I recently came across an author discussing their thought that fiction isn’t activism. I’ll put a pin in that to say, poetry definitely is and I don’t want to hear anything else about it. Maybe I don’t know the true definition of activism, but I know that poetry moves. I know that poetry unites. I know that poetry has for centuries highlighted the human condition, brought the perils of society to the forefront and has been at the helm of movements. 

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