protest poetry Archives - The MockingOwl Roost

February 17, 2026

Published by Lynn Hess at February 17, 2026

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Remember When

When the sky was a home for kites, not rocket strikes, we searched for rainbows, not for bursts of fire...

October 24, 2025

A woman's hand with a wedding band on it, blocking the woman's face. Black and white/grayscale image, with woman's head and background blurred. TEXT: Domestic Violence is Real - Poetry Reading - Poem by Linette Rabsatt, Performed by Sue Cook - Stop the Hate!

Published by Linette Rabsatt at October 24, 2025

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Domestic Violence is Real

Domestic Violence is real! Do you know how it feels? This is an appeal For us to STOP THE HATE, STOP THE RAPE…

September 28, 2025

Woman looking at herself in the mirror - overlaid with chartreuse and kelly green colors - TEXT: Chartreuse Protest Poetry - Written by Rita Mock-Pike, Performed by Dannie Asanta-Appiah

Published by Rita Mock-Pike and Dannie Asante-Appiah at September 28, 2025

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Chartreuse

She's like chartreuse in all that she does — they know her name, they know her function. But no one knows who she is, and no one cares that she is a person.

September 12, 2025

Woman with crimson makeup on looking boldly into the camera, her hands expressing interest and assertiveness by placement on face - Three shades of red make up the background - TEXT: Crimson Moxie, protest poetry reading, Written by Rita Mock-Pike, performed by Sue Cook - anti- pink tax and domination of women protest

Published by Sue Cook and Rita Mock-Pike at September 12, 2025

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Crimson Moxie – A Protest Poetry Reading

We're told to hide away, don't discuss, never show, never acknowledge. Except alone, in hidden corridors, secret passageways where only "our kind" might tread.

August 19, 2025

Ship sailing as silhouette to orange-yellow-pink sunset - TEXT: Griffin's Wharf - Necia Campbell - Poetry - a taste of freedom in toppled tea

Published by maemontero at August 19, 2025

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Poetry

Griffin’s Wharf

Freedom held at any cost… Where tea, protest, and poetry collide.

August 6, 2025

Hiroshima in big, bold red letters across the center of the square image. Black and white images of Japanese traditional architecture on top half of image behind. A red circle in upper right hand corner. Bottom of image is white with smoke outlines. TEXT: Necia Campbell, Hiroshima, A-Bomb Day, Poetry. Bomb bay doors.

Published by Necia Campbell at August 6, 2025

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Japan.Within a nanosecond’s span,that single word emblazons images that landlike flashbulbs snapping off behind a whirling fan—tobacco smoke conceals command;the modest fist of reason, slams—its compromise […]

May 20, 2024

spark of life - poetry - image of refugee boys in the cold

Published by Sue Cook at May 20, 2024

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Poetry

The Spark of Life

We cover the globe with hands outstretched, palms naked and dirty from ash lying on our backs, looking at the sky as the spark of life leaps from our eyes.

January 21, 2023

Woman smiles for camera - protest poetry

Published by Rita Mock-Pike at January 21, 2023

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Poetry

Smiles

We’re told to smile when we show up but told to smolder in photos...