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“Write one more stanza—now. Set the page ablaze with the anger in the hollow ache of our bones— anger for the new hate, same as the old kind of hate for the wrong skin color, for the accent in a voice, for the love of those we’re not supposed to love. Anger for the voice of politics armed with lies, fear that holds democracy at gunpoint.”

Book:How to Love a Country

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How to Love a Country

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Richard Blanco

Richard Blanco is a renowned American poet born on February 15, 1968, in Puerto Rico. His poetry blends personal experience, cultural identity, and public issues, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“How I still want to sing despite all the truth of our wars and our gunshots ringing louder than our school bells, our politicians smiling lies at the mic, the deadlock of our divided voices shouting over each other instead of singing together. How I want to sing again-- beautiful or not, just to be harmony--from sea to shining sea--with the only country I know enough to know how to sing for.”

Poetry Poem Singing Harmony Unity Patriotism America The Beautiful

Book:How to Love a Country

Source: How to Love a Country

“Or Paul Celan said that the poem was no different from a handshake. (...) The handshake is our decided ritual of both asserting (I am here) and handing over (here) a self to another. Hence the poem is that - Here. I am here. This conflation of the solidity of presence with the offering of this same presence perhaps has everything to do with being alive.”

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Book:Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric

Source: Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric

“Every revolution Tests a surface, Click, opens a lock.”

Poetry Revolution Poem Resistance Opening Testing

Author:Ailish Hopper

“Poetry is the scent of a soul who longed to utter the deepest words but remained unuttered on the lips. It is then that the words are released as a scent on the pages..”