We Don’t Need Television

Makes us wanna holler

When they try to silence us

We’re done being quiet

Makes us wanna break free

When they try to hold us down

We’re done being still

Our movement is revelation

Watch us

Hear us

Our voice revolution

We’ve had enough


dVerse ~ Poets Pub | Quadrille #174: You Say You Want A Revolution

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dVerse ~ Poets Pub

For this week’s Quadrille, Kim (Writing in North Norfolk) is prompting a revolution for a quadrille, a poem of exactly 44 words not including the title, but must include some form of the word “revolution”.

Here I give gentle nods to Gil Scott Heron (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) and Marvin Gaye (Inner City Blues)


Day nineteen of National Poetry Writing Month

National Poetry Writing Month
20 years of 30 poems in 30 days

4 thoughts on “We Don’t Need Television

  1. I could hear a powerful rebel yell as I read this poem and I love the sassy attitude, with a slight echo of ‘We don’t need no education’ in addition to the nods to Gil Scott Heron and Marvin Gaye.

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