“... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.” --Audre Lorde
Thursday, January 26, 2017
100 days
Resist Repealing
Resist cutting
Resist deporting
Resist enabling
Resist supporting
Resist acquiescing
Make visible
Make known
Make loud
Make tension
Make boundaries
Make noise
Make alternatives
Make spaces
Make choices
Make clamor
Make decisions
Make friends
Make coalitions
Make movements
Invest in people
Invest in action
Invest in accountability
Invest in change
Invest in hope
Invest in phone calls
Invest in bumper stickers
Invest in not backing down
Invest in continual pressure
Invest in tangible resistance labor
Invest in the idea of democracy that we’ve been fed
Invest in uncovering the truth about the democracy that we’ve lost
Invest in encouraging others to join in join up take hold get up get out get to work
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