To write a peace poem
A late elementary school (middle grades and up) exercise for writing a peace poem.
Speaking Truth to Power
Originally posted on THE POET BY DAY:
“Pithy and powerful, poetry is a popular art form at protests and rallies. From the civil rights and women’s liberation movements to Black Lives Matter, poetry is commanding enough to gather crowds in a city square and compact enough to demand…
Independence 2018
I want to remember Independence Day for the ideals of the United States, which it has almost never lived up to. As Langston Hughes titled his famous poem: “Let America Be America Again.” Of course, he adds later: “(It never was America to me.)”
February Readings!
I have readings in Gainesville (14th) and Tallahassee (16th), Florida, next week, and one in Hamilton, Ontario (23rd), the following week. Find the details on my Event Page! Please come if you are near, and—near or far—spread the word to your friends and family.
American- Israeli Poet, Michael Dickel (War Surrounds Us) will be in Hamilton, ON; Tallahassee, FL; and Long Island, NY
Originally posted on THE POET BY DAY:
“That some of those labelled as enemies have crossed the lines to offer condolences at the mourning tents; that the mourning families spoke to each other as parents and cried on each others’ shoulders; that we cried for the children who…
100TPC, 2017 / Stand with us now for Peace, Sustainability and Social Justice
Originally posted on The BeZine:
This year, the last Saturday of September, the regular day for the Global 100,000 Poets for Change Events around the world, falls on Yom Kippur, considered the Holiest day of the Jewish religion. Observant Jews around the world are fasting, having spent the…
Three Poems from Albanian
Faruk Buzhala, an Albanian from Kosovo, shares three poems—one written in English, two translated from Albanian.
Activist Poetry—a longer view
Two examples of socially-engaged poets from the first half of the Twentieth Century—W B Yeats and John Cornford.
Michael Rothenberg and Mitko Gogov
Two poems by Michael Rothenberg and Mitko Gogov, friends of Michael Dickel from 100TPC.
Three (a poem)
Three One lies restless in the small hours, the dead of night— three in the morning and worried about medical motorcycles whizzing past a wife on her way home from work this evening— distressed about tear gas and bullets fired into Gazans at the border fence West Bank rioters— hounded […]
