two shell casings
another Black man’s back
bullet-struck
bleeding wounds left untreated
a kick, then two planted feet
two minutes
blood blending
with the dark
Another name to the list
while protestors fill the streets
A chalk outline left behind
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Your short, terse images are perfect for the staccato of gunshots and protest chants.
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Thanks, Laura.
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Hard-hitting and topical, Frank. Perfect illustration for your prompt.
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Thank you, Lynn__.
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We can only hope s. Thank you.
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If only the reason no longer existed. Thank you.
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Indeed. Thank you.
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Surprising take for an imagist poem but perfect for the time and a serious update. Such a canyon of historic wrong in those wounds, ruts we can’t get up out from. Can we read the news so closely? What did WC Williams say- “It is difficult / to get the news from poems/ yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there.” I didn’t post such to this challenge, but I am working on a Juneteenth poem.
Thank you, Brendan. While it may be difficult to get the news from poems, it’s unfortunately become too easy to get poems from the news.
I look forward to your Juneteenth poem!
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That chalk outline stays in your mind. So chilling.
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