Poems

A Right To Be Heard

A poem by Zelda Quakawoot, Mackay, QLD.

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Author: Jens Korff
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A mural showing the head of Martin Luther King with the words below reading: I have a dream...
A right to be heard
Not censored of word
A voice that is true
Not a momentary view
A word that is said
It remains in our heads
Of value that’s true
In both me and you
It signals the start
From deep in our hearts
A sentence recalls
From the big to the small
It flows like a stream…
“I have a dream…”

Thank you Zelda for sending me your poetry.

Homework: Questions

  • Which famous speech alludes the poem to?
  • Find out what the key message of the original speaker is.
  • Jot down a few key ideas an Aboriginal speaker would want to talk about today!

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Korff, J 2020, A Right To Be Heard, <https://creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/arts/poems/a-right-to-be-heard>, retrieved 22 February 2025

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