“On Hard Days” is ioffered as response to the avalanche of disturbing news — ICE violence, child detention, exploitation, warmongering, sexual abuse, lies, and corruption.
Category Archive: Social Justice
Events related to civil rights, human rights and economic justice
“The Truth about Alex Pretti” is an insistence on the truth about his murder in answer to lies offered by agents and officials.
The poem “Zero Silence” calls Americans to summon the courage to speak against authoritarianism.
Words are disappearing from government documents.
“Say That” by Anne McCrady appeared in the 2019 international anthology Living Peace, commemorating the U.N. International Day of Peace and those living compassionate lives of service.
“Lost” was written in response to the brutality against children at the U.S. Southern border.
“Health. Care. Well. Being.” considers American moral health in light of the current U.S. healthcare bill.
“Pulse, 2016” honors those slain in Orlando in a mass shooting.
“Safe Haven” considers the money culture exposed by the leak of the so-called Panama Papers.
“A War for More” – a poem written by Anne McCrady in response to the April 2015 riots in Baltimore, Maryland.
Poet With a Press Pass 