Children Quote by Muriel Rukeyser

“Poets can't march in protest or do that sort of thing. I feel that's against the rules, and pointless. If mankind wants a great…

— Robert Graves

“If protesting, do no harm to yourself or others. Peaceful protest is more effective when creating real change. Peaceful protest wins over the hearts…

— Leland Lewis

Poetry can't give us the laws and institutions and representatives, the antidotes we need: only public activism by massive numbers of citizens can do…

— Adrienne Rich

“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful,people with their heads in the clouds and their…

— Wilfred Peterson

Protest poetry -- could there be consensus poetry?

— Anonymous

“Recently we have seen a level of public protest unlike anything we have witnessed in decades. Dissent is about marching, and making one’s voice…

— Dan Rather

“If you plant your crops in the weather of pride they will grow tall and fall down. Take away pride and your dreams will…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“We need the mass movements, we need people to get together and march, or even just stand in one place, not only for those…

— Lauren Elkin

Let the poet always walk thus

— Anonymous

“We all have the power to plant seeds in our community.”

— Germany Kent

We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people.…

— Jimmy Cliff

“I laid in the grass one day instead of walking through my day. And what I found was that laying in the grass gave…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough