Kwansaba: Memwar for the Fallen & the Risen

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Eugene B. Redmond. “Kwansaba: Memwar for the Fallen & The Risen.”, Documenting Ferguson, accessed March 30, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/ferguson/item/55441

Title
Kwansaba: Memwar for the Fallen & the Risen
Description
It's fall on Planet Ferguson where poetrees
shed leaves & tears onto storied &
varied colors of peace-scapes. Like Juneteenth,
jubilee & terror shade our memwars with
Emmetts, Oscars, Trayvons & Michaels. Till we
forge a seesaw of fallen/risen, marchin'
toward Gil Scott-Heron's "Winter in America."



Eugene B. Redmond (eredmon@siue.edu)
Poet laureate of East Saint Louis, Illinois - October 21, 2014
Date
October 21, 2014
Creator
Eugene B. Redmond
Submitted By
Carlotta Algee-Stancil contributed this item to Documenting Ferguson.
Posted Date
2015-11-10 8:12:35
Rights
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Identifier
df_11667

Eugene B. Redmond. “Kwansaba: Memwar for the Fallen & The Risen.”, Documenting Ferguson, accessed March 30, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/ferguson/item/55441