RADICAL

Poetry is the language of beauty and wholeness. It is the language of resistance and revolution. People often turn to poetry when they need answers to life’s challenges or desire to express life’s wonder. In our current political, environmental, and social climate, the world often feels fraught with violence and chaos — it's an unfortunate universal experience, but so are love and peace. The art of poetry can create a more healed and generous society. It is poetry, and the work of poets, that are a part of that paradigm shift. Poetry can be part balm and part manifesto. The meeting of these two ideas energizes the poet to listen deeply, read voraciously, write freely, and share widely.