poetry

I Stand Here

Jaime Malmstrom performs her poem at a fundraiser for Palestinian American Medical Association.

Waiting to Cease Fire

"We’re been waiting for a conscience of peace To cease war rather than funding to prolong it," says poet Ron Faust.

Hidden Truth

Ron Faust's poem targets white Christian nationalists and "gotcha" politics. He calls for love!

A Tribute to Ann

A poetic tribute to Ann by Michael McGrath

Poppy Poem

"I plant poppies for protesters / For petitioners, for picket lines, and peace workers," says AP, the Poet, program director for Poetic Underground KC.

Resurrection Poem

It's the evening before Easter I read my daughter a children's book About Nina Simone Anna is curious

Multiple Steps for Peace

"Once again we return / To this site / Of immense / Destruction" -- so begins this poem by Ron Faust about the annual PeaceWorks Memorial Day observance. It occurs near the KC National Security Campus, where parts are made for nuclear weapons.

Bye-Bye War

Ron Faust, in a poem, asks: What if we took part in provoking the Ukraine war / By continuing the Cold war / By hate rhetoric for an enemy ... ?

Masks of Lies

The worse scare of Halloween is the deniers Who wear their masks of deceit in public Pretending to care for the down and outers But actually protecting their greedy interests

Knotty Karma

Ron Faust, poet, heard Japanese-Americans say on Aug. 7, “We should never build another nuclear weapon.” He wrote a warning: “As long as we are stuck (with the world having 13,000 nukes), We will shorten the time of the Doomsday Clock.”

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