The New Depressus Readers' poems for Trump's America
The New Colossus
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
By
Emma Lazarus
When Stephen Miller, a senior Trump advisor, dismissed the famous poem at the base of the statue, many viewed his opposition as an attack on the American values of equality and opportunity.
In response, we asked Guardian readers to reimagine The New Colossus in a style that would be to Trump's liking. Below is a small selection of the 600 poems we received. We also asked 21 well-known poets to do the same. You can read their work here, including contributions from the Pulitzer prize winner Rita Dove and the Inuit poet Joan Kane.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/aug/19/the-new-colossus-readers-poems-trumps-america
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