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Desert Storm euphoria masking the mess of post-war Iraq

The waning media coverage of public dissent since the outbreak of the Gulf war in January (due partly to the public backlash against such dissent) makes it hard to get an accurate picture of the breadth of opposition around the country.

Light a candle for my memory
in a quiet chapel by the sea;
as day drifts into dusky night,
cup it in your hands and hold me tight;

Alexander Jacobs 6-01-1989

And then there was the day the angels arrived/To collect all the medals from all the wars

Helen Jean Novy 1-01-1989

Hold, Yahweh!/Do not punish my enemies

Franz 11-01-1987

All that's left
Is the funeral
And the reading of the will.
Another prisoner is executed.
Long live the VCR
And his and her king-size bed.
The Constitution is the hearse.
Apple pie
In the sky.
Bury the body
In a wooden box
Under the Southern cross.
Turn up the volume
Eat your ice cream
And read about it in the paper
But will you share the grief?
Give me an epitaph,
Freedom is now at hand
Having never come before.

Naomi Thiers 6-01-1987

A poem

Amy Beth Cross 5-01-1987

A poem

L.M. Jendrzejczyk 1-01-1987

Nineteen-year-old Rodrigo Rojas de Negri was beaten and burned to death by Chilean security police for participating in an anti-government demonstration in July 1986. Veronica Rojas de Negri is his mother.

Evelyn Mattern 12-01-1986

A poem

Amy Beth Cross 7-01-1986

For Sara

The chain jangles like wind chimes
in the emptiness
as my key springs the padlock open.
Ten more steps
with the tense stillness
that has waited all day in these hallways
following me down the stairs.

James Lewisohn 5-01-1986

For my teacher and friend Burton Throckmorton Jr.

J.H.B. 3-01-1986

A poem from Appalachia