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day #19 of National Poetry Month (‘we must love one another or die’) ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie… Today I tried to eat my lunch beneath a TV set blazing with the latest tragic news from Boston. From Watertown. From hatred. No one knows why the bombers in Boston chose to murder innocent victims. The home-made bombs certainly haven’t stirred support for…
day 18 of National Poetry Month ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day. Just a big FYI. 🙂 It also was Poetry for Peace Day at a local community college. I was lucky enough to be a reader, along w/ several talented student poets and a couple of stellar colleagues. My friend Allen — a long-time social activist — organised it.…
day 5, National Poetry Month ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
One of the earliest poems I remember reading that voiced opposition to the war in Việt Nam was Denise Levertov’s ‘What Were They Like?’ I read it years ago at a reading of poets who had influenced the readers. I’m reading it next week at a Poets for Peace reading. Perhaps because I grew up in Việt…
‘A Wedding at Cana’ ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Here’s a lovely poem from poet Tom Sleigh, a wonderful poet who writes about war, its impacts and the terrible beauty of the human heart. I especially like this one, ‘A Wedding at Cana, Lebanon, 2007.’
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