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It goes on one at a time,
it starts when you care to act,
it starts when you do it again after they said no,
it starts when you say we and know who you mean,
and each day you mean one more.

Marge Piercy

Poetry

Georg Weerth, the German proletariat’s first and most important poet

12 February 2022 / 286

“Weerth, the German proletariat’s first and most important poet, the son of Rhineland parents, was born in Detmold, where his father was church superintendent. In 1843, when... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

The Thankful Poor

8 February 2022 / 301

Gabriel Rosenstock presents a bilingual tanka, in Irish and English (5-7-5-7-7 syllables) in response to an artwork (above) by Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African-American artist to... Continue reading

Gabriel Rosenstock

Poetry

Operation Big Dog

28 January 2022 / 368

Steve Pottinger

Poetry

Christmas in Belfast, 1991

28 January 2022 / 293

Christmas In Belfast, 1991 by Owen Gallagher Before mass, the milk runs, the paper rounds,she hauled her son in through the door.The soldiers returned to barracks for... Continue reading

Owen Gallagher

Poetry

Derry remembers Bloody Sunday: Thomas Kinsella’s poem, ‘Butcher’s Dozen’

28 January 2022 / 401

This video was produced by Stephen Gargan. See also here for an article by Jenny Farrell on Kinsella’s poem Continue reading

Stephen Gargan

Poetry

Little Brickmaker of Bangladesh

26 January 2022 / 367

Gabriel Rosenstock presents a bilingual haiku, in Irish and English, in response to a photograph by Alain Schroeder Little Brickmaker of Bangladesh carrying the weight of... Continue reading

Gabriel Rosenstock

Poetry

Imagine

23 January 2022 / 323

imagine by Julie Easley imagine you had just crossed the seacrashed out of the wavesfell down onto your knees imagine your kids strapped to your sidestheir lives... Continue reading

Julie Easley

Poetry

Is

19 January 2022 / 310

Is by Kevin Higgins It depends what the meaning of “is” is,which depends what the meaning of “isn’t” is,which depends what you mean by “my hand”,which depends... Continue reading

Kevin Higgins

Poetry

Echoing the Arch: In Memory of Desmond Tutu

17 January 2022 / 335

Echoing the ArchIn memory of Desmond Tutu (1931 – 2021) by David Betteridge He was portrayed as a dancing man,and one given to laughter,but he marched as... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Poetry

Two new poems by Fred Voss

15 January 2022 / 334

Under Their Sweaty Wings by Fred Voss I have had many fathers between tin wallsonewho told me to lay a crescent wrench across the jaws of a... Continue reading

Fred Voss