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ContentsForeword by Lisa Russ SpaarEditors’ NotesWho We Are, What Is Ours: An Introduction by Denise SweetPrologue by Andrea ScarpinoLouise Bogan | ResolveRita Dove | RosaAct: “In the face of hate, silence is deadly Apathy will be interpreted as acceptance—by the perpetrators, the public, and—worse—the victims If left unchallenged, hate persists and grows”Rita Dove | Trayvon, ReduxCrystal Valentine | I Do Not Trust People Who Hang American Flags on Their Front PorchesKimberly Blaeser | Of the many ways to say: Please StandOscar Mireles | History LessonRob Hardy | The ArcMary Weems | “A Piece of American History”Karen Kovacik | AdagioWendy Vardaman | mend in progressZora Howard | Red White and Blue SeussCarla Christopher | A System Cannot FailCarla Christopher | ReclaimedJoel Lipman | not telling the truthUnite: “Call a friend or coworker Organize allies from churches, schools, clubs, and other civic groups Create a diverse coalition Include children, police, and the media Gather ideas from everyone, and get everyone involved”Kimberly Blaeser | Sacred Stone CampRob Hardy | My Mother’s Pussy HatCarson Borbely | sophia tells meCavana I.O. Faithwalker | EvangelistRob Rolfe | HeatRob Rolfe | The HoleMeredith Holmes | The Real WorldKarla Huston | Nogales, ArizonaHoward D Paap | Raising the FlagKimberly Blaeser | BawaajigeJoyce Sutphen | I Say AmenLaren McClung | For Ibrahim QashoushJoel Lipman | CalligraphySupport Victims: “Let victims know you care Support them with comfort and protection”Kimberly Blaeser | Regarding the Care of Homeless ChildrenRick Kearns | Tecoani and AlejandroAliki Barnstone | Monochrome PrisonKaren Kovacik | Your Neck: A HistoryRebecca Zseder | NamelessMary Weems | Gray NoteWilliam Trowbridge | MercyBarbara Buckman Strasko | EsperanciaRob Rolfe | No DetailsNorbert Krapf | The Potter’s HandRussell Thorburn | I Return to the Surface of the Earth Wearing My Miner’s Helmet with Its Third EyeEllie Schoenfeld | Some Things I’ve Noticed about JesusDavid Jones | North Stardamian lopes | our home on native landJoel Lipman | BeriBeriDo Your Homework: “An informed campaign improves its effectiveness”Donald Hall | BacteriaTony Pena | Bully BlissSarah Sadie (Busse) | She Is So Fragile, This Figure, Set Here to StandJoyce Sutphen | Black and White PhotographsM L Liebler | American Psalm: Viola Liuzzo—American HeroKevin Stein | The Narcissistic Poet’s Mad-LibKevin Stein | Postcards of the HomefrontYolanda Wisher | the ballad of laura nelsonGeorge Elliott Clarke | The Progress of ServitudeGeorge Elliott Clarke | The True History of Jesse WilliamsJames Armstrong | Pulling OutLarry Jensen | Burial GroundEmilio DeGrazia | VisitationsPeter Meinke | Carinadamian lopes | la mémorial des martyrs français de la déportationKen McCullough | PatriotismHoward D Paap | Signs of the TimesJoel Lipman | mortality variesCreate an Alternative: “Every act of hatred should be met with an act of love and unity Hold a unity rally or parade to draw media attention away from hate”Carla Christopher | Thirty-Six-ThirtyCarla Christopher | Why Our Boys Create Their Own Scars: A Mother’s LamentPatricia J Goodrich | Holstein and StonesFred Wah | Idle No More: Dec 29/2012Christopher Bursk | Confiscated WeaponsChristopher Bursk | Close Your Eyes, I Tell the MenGeorge Bowering | Social JusticeNaomi Long Madgett | Dixie Land BluesCrystal Valentine | I Whip My Hair Back and ForthCrystal Valentine | We Are Born with Our Hands BleedingCavana I O Faithwalker | Devil’s PlagueJohn B Lee | Beyond the last sandbarRick Kearns | The Geo-Politics of Uptown SkunksJoyce Sutphen | Eleanor Beardsley in ParisRita Dove | Lady Freedom Among UsJoel Lipman | make them think I am kingSpeak Up: “Hate must be exposed and denounced An informed and unified community is the best defense against hate”Jim Ferris | Comprehensive List / of All Benefits / to Being Disabled / in Contemporary AmericaRebecca Zseder | VoicesChristine Howey | I Was a Male Impersonator for 40 YearsChristine Howey | The Female Circumspection ActCraig Czury | Let The Poets InPauletta Hansel | PassageAnna Yin | Thirteen Ways of Looking at SmogGeorge Kalamaras | For All the Russian Wolfhounds—the Borzoi—Slaughtered During the Revolution, 1917George Kalamaras | Pack-A-Day DogRoger Nash | The Shell-Shocked Rocking ChairAnna Yin | Dance of the Old Year, 2016Patricia Clark | West of SyriaOtter Jung-Allen | The Man on the Train or, What I Have Been Named IntoChristine Howey | I’m Gonna Get the DTs over DT in the DCMarvin Bell | Little Napoleon / or: Foreign PolicyHeather H Thomas | AtonementPauletta Hansel | November 10, 2016Joel Lipman | how ma / ny flags / were too / many fla / gs for / the deadLobby Leaders: “Elected offi cials and other community leaders can be important allies [in the fight against hate]”Rita Dove | Freedom RideMarvin Bell | The Book of the Dead Man (Desperate in America)Andrea Scarpino | There Was a Man [excerpts]Fred Wah | Re Politics of LocationSiduri Beckman | Women’s MarchJoel Lipman | George PophamLook Long Range: “Expand your community’s comfort zones so you can learn and live together”Wendy Vardaman | @ChazenArtUW at the First Folio Exhibit the day after a woman loses the presidency like a heart balloon ripped from her fistKimberly Blaeser | Tribal Mound, Earth SutraTom Cull | After RiversDennis Hinrichsen | [short film with gun and flame]Samuel Hazo | Signs of Life in a Sundown CitySue MacLeod | It’s okay if we wreck this planetL S Klatt | Silodamian lopes | kandahar timeMartin Achatz | Waiting for Independence Day Fireworks 2013Aliki Barnstone | Fire on the WatersJoel Lipman | Code WordTeach Tolerance: “Bias is learned early, often at home Schools can offer lessons in tolerance and acceptance Host a diversity and inclusion day on campus Reach out to young people who may be susceptible to hate group propaganda and prejudice”Siduri Beckman | Trouble WritingKarla Huston | Tempting MysteryThomas O’Connell | Foreshadowing Means Nothing to Us KidsYolanda Wisher | diversity dayYolanda Wisher | blues & vision for PS whateverThomas Leduc | Paper DollsSamuel Hazo | For Which It StandsLarry Jensen | Th is Great Lake TownRodney Torreson | Th e Brooder House RabbitsLiz Zetlin | Ground Truthing on her twentieth dayDig Deeper: “Tolerance, fundamentally, is a personal decision It comes from an attitude that is learnable and embraceable: a belief that every voice matters, that all people are valuable, that no one is ‘less than’ Look inside yourself for prejudices and David Helwig | Walt Whitman on the TTCSarah Sadie (Busse) | A Poem Does InviteDeborah Cooper | Talking to StrangersLiz Zetlin | The WarningsYolanda Wisher | blues for PS whatever 2Joel Lipman | mistakesSandra Fees | After Dr Bonganjalo Goba’s DeathShari Wagner | The farm wife receives a certified letterSandra Fees | Keeping Time at the Family Detention CenterSandra Fees | Asylum ThwartedPauletta Hansel | On Grief: November 2016Jim Ferris | ContagiousHoward D Paap | A Life RebornShari Wagner | The Rhoads FamilyJohn B Lee | He tells meGeorge Elliott Clarke | À RiminiSheila Packa | DialecticsSarah Sadie (Busse) | If OnlyLaurence Sansone | 20 PercentJoel Lipman | inflammatory conditionsWhat Can You Do?: “Pick up the phone Call friends and colleagues Host a neighborhood or community meeting Speak up in church Suggest some action Sign a petition Attend a vigil Lead a prayer Report acts of hate-fueled vandalism, as a neighborhood or a commContributors