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

Matthew Guariglia

18 years old

Aspiring Poet and writer. Heavily influence by the Beat movement of the 1940's and 50's. Studying at Dickinson College.

When the Street Party ended.

When the street party ended there were pillows missing heads and heads missing pillows
And absolutely no one flew the wrong flag

When the street party ended people buried their fancy hats and replaced them with helmets
the feathers still poking through the soil

When the street party ended the bull on Wall Street met its matador
And Mesopotamia had tea with havoc

When the street party ended News Casters sweat in their seats
And spewed tectonic embryos on the employees of shell gas

When the street party ended drowning became an illusion
And apple pie was imprisoned for treason

When the street party ended buildings collapsed in general weariness
And it become uncool to
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