Powerful poem read in church today: White Flour by David LaMotte
It left me in tears, and I wanted to share with the other DUers'. This was based on true events in Tennessee in 2007. The message after the reading was that there are people who hate, but we cannot fight hate with hate and expect to win. I couldn't post the whole poem here since it's rather long, but here is the first stanza and the link to the whole text, plus a video of the author reading it himself.
White Flour
- David LaMotte
The day was bright and sunny as most May days tend to be
In the hills of Appalachia down in Knoxville, Tennessee
A dozen men put on their suits and quickly took their places
In white robes and those tall and pointed hoods that hid their faces
Their feet all fell in rhythm as they started their parade
They raised their fists into the air, they bellowed and they brayed
They loved to stir the people up, they loved when they were taunted
They didn’t mind the anger, that’s precisely what they wanted
To read the rest of the poem, go to
http://lowerdryad.wordpress.com/white-flour-poem/
