Though "Selma" was snubbed
at the Oscars last night
and the award-winners
were strikingly un-diverse
R&B performer John Legend
was still able to get a word in edgewise
when he and Common
accepted the award
for the song "Glory"
"It's an artist's duty
to reflect the times
in which we live.
We wrote this song for a film
that was based on events
that were fifty years ago
but we say that Selma is now
because the struggle
for justice is right now."
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
