November 20, 2018Free Speech Being (Nowabouts)
power
to smooth the fur
of a shut-
eyed tiger
or
wake it with
your whispered
own
opinion
and be eaten
from Poets Respond
from Poets Respond
“The recent removal of an art exhibit from Mary Baldwin University is part of a larger, distressing trend of writers and artists alike being silenced by a small and intolerant (but very loud) few. No one with a contrary or challenging opinion appears to be welcome any longer in a place of higher education. It’s a shame.”