By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence The Black Power Movement was in full swing during the Vietnam War. When many Black soldiers arrived to the battlefields, they took with them, as a gesture of cultural solidarity, the raising of the Black Power fist. White soldiers and officers took offense to the gesture, even equating it withContinueContinue reading “A Veteran’s Salute, by Michael Tyler”
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We will continue to be the keepers of the flame that lights the path to justice and truth
On this day we are steadfast and resolute social justice warriors. This day is no different than yesterday in the critical sense that we still have the fundamentals. Our hearts still beat fiercely for equity, we still have the love of our friends and family, we still have the warmth and comfort of home andContinueContinue reading “We will continue to be the keepers of the flame that lights the path to justice and truth”
From A Moment of Darkness, by Michael Tyler
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Darkness. The absence of light. The deepness of color. The oblivion of emotion. We marvel at it veiling us, in the expanse of the night. We’re rapt by its opacity, in a black velvet dress. We fathom its endlessness, in a pitch-black well. We also sense its wickedness, in theContinueContinue reading “From A Moment of Darkness, by Michael Tyler”