We have been an aggregate of wishes

And hopes, of the future, of blessings, of aches

And pleasure, of the sacred liberties

For which families have labored and grieved.
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I see my face, framed within
Pop's black-framed glasses
And know he's laughing too. *
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Poem for Obama inauguration

Say it plain, that many have died for this day.
Sing the names of the dead who brought us here,
who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges,
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Unexpectedly, sun is rising on your shoulders
As you come from a long road of battle
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Alexander, a 46-year-old professor of African-American studies and a finalist for the 2005 Pullitzer Prize, will deliver her poem moments after Obama is sworn in as the country's first black president on January 20, organizers said.
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McAfee (1928-1982) was a professor, a writer, and a poet, taught creative writing for 29 years in University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
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Jordanian police arrested a local writer Tuesday for incorporating verses of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, into his love poetry,
a judicial official said.
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If there were no war,
We could construct a bridge between Earth and Mars
Melting weapons in an open-hearth furnace.
If there were no war,

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Open up, genitalia
like a consenting flower
Undo the latches of your retreat


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There are five thousand of us here
in this small part of the city.
We are five thousand.
I wonder how many we are in all
in the cities and in the whole country?
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Goteborg, Sweden 11-12 October 2008
In Memory of great Iranian poet
Manouchehr Atashi

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Victoriously we decided to win
When we trashed all the paradox and
Looked at the brightness around us
Where we can test freedom and love
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Marin Poetry Center contributors to the latest anthology will be reading from their works.
Contributors include:
Mahnaz Badihian, Ellen Bass, Karen Benke, Claire Blotter........
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Free from the boiling blood on this Earth.
Let my tears pour down from the sky
And drench the fire of revenge in Man’s heart.
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I am difficult, like your tresses;
Like your tresses, I am rebellious.

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Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God,
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