I really love this - and wish it were true! When we look at the poets birthed by the British empire and American imperialism, are there any that held a moral code which was critical of the vast… - Aza Y. Alam

…penness of innocence; it proceeds when passion and perception engage in overlapping newfangledness. Poetry’s place is where spirit and values converge, and is a way of taking responsibility. Poetry’s place is that non-Euclidean point where parallel lines of art and moral action actually co…
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I really love this - and wish it were true!
When we look at the poets birthed by the British empire and American imperialism, are there any that held a moral code which was critical of the vast exploitation and suffering imposed on other peoples' just to satisfy the laziness and greed of White oligarchs and their largely submissive citizens?
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Exploring the entanglements of gender, race and class during this era of the Eurokleptocene. Let’s do better, one story, one learning, one comment at a time.
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