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Shoulders

A haiku about ancestry.

Bill Holmes
Apr 4, 2022
Photo courtesy of Anna Shvets via Pexels.

Dream. Create. Publish.

Your ancestors were denied

the right to be heard.

“As an African-American, we stand on the shoulders of people who fought despite not seeing victories in their lifetime or even in their children’s lifetime or even in their grandchildren’s lifetime. So fatalism isn’t really an option.”

- Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Bill Holmes
Bill Holmes

Written by Bill Holmes

Writer. Poet. ESSENCE Best Selling Author. Filmmaker. Personal development aficiando who lives and breathes the mantra "I will not be denied!"

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