Friday, February 26, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Rakeisha Nard,
Topeka sophomore, reads an original poem during a poetry reading sponsored by the Black Student Union. The reading was held last night for Black History Month.
Photo by Roger Nomer
KANSAN
Black History Month festivities celebrated with poetry reading
Bv Dan Currv
By Dan Curry
Kansan staff writer
A word can hurt, said Tanisha Jones, Wichita sophomore, at a poetry reading last night in conjunction with Black History Month.
"You know that old saying, 'sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me?' she asked. "Well sometimes that's true. But sometimes words can hurt. Words can hurt a person. Words can hurt a race."
The audience of about 20 people listened to Jones recite the anonymously written poem "The Word."
The poem described the feelings of an African-American boy living with a family in a small, primarily-Caucasian town.
The boy went with the family to a local K-Mart, where people looked at him as if he were naked, Jones read aloud.
A small child in the checkout line called him a racial slur, and later, when the word comes to mean something to him, the boy uses the word also.
"It was out in the air for everyone to feel," Jones said, reciting the poem. "Hard, ugly, and without thinking. That's the word."
Eve Lane, St. Louis sophomore, said she organized the event, which was held at the Kansas Union, because she wanted to contribute something new to Black History Month celebrations.
"There's always parties and other events going on." Lane said. "I thought it was a good time to allow students an opportunity to express themselves."
Lane said she had used poetry to express herself for as long as she could remember.
She said she began to have an abiding interest in poetry after her church made one of her poems into a song for the children's choir.
Lane said she was a little disappointed with the number of people who had attended the event. But she said that the quality of the poetry, read and written by the students who had attended, made up for the missing numbers.
About 10 students read poetry last night that they had composed.
last night that he composed Abdul-Kareem Ali, Atlanta sophomore, was one of those students.
He read a poem called "Black" that he had written a few weeks ago.
"The only time you see shadows is in broad daylight," Ali said while reading his poem. "And at night time they disappear — but they really still there. Black is a beautiful thang — I say Black is a beautiful thang. And if combined with the right character — We can be the same."
Not all the poems dealt explicitly with issues of race. There was also an abundance of love poems.
Mike Canady, Wichita sophomore, read from his poem "Moment of Truth."
"As the raging flame continues to flicker," he said. "And the candle steadily melts, whisperings of soft kisses, from our forgotten place, is all that is left."
The poetry reading was sponsored by the Black Student Union.
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