Clint Smith: The danger of silence
Clint Smith: Faran med tystnad
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upon the Civil Rights Movement,
om medborgarrättsrörelsen:
våra fienders ord,
detta budskap till hjärtat.
have to be sources of shame.
inte behöver vara en källa till skam.
at the beginning of the year:
måste underteckna vid årets början:
en katolsk familj i New Orleans,
att man förstår hans helighet.
McDonalds, pommes frites,
jag kunde offra
men det jag inte hade förstått
den för länge sen.
någons samvete
att bekräftelse inte kräver ord
down as if I didn't even notice.
som om jag ingenting såg.
because the bolt on the lock
då dess reglade lås
touching the screen on my Apple
those poor, unintelligent kids,"
dessa fattiga, dumma unga."
we needed her money
för vi behövde hennes förmögenhet
Tystnad är Katrina.
aren't enough body bags left.
när liksäckarna sinat.
snaran dragits åt.
Det är lyx. Det är lidande.
omsluta min obeslutsamhet.
att mina elever
som om de vore Thoreau,
one episode of "The Wire"
som om en mikrofon
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Clint Smith - Poet, educatorClint Smith's work blends art and activism.
Why you should listen
Clint Smith is a writer, teacher and doctoral candidate at Harvard University studying education, incarceration and inequality. Previously, he taught high school English in Prince George’s County, Maryland where, in 2013, he was named the Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Humanities Council.
Clint is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. He has received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Cave Canem and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, Boston Review, American Poetry Review, Harvard Educational Review and elsewhere. He was born and raised in New Orleans, LA.
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