Aaron's Poetry
Tamar
by Aaron A.
Tamar Tamar Tamar
A powerful enslaved woman
Closed her eyes for the final time in 1816
Her life was difficult
But Tamar was also a lucky woman
She was able to live as a free woman, something other enslaved people never got to experience
Tamar was a caring woman
Cared for her family and even her slave owner
Tamar was a good human
She needs to get the respect
Tamar Tamar Tamar
Aaron’s Statement
I chose to use this form of writing to really sum up Tamar’s life in a short little poem. I also wanted to use the poem to show the value of Tamar’s life and to show something about who she was as a person. My poem asks us to respect Tamar, something she may not have gotten in her life. Telling her story highlights the truth: that she was enslaved here in Madison, even though most of us didn’t know that there was slavery here.