As the
incoming administration builds its agenda of attack on marginalized people, on
freedom of speech, on the earth itself, poetry will continue to be an essential
voice of resistance. Poets will speak out in solidarity, united
against hatred, systemic oppression, and violence and for justice, beauty,
and community.
In this
spirit, Split This Rock is offering its blog as a Virtual Open Mic. For the
rest of this frightening month, January of 2017, we invite you to send us poems
of resistance, power, and resilience.
We will post every poem we receive unless it is offensive (containing language that is derogatory toward marginalized groups, that belittles, uses hurtful stereotypes, explicitly condones or implies a call for violence, etc.). After the Virtual Open Mic closes, we hope to print out and mail all of the poems to the White House.
We will post every poem we receive unless it is offensive (containing language that is derogatory toward marginalized groups, that belittles, uses hurtful stereotypes, explicitly condones or implies a call for violence, etc.). After the Virtual Open Mic closes, we hope to print out and mail all of the poems to the White House.
For
guidelines on how to submit poems for this call, visit the Call for Poems of
Resistance, Power & Resilience blog post.
***
You, in
the Pink
by Ryan E. Holman
by Ryan E. Holman
Rose,
Magenta,
reclaim
the color
once
exclusively used for boys;
defy the
blues.
Fuchsia,
Coral,
protect
what you value;
you are
the reminder
that
pussies have teeth.
We stand
at the intersection;
obstacles
to the Left,
barriers
to the Right.
The only
viable way is forward.
Wear pink
as warpaint;
not as
blush
but as granite,
as
quartz,
polished
or rough;
fearless
of the blustering storm.
We are
good enough
because
we make good
on our
promises
to rise
up and be counted;
Like our
sisters who came before
make
great, America, again.
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