Poets laureate

are serving the oppressors --


with words so empty.


Betaalde dichters
dienen de onderdrukkers --dienen den Unterdrückern --
met lege woorden.mit leeren Worten.

Poem S1913
Amsterdam, 2023-09-12
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
Griots, village poets, city poets, poets laureate
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - Discussion in Bamako (Mali), among others Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe 1956-2015), Werewere Liking (Cameroon 1950), Amina Saïd (Tunis 1953), and Thierno Seydou Sall (Sénégal)
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day Eight)

Collection: A profession 
Keyword: Power: wielding 
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
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