Untitled (A Naani Poem)

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Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain, Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson sit in protest at the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth during the second day of peaceful protest, Feb. 2, 1960.

Woolworth lunch counter 1960

School lunch room 2012

Black and White separate

What progress?

submitted for One Single Impression, 221, Black and White

and Poetic Bloomings, In-Form Poet, Naani Poetry

Sunrise Steady

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Conditional love

Is not love at all

The sun still rises

Despite anger at the mountains

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Love does not retreat

In the face of challenge

Holding hands through the tempest

Sunrise steady

 
 

submitted for Exploring Poetry: Naani

Naani is a type of popular Indian Telugu poem. Naani means an expression of one and all. It is a four line poem with 20-25 total syllables. There is no specific subject, but Naani poems tend to be about human relations and current time.