Experience Couched in Poetic Expressions: Society & Me
In collaboration with BHCC Black History Month
Experience Couched in Poetic Expressions: Society & Me
In one of his many sermons entitled: "A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. begins with the statement: " The Strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites... But life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony." Building on this profound statement, this presentation offers a poetic analysis of the "self" under the theme of "Society and Me," as follows. A society thrives on the stratification of its members. It is the right of the stratified to unyoke themselves for good or for bad. These poems seek to describe the angst for justice, fairness, equality, and respect for human dignity in poetic expressions. The audience will listen to several short poems from Dr. George Walters-Sleyon's book entitled: Nuggets from The Night: An Anthology of Poetic Expression.
Dr. George M. Walters-Sleyon, Professor, Behavioral Science Department