Shirley Jones-Luke

Shirley Jones-Luke

White Knives, Blue Tears, & Red Whips

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The whips fed on the blood of my forefather’s backs. Soaked it up like needed sustenance, leaving the drops for the soil We cried into the sea, bodies floating there…

Shirley Jones-Luke

Urban Boys & the Blues

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No, they are not all-American boys, but black & brown shadows, shaping their futures, wishing for magic No, they are not powerless, not broken by an unjust society, making them…