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I Stood as a Poet: Overcoming Human Trafficking Abuse

I Stood as a Poet: Overcoming Human Trafficking Abuse

Willrich, Candace

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Series: Overcoming Human Trafficking Abuse

Literary Criticism

ISBN13: 9798521397600
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 2 2022
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
This poetry collection contains nine pieces of my experiences. I call them poetry fragments for the spoken word. Messages so necessary, important, and so urgent that I need to shout it as other spoken word poets indicate.

I wrote these poems as I overcame human trafficking abuse. I still sit in this circle as I communicate to authorities, as I send message after message to agencies that are supposed to help. I'm not quite sure what to call this state - tortured scientist, human trafficking, kidnapping, abduction, captivity, an invisible jail cell. What do you think? Exactly, what is this? - as America promises to be a land that welcomes immigrants, asylum seekers, and those fleeing a violent land.

I live in Nevada. We could blame this on their prostitution rings, the illegal sex trade, or an odd attitude toward women. But the trafficking started in Texas - a red state, thousands of Republicans, and conservatives. I was pretty darn conservative as well - to live right, be educated, be a leader, start your own business, understand right vs wrong, honor your own ethics, morals, and integrity, and for God's sake, wear your cowboy hat and boots. It really started there! Where I was raised, where I had lived for my entire life.

So I stand as a poet overcoming human trafficking abuse.

One of my poems asks us, How do we measure an experience? Another says, when our city slants toward injustices.

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