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Enslaver to Slave to Free Man by =DayinTynSane:iconDayinTynSane:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Experimental > Other


Their way of life
Family states
Clan states
Village states
Kingdoms

Economic
“Master of the Ground”
Administer of the soil

Slaves captured in war
Widespread
As old as the society itself
Still considered brothers

Last half of the fifteenth century
Preparation
History of the slave trade
Exploits of the new world
As explorers, traders, and slaves

The new colony
Appreciated slave labor
Fears of insurrection
Were not groundless

Slaves could be driven to revolt
More real than fancied
The uprisings began
To guide their own destiny

In all instances
Bearing her name
Liberty
A certificate of freedom

More serious was the violence
To deal a deathblow
Slavery
A lack of equal opportunity

The war years
Moving significantly towards freedom
Performing a vastly important task
Relief
©2008-2009 =DayinTynSane
:icondayintynsane:

Author's Comments

My entry for *Laurence55's workshop over at *Writers-Workshop.

From *Laurence55 about a Found Poem:

This is an example of a "found" poem. To write this poem, I took sentences, fragments, and individual words from a June 2006 National Geographic magazine. The resulting collage became my poem. It is fun because you have to fit seemingly disparate sentences into something cohesive. As a result, the nonsensical begins to take on a variety of meanings.

For this poem, I took sentences, fragments, and individual words from a book called From Slavery to Freedom A History of African Americans 7th Edition, John Hope Franklin & Alfred A. Moss, Jr.

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~dimerization Aug 20, 2008, 6:53:10 PM
This is really cool!

The new colony
Appreciated slave labor
Fears of insurrection
Were not groundless
I love that stanza. I was reading it and looking for looser connections between lines, but you surprised me with a sentence. It really jumped out. :)

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:icondayintynsane:
=DayinTynSane Aug 20, 2008, 7:06:09 PM
lol Thanks!

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Never let anyone tell you about you.
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~Neurotically0urs Aug 21, 2008, 9:10:38 PM
:o

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~Neurotically Yours...~
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~Desert-Lilly Aug 22, 2008, 2:22:22 AM
I do like it, but it just seems a little too literal. Too textbook. But maybe that's just me. I'm no expert.

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"He had a heart that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar."

"Oh, well I never, was there ever a cat so clever as Magical Mister Mistofelees?"
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~mintleaves Aug 22, 2008, 1:15:54 PM
I love how you created such a strong poem out of an academic source. Found poetry isn't easy to write because you have to consider how to create a new context. Simply, I'm impressed.

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it's spring when the world is puddle-wonderful
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=DayinTynSane Aug 22, 2008, 2:17:35 PM
Thanks! :blushes:

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Never let anyone tell you about you.
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`Laurence55 Aug 24, 2008, 8:49:44 AM
Very Interesting! By using found poetry to recount the history of slavery, you have restructured both literature and time in this piece. While the poem does have a “textbook” feel, I have a feeling that may have been the voice you wanted to convey. Nicely done! Thank you for being a part of my workshop! It was an honor to have you! :D
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~Kage-Ichihashi Sep 4, 2008, 5:05:09 PM
Wow. This is nice. I like it.

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Good things come to those who wait~ :love:
:icondayintynsane:
=DayinTynSane Sep 4, 2008, 6:17:42 PM
Thanks!

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Never let anyone tell you about you.
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