Dedicated to Abolishing War, Establishing Justice, and Fighting Climate Disaster

Dedicated to Abolishing War, Establishing Justice, and Fighting Climate Disaster

Poets’ Corner

Home

Home

No one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark/you only run for the border/when you see the whole city running as well

We Were Brothers, Once

We Were Brothers, Once

“We did nothing wrong! We did nothing wrong!”
a Palestinian boy, trapped
inside Gaza City’s Jabalia Refugee Camp, cries.

The Song of the Free

The Song of the Free

All nature wear one angry frown/To crush you out – still know, my soul/You are Divine. March on and on/Nor right nor left but to the goal.

The Ministry of Fear

The Ministry of Fear

Well, as Kavanagh said, we have lived In important places. The lonely scarp Of St Columb’s College, where I billeted For six...

Mirrors

Mirrors

I have decided (I think) that my mind has become a series of walk-in closets. You know, the kind with a full length mirror on...

Dover Beach

Dover Beach

The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is...

A Moment of Silence

A Moment of Silence

Before I begin this poem, I’d like to ask you to join me in a moment of silence in honor of those who died in the World Trade...

Making Peace

Making Peace

A voice from the dark called out, ‘The poets must give us imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar imagination of...

Cowboy Poetry

Cowboy Poetry

In D.C. to Recite Cowboy Poems for a Show Titled Poets, Politicians, & Other Storytellers, I Visit the Vietnam Veterans’...

Elementals

Elementals

The fire is coming on red horses with gold manes, you can hear them eating the plain. The swollen rivers tumble burning houses...