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100 Poets Against the War (Salt Modern Poets S.)

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The collection has too much spread across too much making it very thin in poetry content. I won't name individual poems as it's all in such good spirit but lines like 'The general his voice calm, his poise almost jovial answers questions shuffling papers he rarely glances at' sum up this collection. There are too many people jumping ahead of themselves trying to find something war-like to talk write about but then forgetting that this is a poetry collection. But maybe it's not. Maybe it's just '100 Poets Against War'

Talk about Timely! 100 Poets Against the War is a collective of poets writing about peace from around the world. Todd Swift had the idea and acted fast: within a week, the first edition was up on [web-address]. French, German and Portuguese- speaking editors took up the challenge and collected poems against the war within the next several weeks.

You can download the French Poètes contre la guerre from [web-address] and German from

[web-address].

In Larry Jaffe's phrase, yes to 'preemptive peace'!

Dear Folks,
I am one of the poets in the book. I was one of the original 100 for the online version. I have been there from the beginning with Todd. I have toured with Todd as part of the Short Fuse tour in UK. Todd is relentless and spirited. He makes no bones about his life, poetry and politics. He chose poets that are "proLIFE" that is desire peace over the bounty of war but will stand up to protect what is right. This is different than simply being against war. It is about being for PEACE and creating that where one goes with words, gestures and one's own example. It is an important differentiation... witness Natalie Handal's poem EVEN one of the best poems I have ever read. Let us move to Even. .. this is a book that can change the world for the better. If a review can influence you to make a purchase than get this book!