Birth, death, and all the other parts of life surround us. But it is the writer, the poet, acting in a public role, who creates context for us to understand the emotional meaning/significance of events within the community.

"There’s a boy from Sierra Leone, holding a AK47 rifle With one amputated arm He lost to the blood diamond on your wife’s finger There’s a child from Iraq who saw his sisters’ brain splattered His whole life shattered" Check this poem by dub poet Kokumo.

"Is America ready to embrace this change? Some might think he's a bit derange. Some find it quite strange. That a Blackman would dare try. To lead the land of the free". Check  this poem by dub poet Kokumo.