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The Chaos Section Poetry Project
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Our first publication "Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age — Summer 2025" is now available to read or download: https://thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-dissent-poems-of-protest-in-an-authoritarian-age-summer-2025/
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"I consider myself a #poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."
- Bob #Dylan
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Narrowing dozens of powerful poems down to 6 #Pushcart nominations was no easy task. Every poem in the collection was worthy. thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2025/10/26/p...

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October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Violence Begets Violence
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Ellen Bass’s “The Thing Is" beautifully captures the stubborn strength it takes to carry on when things feel broken. Our upcoming collection is gathering poems that explore coping in all its forms. Submissions open through Sept 15. thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/submissions/
#poetry #submissions
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Langston Hughes's poem "I look at the world" was written in 1930 but was not published until 2009 when it was discovered in pencil at the back of his copy of "An Anthology of Revolutionary Poetry" and published in Poetry magazine. #LangstonHughes #Protest #Poetry #BlackVoices #Resistance #Oppression
September 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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“Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
- James Baldwin
August 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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“I believe that poetry came into existence because people needed it—if it were easy to write down and record things without poetry, we wouldn’t have needed poetry. But for some reason we did.”
― Jeff Tweedy #Wilco #Poetry
July 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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We’ve now shared all the individual poems from "Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age," and figured it was past time to share Bonner Fowles’ original, unedited painting "June 14th," which he created specifically for the cover: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2025/07/12/j...
July 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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"Emerging from the Penumbra" by @merrildsmith.bsky.social

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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di... #protestpoetry
July 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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"Learning about Nazis in High School" by @bartbarkerpoet.bsky.social

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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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"What We Tend" by Meridith Allison @merhere.bsky.social

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"You can only fight a tyrant where your feet touch the ground..."

From: "Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age" thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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"Keep Going" by Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social
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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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"Echoes" by Patricia J McLean @germainetruth.bsky.social

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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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"say what you mean" by Dr. Matthew E. Henry @mehpoeting.bsky.social

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Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age. Read/DL the entire collection here: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di... #ProtestPoetry #BIPOCPoets
July 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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"Indigenous People’s Night" by Chad Parenteau @chadpoetforhire.bsky.social

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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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"Tinder" by Andrew Frewin Wilson (how-would-you-know.com)

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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"The Samaritan Machine" by @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social

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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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"Consequences" by Benjamin Waldrum @happilybearded.bsky.social

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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di... #AntiTrump
July 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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"You prefer" by Rick Doyle
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From “Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age.” Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"The Mad Hatter Hiding in Dark Matter" by @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social

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"Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age." Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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"Ego Death" by Aubrey Phoenix aubreyphoenix.com

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From "Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age." Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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"The Silent Era" by Rick Doyle
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Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age. Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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"The Spark" by R.M. Carlson thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2025/07/05/t...

From "Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age." Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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"All the Naked Emperors" by Patricia J McLean @germainetruth.bsky.social

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Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age. Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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"Inauguration" by @bartbarkerpoet.bsky.social
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From Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age. Read/Download the entire collection here for free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...

#Trump #Poetry #Huge
July 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM