This is my 2nd poem in @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social Poet of the Month feature for January. 3rd next week. It's prompted by Norman Rockwell's painting www.nrm.org/2020/06/norm...
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Norman Rockwell: Murder in Mississippi
In this1965 painting "Murder in Mississippi", Norman Rockwell illustrated the Philadelphia, Mississippi, slaying of three civil rights workers.
@thelonelycrowd.bsky.socialA crucifixion
but the cross is a threatened man.
A bleeding victim clings to him.
In the foreground another sprawls,
nearly dead, trying to rise.
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‘Campaigners for Voter Registration, Mississippi’ by Angela Graham
A crucifixion but the cross is a threatened man. A bleeding victim clings to him. In the foreground another sprawls, nearly dead, trying to rise. The painter positions us face on to them in the fin…