Anne McCrady’s poem, “The Torch,” honors the many athletes competing in the Paris Olympics and the tradition of the Olymic Torch.
Category Archive: Heroes & Sheroes
People who take extraordinary and admirable actions.
This poem, “Torch Lighting,” reflects on the hope that men pass the torch, so women can begin “lighting of torches of others.”
“Presidenta” celebrates the election of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, as Mexico’s President.
“Women’s Work” is inspired by courageous women in the news this week.
“Brave Heart” was written to honor the life and protest the murder of Russian dissident Aleksei Navalny,
Anne McCrady’s poem “No Sure Things” considers the heroic cave rescue of young boys in Thailand as a metaphor for the political state of affairs in the United States.
“Treasure” honors the death of a heroic archaeologist in Syria.
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