http://www.guerrillapoets.org poetry & percussion to protect the peace Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:40:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was recently the 27th anniversary of the Proposition One Vigil outside of the White House. Prop One is an anti nuclear grassroots movement, that has been doing the vigil since june 3rd 1981 when William Thomas though most know him as just Thomas sat down and then later Concepcion Picciotto ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/prop1vigilpoem The rain can’t wash away the guerrillas – clearing up just in time for us to have a spectacular evening! Poets were spitting their words – seasoned vets Mo, Ted and Jeff were joined by newcomers Willow, Ronnie, Chris and Timothy Tattoo. Special shout-out to all ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/june-16-poetry-dance-party http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/gpi-2008-on-may-19th-was-amazing http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/may-19-the-mic-was-hot-and-the-rhythms-were-bumpin Tonight, the SF Collaborative Arts Insurgency celebrates its 5th anniversary with its weekly lyrical ambush outside the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station at 16th & Mission Streets. The crew's been rocking since 2003, and recently got noted by a series of weekly papers, including SF Weekly, the ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/sf-crew-5th-anniversary-seeking-submissions-to-poetry-anthology fighting struggling to keep from being killed. death by the tongue of a million liar. drowning out the voice of billions who scream for peace and food. tireless masters urging on the warriors who are scarred but loyal. Only to get shut down again and again with obvious lies. so ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/peace-exhaustion Alexandra Geller Untitled As far as all us know, love and sin Walked side by side in world from the beginning: Serpent's temptation in the garden of Eden Turned Eve and Adam into human beings. Thank you, the cunning serpent, for your gifts: Apple and passion, untold good and evil, And has remained for many centuries The might of ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/translations-of-three-contemporary-russian-expatriate-poets Project the mind - it resonates with thunder; Reject the mind - around you t burns. Intrepid joy - impassioned restless wonder - The heart-suffused and life-rich way to learn: Intrinsic conflaggrations, hard to pity Or to respect, or even yet to see - The nature's splendor reaching into city To render its inhabitants half-free Until joy drops, ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/intrinsic-conflaggrations The Biggest Mud in History About Rush Limbaugh A finger and a pudgy head On billboard on the road - It says on it, "Reality Check" And on the radio Insults, abuse and poison And malice of all kinds: Hideousness, lies and noise and Attack on people's minds. He said that we were mindless, He said that we were fools, with his ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/the-biggest-mud-in-history-about-rush-limbaugh As former GPI poet now living in sunny Australia, I would like to congratulate all of you for making GPI as big as it is today. Shahid, Laurie, Jessica, and the rest of you, you rule. I'm including here addresses to my own writings, which I've continued as a new husband and ... http://www.guerrillapoets.org/archives/from-ilya-shambat