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Sunday, October 12, 2014

WRONGED RIGHTS

by Charles Frederickson

Pakistani teenager and Indian activist
Awarded 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
Chosen for horrendous struggle against
Oppression of vulnerable young people

A Hindu and a Muslim
An Indian and a Pakistani
Join in common cause denied
Educational rights imposed by extremists

In 2014 Malala Yousafzai was
Shot in the head by
Taliban right to schooling
Denied to strong-hearted weaker sex

Kailash Satyarthi follower of Gandhi’s
Tender mercy non-confrontational approach
Kashmir caught between nuclear powerhouses
Borderline youth deprived of childhood

Child bonded labor exploitation for
Financial gain bribery slavery trafficking
Cheapest employer option parental poverty
Illiteracy ignorance lame cop-out excuses

In conflict-ridden areas refugees raped
Violated leading to hapless continuation
Generation-to-generation suppression for daring protest
Censored Expression definitely not free

No Holds Bard Dr. Charles Frederickson proudly presents YouTube mini-movies @ YouTube – CharlesThai1 .

Saturday, October 11, 2014

FOR YOU, MALALA

by Kit Zak

For You, Malala
fighting for the right of girls to read
defying threats of death and death itself
your body warring against assassins’ bullets
I inhale the breath of your purity, dream your blood-red dreams
For you, Malala
I pray to see my veiled misdeed
I will fast for tolerance in my life
and call out the cancers of hungry prejudice
blinding young and old
For you, Malala
oak-brave and oak strong
I will embrace the firmness of trees
their rootedness in earth
stretching arms into the heavens
For you, Malala
I will shed skins of selfishness
roll up my sleeves for the unfinished work
join battles for the rights of every human
For you, Malala, have restored our hope

Kit Zak is an environmentalist in Lewes, DE. She has published poems in The New Verse News, California Quarterly, The Broadkill Review, Jellyfish Whispers, The Blue Collar Review, and
several anthologies.

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

WRONGED RIGHTS

Saturday, October 11, 2014

FOR YOU, MALALA