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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/poetry-as-protest-and-political-
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SUMMARY:Poetry as Protest and Political Action
DESCRIPTION:Join Ulster County Poet Laureate Mike Jurkovic for an engagin
 g gathering exploring poetry’s role in political and social movements. T
 he evening will feature music\, an open mic\, and conversation with local
  poets on how verse gives voice to resistance.\n&#x1f3a4\; Open mic + com
 munity participation encouraged!\nNo registration\, meet in the Community 
 Room.\n&#x1f3b6\; We’ll have music inspired by protest and change featu
 ring the sounds of Bob Dylan\, Marvin Gaye\, Stevie Wonder\, Billie Holida
 y\, Bruce Springsteen\, Gil Scott-Heron\, U2\, John Lennon\, Bob Marley\, 
 Joan Baez\, Mavis Staples\, The Clash\, Pete Seeger\, Nina Simone\, The Cr
 anberries\, and more.\nWe’ll also have a selection of powerful protest p
 oems to read aloud or take home — with works by Langston Hughes\, Wilfre
 d Owen\, Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, Kenneth Patchen\, Allen Ginsberg\, Patti 
 Smith\, W.S. Merwin\, Wendell Berry\, Martín Espada\, Wisława Szymborska
 \, Adrienne Rich\, Denise Levertov\, Muriel Rukeyser\, Anne Waldman\, Walt
  Whitman\, Philip Levine\, Gwendolyn Brooks\, Harryette Mullen\, Ilya Kami
 nsky\, Gregory Corso\, and Jane Hirshfield.
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LOCATION:Kingston Library\, 61 Crown St\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United St
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