Trees, Bees… And That Knee
Bees buzzing through the Trees
In blows a Soft Sweet Breeze
All the Clouds drift through the Sky
Like all my Problems floating by,
The Birds chirp about their Doubts
As the Black Man shouts
The People pull out their Phones to Record
While The Man's cries go Ignored
He Cries: “I Can’t Breathe”
But the Cop keeps that Knee
On his neck for over 9 Minutes
Which was WELL past their trained Limits
What’s happening to the people isn’t okay
And it happens almost Every Day,
It’ll be done Again
If we don’t Stand Up and put it to an End
About this poem
I wrote it for a choir performance but I couldn't read it myself.. Had a friend go up and read it for me.
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Submitted by Confused.Frog on April 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEE FFXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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