maybe later you're going to be at a
maybe later you're going to be at a
maybe later you're going to be at a
protest and someone's going to have a
protest and someone's going to have a
protest and someone's going to have a
poster that says they buried us but they
poster that says they buried us but they
poster that says they buried us but they
didn't know we were seeds that's poetry
didn't know we were seeds that's poetry
didn't know we were seeds that's poetry
you might be in your US history class
you might be in your US history class
you might be in your US history class
and your teacher may play a video of
and your teacher may play a video of
and your teacher may play a video of
modern Luther King Jr saying we will be
modern Luther King Jr saying we will be
modern Luther King Jr saying we will be
able to heue out of this mountain of
able to heue out of this mountain of
able to heue out of this mountain of
Despair a stone of hope that's poetry or
Despair a stone of hope that's poetry or
Despair a stone of hope that's poetry or
maybe even here in New York City you're
maybe even here in New York City you're
maybe even here in New York City you're
going to go visit the Statue of Liberty
going to go visit the Statue of Liberty
going to go visit the Statue of Liberty
where there's a sonnet that declares As
where there's a sonnet that declares As
where there's a sonnet that declares As
Americans give us your tired your poor
Americans give us your tired your poor
Americans give us your tired your poor
your hurdled mass is yearning to be free
your hurdled mass is yearning to be free
your hurdled mass is yearning to be free
so you see when someone asks me to write
so you see when someone asks me to write
so you see when someone asks me to write
a poem that's not political what they're
a poem that's not political what they're
a poem that's not political what they're
really asking me is to not ask charged
really asking me is to not ask charged
really asking me is to not ask charged
and challenging questions in my poetic
and challenging questions in my poetic
and challenging questions in my poetic
work and that does not work because
work and that does not work because
work and that does not work because
poetry is always at the pulse of the
poetry is always at the pulse of the
poetry is always at the pulse of the
most dangerous and the most daring
most dangerous and the most daring
most dangerous and the most daring
questions that a nation or a world might
questions that a nation or a world might
questions that a nation or a world might
face