disobey the rules
blind sheep serve inhumane laws;
sitting down turns tides
haiku by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Many people made this world a better place. Some made history. Some became footnotes but are important nonetheless. Pay homage to your hero/heroine. Write a poem, name one, or two or a few in the comments.
References:
Disobey
Daily Prompts
The Daily Post
Photos:
Mahatma Gandhi Aung San Suu Kyi Claudette Colvin Emmeline Pankhurst |
Amazon: books on people who refused to move to make a stand. Henry David Thoreau’s essay Civil Disobedience is a landmark classic.
Gandhi: An Autobiography – The Story of My Experiments With Truth |
Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings by Aung San Suu Kyi |
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (YA) |
My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst |
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