“there are no boring people which is unfortunate. You'd think statistically we'd get at least a few— one-speed souls with just meh stuff to do. But none of them are dull. Each— a suitcase held together by duct tape.” PoetryStrengthPoemBoredomProtestFragilityProtestorsBoring People Author:Ilya Kaminsky
“This is not a good year. But it has witnesses. When you see them protest the powerful, since who else does, they stand like flagpoles outside the courthouse after a northeaster. They came with the wrong shoes for revolution. Still, they showed up.” PoetryRevolutionPoemProtestNormal PeoplePower To The PeopleEveryday PeopleRegular People Author:Ilya Kaminsky
“I saw my people lean— not toward hope but toward each other.” PoetryHopeChangeSupportPoemProtestActivistsMoral SupportProtestors Author:Ilya Kaminsky
“In the year they come for us watch my people make protest signs out of old pizza boxes. Watch—” ProtestSignsNonviolent ResistanceActivistsProtestors Author:Ilya Kaminsky
