Tag: poetry for social change

“It is the very error of the moon. She comes more near the earth than she was wont. And makes men mad.” - Shakespeare,...

As we lie together Worlds apart Seek shelter With me. Weave your Stolen freedom Into a new dream; Between skipped Heartbeats, Show me A world burning Only with Your fire. My sweet sublimity, Take hold of this Outstretched hand...

The primary wall stood strong and tall, until she started to chisel her way through She had been told that she would never recover -- From...

There’s got to be an algorithm to determine the precise number of physicians you need to visit before you become little more than a heap of diagnoses imprisoned in manilla envelopes stacked to...

It’s just a little pill that they say will fix your nerves; An antipsychotic - which will normalize your aim. “We need you to fit in and we need...

I've figured out there are five types of mental health advocates. We need to respect all five types of motivations and viewpoints in order to support or combat their agendas. The question for us, is how can we each of us maximize our own impact to share awareness of this situation and then impact change? The answer is that each of us has to work from our own passions and interests and talents and skills and motivations.