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Is there any poetry to be found in the war in Ukraine?

Will poets write poems about the Ukrainian War spreading to Europe,
Asia, and North America?

Will poets write poems about the nuclear bombs destroying Europe’s
cities and Asia’s cities in WWIII?

Where is the poetry in the laundromat? Is poetry in the clean clothes
or the sounds of the washing machines?  Or the sounds of coins going
into the machines? Or the sounds of español in the lighted space?

Is the sound of capitalism poetry or the sound of the dryer poetry? Is
the sound of bombs falling poetry or is the sound of marching boots
poetry or is a child crying poetry? Is the sound of the usa deafening?

Is a nuclear bomb poetry in motion or poetry that sits there? Is the
world a finished poem or a poem in progress? Is the poem half filled
or half empty?

Is the poem for peace or not?

                           — Daniel S.Weinberg.2022.

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