Suddenly Victor Hugo’s revolutionary energies apply to the United States after years of our being complacent about our democracy.
Tag Archives: Freedom
Singing the Song of Angry Men
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A Mimeo Fable Explains Vax Foes
A Scott Bates fable captures Trumpist authoritarianism when it comes to vaccine resistance.
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A Serene Way to Deal with Chaos
Scott Bates’s humorous fable “The Contented Weed” offers a serene way to handle everything that life throws at us.
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I Will Write Your Name, Liberté
Friday With July 4th fireworks still ringing in my ears, I share Paul Eluard’s poem “Liberté,” which was written during World War II. Copies were dropped by the British Air Force into parts of Nazi-occupied Europe with the design of rallying the resistance. Early on during his rise to power, Hitler ordered books to be […]
Poetry & the Sea Liberate the Imprisoned
For Pablo Neruda’s, the “poet’s obligation” is to speak for freedom–which makes poetry vital important in our time.
The Jordan River Continues to Inspire
The River Jordan, an inspiring image for American slaves, has worked it was into contemporary African American poems, including those of Lucille Clifton.
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Two Parables Involving Falling Leaves
Scott Bates and Lucille Clifton find poetic lessons in falling leaves.
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More Frightening than Arrest, Freedom
Levertov’s poem about Peter escaping prison confronts existential issues of freedom
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