Robert Okaji: The Theory and Practice of Rebellion

Such small lives we’ve led,

diffident, quiet, until

provoked.

Remove our words,

we become steel

and sharp stone,

fletched softwood

splitting the air,

string reverberating,

singing resist,

resist.

Fear not

who we are now.

Consider tomorrow.

Copyright 2018 Robert Okaji.

First published in Outcast Poetry. Included in Vox Populi by permission of the author.

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8 comments on “Robert Okaji: The Theory and Practice of Rebellion”

pranabaxom
November 7, 2018

Loved it.

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- robert okaji
  November 8, 2018
  
  Thank you!
  
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randyjw
November 6, 2018

Powerful.

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- robert okaji
  November 8, 2018
  
  Thanks very much, Randy.
  
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merrildsmith
November 6, 2018

Wonderful, Robert! It reverberates.

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- robert okaji
  November 8, 2018
  
  Thank you, Merril. I’m so pleased it reverberates for you.
  
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Linda J. Wolff | Editor of Wolff Poetry Literary Journal.
November 6, 2018

Stunning ink, Robert! And so so true!

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- robert okaji
  November 8, 2018
  
  Thanks very much, Linda.
  
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This entry was posted on November 6, 2018 by Vox Populi in Poetry, Social Justice and tagged 'The Resistance' That Doesn't Resist War, 'This Is What Resistance Looks Like' -- Dems Boycott Key Committee Votes, activism, An Act of Resistance, Robert Okaji, The Theory and Practice of Rebellion.

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