Poets Against War continues the tradition of socially engaged poetry by creating venues for poetry as a voice against war, tyranny and oppression.

Marylisa  DeDomenicis

39 years old
Northfield, NJ

A third grade teacher, Marylisa's work was nominated by Stephen Dunn for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in the anthology HEAL YOUR SOUL, HEAL THE WORLD, as well as The Paterson Literary Review, Stockpot, Calliope, Rewrites, Black Bear Review, Black River Review, Alpha Beat Press, Standing Wave, A New Song, Mudfish, Confluence, The Carriage House Review and the on-line journals WiredArts, JerseyWorks, and Atomic Petals.

Evolution

Because language is body
to emotion for a moment
before my words are formed
I am pure emotion flashing
images drawn from adrenaline
I see myself pounding

my small woman fist
against the side of his head
until it splits as if
I am still a species
without language I am
a violent urge to harm him

for a moment as man
when man is darkest and dark  
until language begins again
I am impulse to sin
forgetting my name
is human

and violence
is a separate thing.

Statement

War:
too much medicine
will kill you.

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