Friday, January 3, 2003

Sos (Save Our Sons) Comments

Rating: 3.6

We Black men of England
Too proud to cry for shame,
Let's cry a sea
Cry publicly,
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Benjamin Zephaniah
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Nabakishore Dash 15 January 2022

Excellent poem against racism created by us. Congratulations on becoming POD.

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David Wood 14 January 2022

It is more knives than guns. Changing hearts and minds is a must to stop out youths from killing each other, that's the hard part.

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Jayne Davies 14 January 2022

This is such an excellent poem! Well done!

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Dr Antony Theodore 31 October 2020

We Black men of England Our guns are killing us, How dare we? Now hear me How great is dangerous? There's a fascist and a druggist problems, racism, life. tony

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Jasbir Chatterjee 09 May 2020

A very thought provoking poem. Congratulations on having it chosen as poem of the day!

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Ratnakar Mandlik 09 May 2020

A great understanding of present day situation and hope for better tomorrow. Well deserved modern poem of the day.

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Dr Antony Theodore 09 May 2020

There's a fascist and a druggist Out to get our kith and kin, Let silent guns Save our sons The power is within. yes the power is within, tony

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Kumarmani Mahakul 09 May 2020

We Black men of England Our guns are killing us, How dare we? .......most impressive lines. Thanks and congratulations for being selected this poem as the modern poem of the poem of the poem of the day.

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 May 2020

Black men of England! ! ! Black people living in England! Facing racism. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Mahtab Bangalee 09 May 2020

the notorious SlN of world is RACISM gun of own hand killing self! there humanity is illegitimate child of weird belief!

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Dominic Windram 09 May 2020

I completely agree with you Mahtab...as the legendary musician Stevie Wonder once stated, ' Racism is a sin against God, ' In this poem, Benjamin Zephaniah brilliantly captures the inquities of racism here in the U.K. via personal experience.

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Brian Skyers 11 October 2012

Nice one..hits home.

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Amanda Pinson 24 November 2008

this is amazing! your really making studying these poems easy :) from all the people in my librabry at the moment x

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Mrsmorning R 13 January 2006

thanks for nice poem...

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Patricia Martin 28 September 2004

Hello Benjamin Just to say hi and I love your poems...just saw them today for the first time. Bye

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