. The last time
I saw revolution, she was being dragged
on her tip toes and screaming
http://thefederalist.com/2017/04/27/espn-poetry-tribute-fugitive-cop-killer/
Shakur, whose real name is Joanne Deborah Chesimard, was the first woman to be named on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list and the FBI is currently offering a $1 million reward for information leading to her arrest.
APRIL 27, 2017 By Bre Payton
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ESPN Publishes Poetry Tribute To Asatta Shakur
... The first poem in the series is called “Revolution” and it’s dedicated to Asatta Shakur, an icon among black power enthusiasts who was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1977. She escaped from prison in 1979 and fled to Cuba in 1984, where she’s been hiding ever since.
An excerpted portion of the poem, written by DaMaris B. Hill, a creative writing and African American studies professor at the University of Kentucky, reads:
Revolution is the impulse
that follows. It’s a relative that
wrings you ’round the elbow,
a human leash to snatch you
from dreaming. The last time
I saw revolution, she was being dragged
on her tip toes and screaming
http://thefederalist.com/2017/04/27/espn-poetry-tribute-fugitive-cop-killer/
Shakur, whose real name is Joanne Deborah Chesimard, was the first woman to be named on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list and the FBI is currently offering a $1 million reward for information leading to her arrest.
APRIL 27, 2017 By Bre Payton
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