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The Red and Black • Thursday, March 1, 1990 • 3
Michael Stephens new book, "Lost In Seoul and Other Discove
ries on The Korean Peninsula" (Random House; $18.95) docu
ments his Introduction to Korea through the day-to-day world of
his wife's family. Check It out.
Black experience explored in University students’ poetry
1 Thank You Society
I thank society for all it has taught me.
Thank you for teaching me to judge people by the color of their skin or the
nature of their religion.
Thank you for teaching me the methods of segregation and separation.
Thank you for teaching me to put material objects ahead of human need.
Thank you for your instruction on self-preservation, to help myself no
matter who has to suffer.
Thank you for the evil people all around me and the mental and emo
tional torture they subject me to.
Thank you for letting others dictate my life, socially and academically.
Thank you for prejudice.
— Marcus Johnson
The World: face of oppression
We stood on the monument
In the middle of the square.
A peaceful protest was our intent,
Which would be ended with a
prayer.
Atop the tower of democracy,
We heard the bells of freedom
ringing,
We had visions of equality.
Hand in hand, we were singing.
Then came the silence
At the sound of soldiers marching.
Moreover, foreshadowing violence,
Were the sounds of dogs barking.
There was tension in the air,
And the crowd began to grumble.
We asked, “How could they dare?”
As we heard the tanks rumble.
“They are just trying to scare us!"
Yelled someone in the crowd.
‘This protest is a must!
We can’t afTord to back down!”
“Before things get worse,”
Rang out a voice over the horn,
“This crowd must disperse.
All of you have been warned.”
“We shall not be oppressed
By a few men in power,”
One woman stressed,
“For this is Freedom’s hour!”
And with that statement
The soldiers began to advance.
And after that moment
The citizens didn’t have a chance.
At first, powerful streams of water
Were directed into the mass.
We later heard the blast of mor
tars,
And felt the sting of tear gas.
The army indiscriminately fired
Upon hundreds of men and women;
The officials perversely conspired
To do harm to unarmed children.
The slaughter was finally ceased
After hundreds of people had died.
And many of our leaders were
seized.
And many were forced to hide.
The government attempted to deny
The events that had taken place.
To the world, they would lie,
And reveal another face.
But freedom will endure,
And people will continue to fight.
Hence, the world can be sure
That the truth will come to light.
— Phillip McCullough, Jr.
Diverse concepts conveyed
Richard
Martin
Since the turbulent beginnings
with the atrocity of enslavement,
poetry has served as a voice of
black America. St
Wheatley, Harle
poet Langstoi
modern-day
have become
their descripti]
perience.
It is necessai
of more Africa!?
to get a better
black society. Many of our
gifted poets and writers don’1
the luxury of being publisl
and their work remains loci
away, benefiting no one.
Each of the following poeti
his own philosophy or outl
life; the works have many sh!
of meaning:
• Philip McCullough, Jr.,
nior, public relations: “I see p<?
etry as a social tool, I write about
all aspeacts of life. God gave me
the ability to express myself on
paper, so I write about things
that I feel God wants the world to
hear."
arcus Johnson, sopho-
mational business: “I
when I’m in an emo-
tr aught mood, so
*entify regardless of
;ht, Jr., senior,
^^^^^^^* T ith my mind I
te, and by the n en I write. My
poetry is from pie soul and the
manifestation of
ht was, and what is
ise, sophomore, pre-
“I write my poems
^^^Vmght; that is when I think
best. My poems have a range of
nings.”
lach of these men possesses a
gift. They are just a microcosm of
the talent that exists in the black
community.
Wipe Out
This is a story of the soil
that was in the heart of an island,
and of the sand near the sea
that was not found in the highland,
The white sand was so much closer
much closer to the sea,
the cool, blue sea
of prosperity.
But did not the rich soil
grow strong trees and strong branches
on the island with grass and flowers
to enhance it?
Yes, but it took too much time
so quickness was the plan,
so the black soil soon irrigated
integrated with the white sand.
This caused the trees,
and grass and flower
to wilt and change color
and lose strength and power.
But it was learned that the soil
only got sips of the blue,
forgetting what it once grew
while losing its hue.
And now all that remains
of wealth in the land,
is the cool blue sea
and castles in the sand.
— Eric Wise
The Definition
I am an African American strong and proud,
My African heritage reveals my strength, and I say it loud,
Diamonds, gold, oil and gem stones arise on the dark land,
As if they were planted and preserved there by God’s hand,
The great history reveals the first universities in Timbuktu,
Where people came to study science and math and made do,
A knowledge that was thought to be shared but stolen,
Look, read and learn my brothers and sisters, don’t be a token,
Some parts of Africa have been distraught and beaten,
But other parts greatly resemble the Garden of Eden,
They say that I’m a minority in America’s views
But I believe that I’m a majority in the international news
Because there is a dark nation waking up,
The dark nation is tired of being oppressed and being treated like a pup,
I don’t want to condone violence for I am a peaceful man,
I love talking to anyone who wants to fulfill the Friendship plan,
But I can only be pushed so far into a cemetery,
Like Malcolm X, it I must I will defend myself by any means necessary,
But to look back into my past and to discover the Truth,
I don’t want to be belligerent but talk in words that soothe
Or create a simple understanding that breaks old, dishonorable tradition
I am not black but an African-American by definition.
— William Wright, Jr.
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