WestEustonPurplePoets

writer in residence: Kim Morrissey
Poets Against Racism

March 25th 2007
PURPLE POETS

Bi-Centennial Celebration
Abolition of Slavery

POETS AGAINST RACISM
Poetry-in-Progress


Shame (Babushka)

Racism (Carol Moon)

The People Are We Different  (Patsy Futatsugi)

Lions and Lambs (Babushka)

Two Words (Mohammed Serajul Islam Molla)

What Do You See?  3 drafts(Ferdous Rahman)

(All poems © the author. All rights reserved).

Drafts:

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First Draft: .................... SHAME by Babushka 29.03.2007 Oh, the ignominy, the shame, When slavery to Eden came Oh the suffering, the pain, Fueled by financial gain - Lives destroyed for sugar cane!

First Draft: .................... RACISM by Carol Moon 22.03.2007 Japanese? What did they do to their prisoners of war? Black Kill the bastards! A Paki? Eat with us? You must be joking. An Indian? Untouchables? A Russian? And how is the gulag these days? A German? The Hun. Think Auschwitz. Think Ravensbruck. English? Perfect.

First Draft: .................... THE PEOPLE ARE WE DIFFERENT by Patsy Futatsugi 22.03.2007 The People -- are we different? Do we have to be so scared Of different races Different colours Why is this so? What started it all? Was it the governments Of the world Who wanted to divide us. So much has happened way back That we can't Believe the pain is caused And put the mankind back.

First Draft: .................... LIONS AND LAMBS by Babushka 22.03.2007 Are we equal, in this day and age? When the lion lies down with the lamb Does the lamb get up again? It should be, it could be For we're all the same Under the skin. One day we'll be more enlightened Fear and hatred will be no more.

First Draft: .................... TWO WORDS By Mohammed Serajul Islam Molla 20.07.2006 Two words have never changed. Slavery and Prostitution will never stop. They will appear every time in different forms Leaders, politicians,  try to stop But every attempt goes flop! Come on Bush, Blair, Mugabe When will you end up suggesting To stop the Abolition of slavery?

Third Draft: WHAT DO YOU SEE? by Ferdous Rahman 03.05.2007 Don't see me as a colour Don't see me as a gender Think about my contribution Treat me as a scholar. We are part of the race Live together with grace Multi-cultural and multi-faith Chemistry blended with multi-taste. The colour of saffron infuse with spice Fragrance of food floating in the breeze Tingling the taste buds, that's how I see Today's multi-racial Britain. Second Draft: WHAT DO YOU SEE? by Ferdous Rahman 19.04.2007 Don't see me as a colour Don't see me as a gender Think about my contribution Treat me as a scholar We are part of the race Live together with grace Multi-cultural With multi-taste Fragrance of food floating in the breeze Fusion of spices the colour of saffron Tingling the taste buds, that's how I see Today's multi-cultural Britain First Draft: WHAT DO YOU SEE? by Ferdous Rahman 22.03.2007 Don't see me as a colour Don't see me as a gender But think about my contribution See me as a scholar We are part of the race Live together with grace Multi-cultural with multi-taste Fragrance of food floating ....

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Workshop Facilitators:
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Shahanara Begum
Poet-in-Residence
Kim Morrissey



The West Euston Time Bank Poetry Workshop
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Time Banks UK and The New Economics Foundation

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