Monthly Archives: April 2015
White Silence is Violence
Poetry Matters
Perhaps no other art form is asked to defend its value, impact, relevance, and existence as often as poetry. Through the centuries poets have explained how poetry connects us to ourselves. With a mastery of language and its possibilities, poets elevate the material of everyday communication to art that requires reflection and contemplation, and ultimately elucidates our location in the world.
As the poet Muriel Rukeyser once wrote, “If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.”
Download Poems for Your Pocket
Join the celebration by printing one of the following poems from our downloadable Poem in Your Pocket Day PDF.
New Nina Simone Documentary More Relevant Than Ever
Many are remembering the singer’s ‘Baltimore’ in light of this week’s events.
As thousands marched in Baltimore this week to protest the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who died in police custody after suffering a spinal injury, many were reminded of one Simone song in particular: “Baltimore.” Continue reading
What Happened, Miss Simone?
as fragile as she was strong
as vulnerable as she was dynamic
most people are afraid to be as honest as she lived
Traveler ≠ Tourist
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The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
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— Gilbert K. Chesterton
