- This is a contemporary Creole poetry that reflects the struggle for human rights in Haiti.
- The poet Paul Laraque was born in Haiti in 1920.
We Pass Through A Foreigner's House
We go up a foreigner's steps
And find our children
Sweeping his floor
And find our children
Sweeping his floor
We pass through a foreigner's house
And find our paintings
On his wall
We hear our music coming from his gullet
And find our paintings
On his wall
We hear our music coming from his gullet
We enter a foreigner's kitchen
And find our dove
In his cooking pot
And find our dove
In his cooking pot
He's trying to cook our bird alive
He's trying to smother our wild dove
He's trying to smother our wild dove
Someone's lifting the lid
The dove's escaping
Leaving on the fire
An empty pot
That's burning.
The dove's escaping
Leaving on the fire
An empty pot
That's burning.
Marianne Telfort
