New Definitions: Redefining America Through Verse | Volume One
Donney Rose | Jan 9 | 1 |
New Definitions is a poetry series curated by The North Star that seeks to redefine common terms from a socio-political lens. These "new definitions" will give proper context to what America is and what it has the potential to become, for better or worse.
Defining Posthumous
post•hu•mous (adjective): following or occurring after death
Synonym(s): postmortem; Related words: belated, delayed, late
See also: Breonna’s name echoing; George’s name echoing; Ahmaud’s name echoing; Tamir’s name echoing; Philando’s name echoing; Sandra’s name echoing; Botham’s name echoing; Korryn’s name echoing; Quawan’s name echoing
See also: a Black life finally worthy of brick & fire & rally & march & legislation & solidarity & mention & mention & mention
See also: a field of tombstones chanting “I told you so” in harmony with the soil that grounds them
Defining Genocide
geno·cide (n.) the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group; synonyms: decimation, carnage, eradication, bloodletting
See also:
a quarter million eulogies delivered by federal negligence
Breonna Taylor’s pock-marked apartment
George Floyd’s cry for mama
Ahmaud Arbery’s last run
Rayshard Brooks’ drunken slumber
Deadname death certificates of Black trans women
Under-resourced ICUs
A hood with more guns than library books
About the Author
Donney Rose is a poet, essayist, Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow, advocate, and Chief Content Editor at The North Star. He believes in telling how it is and how it should be
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